diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/default.nix
index 6fdbde242f3..fb01740232f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/default.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ let
         # Set compiler for NVCC.
         wrapProgram $out/bin/nvcc \
           --prefix PATH : ${gcc}/bin
+
+        # nvprof do not find any program to profile if LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set
+        wrapProgram $out/bin/nvprof \
+          --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : $out/lib
       '' + lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder version "8.0") ''
         # Hack to fix building against recent Glibc/GCC.
         echo "NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE+=' -D_FORCE_INLINES'" >> $out/nix-support/setup-hook