diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
index 042938aa4b..7d2347a39d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
@@ -1007,6 +1007,11 @@ def configure_args(self):
                 config_args.append(
                     "--with-cuda-libdir={0}".format(spec["cuda"].libs.directories[0])
                 )
+            if spec.satisfies("@5.0:"):
+                # And then it returned
+                config_args.append(
+                    "--with-cuda-libdir={0}".format(spec["cuda"].libs.directories[0] + "/stubs")
+                )
             if spec.satisfies("@1.7.2"):
                 # There was a bug in 1.7.2 when --enable-static is used
                 config_args.append("--enable-mca-no-build=pml-bfo")