diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cuda/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cuda/package.py
index ff708f9a6cf..adf7bf89005 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cuda/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cuda/package.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
 
     @property
     def libs(self):
-        libs = find_libraries('libcuda', root=self.prefix, shared=True,
+        libs = find_libraries('libcudart', root=self.prefix, shared=True,
                               recursive=True)
 
         filtered_libs = []