diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/firestarter/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/firestarter/default.nix
index b2ca9a0cab62..92c517835d83 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/firestarter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/firestarter/default.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchzip
+, addOpenGLRunpath
 , cmake
 , glibc_multi
 , glibc
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
 , pkg-config
 , cudatoolkit
 , withCuda ? false
-, linuxPackages
 }:
 
 let
@@ -60,13 +60,23 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake git pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    git
+    pkg-config
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withCuda [
+    addOpenGLRunpath
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [ hwloc ] ++ (if withCuda then
-    [ glibc_multi cudatoolkit linuxPackages.nvidia_x11 ]
+    [ glibc_multi cudatoolkit ]
   else
     [ glibc.static ]);
 
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionals withCuda [
+    "-L${cudatoolkit}/lib/stubs"
+  ];
+
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DFIRESTARTER_BUILD_HWLOC=OFF"
     "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_WORKS=1"
@@ -76,8 +86,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ];
 
   installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
     mkdir -p $out/bin
     cp src/FIRESTARTER${lib.optionalString withCuda "_CUDA"} $out/bin/
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  postFixup = lib.optionalString withCuda ''
+    addOpenGLRunpath $out/bin/FIRESTARTER_CUDA
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {