diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a3191834b99d18cc2c067b8ecfd0add06410cc8..c8e601297012bbab6fc5b061687b651d2f35e666 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ if (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER)
         find_program (BIN2C
                       NAMES bin2c
                       PATHS ${cuda_compiler_bin}
-                      DOC "Path to the CUDA SDK bin2c executable.")
+                      DOC "Path to the CUDA SDK bin2c executable."
+                      NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
         if (NOT BIN2C)
             message (FATAL_ERROR
                      "bin2c not found:\n"