diff --git a/playground/cuda/cuda.py b/playground/cuda/cuda.py
index 60266dc9..d4135eb1 100644
--- a/playground/cuda/cuda.py
+++ b/playground/cuda/cuda.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from waflib.Tools import ccroot, c_preproc
 from waflib.Configure import conf
 
 class cuda(Task.Task):
-	run_str = '${NVCC} ${CUDAFLAGS} ${CXXFLAGS} ${FRAMEWORKPATH_ST:FRAMEWORKPATH} ${CPPPATH_ST:INCPATHS} ${DEFINES_ST:DEFINES} ${CXX_SRC_F}${SRC} ${CXX_TGT_F} ${TGT}'
+	run_str = '${NVCC} ${CUDAFLAGS} ${NVCCFLAGS_ST:CXXFLAGS} ${FRAMEWORKPATH_ST:FRAMEWORKPATH} ${CPPPATH_ST:INCPATHS} ${DEFINES_ST:DEFINES} ${CXX_SRC_F}${SRC} ${CXX_TGT_F} ${TGT}'
 	color   = 'GREEN'
 	ext_in  = ['.h']
 	vars    = ['CCDEPS']
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def cxx_hook(self, node):
 def configure(conf):
 	conf.find_program('nvcc', var='NVCC')
 	conf.find_cuda_libs()
+	conf.env.NVCCFLAGS_ST = "--compiler-options=%s"
 
 @conf
 def find_cuda_libs(self):
diff --git a/playground/cuda/wscript b/playground/cuda/wscript
index 9daf81e4..db592d4d 100644
--- a/playground/cuda/wscript
+++ b/playground/cuda/wscript
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ def configure(conf):
 
 	conf.load('cuda', tooldir='.')
 
+	# Add a few flags to test proper passing to nvcc
+	conf.env.CXXFLAGS=['-fPIC', '--std=c++11']
+
 def build(bld):
 
 	# cuda application
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ def build(bld):
 	# native application
 	bld.program(
 		source = 'test.cpp',
-		target = 'testapp')
+		target = 'testapp-native')
 
 	# cuda application
 	bld.program(