diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c4b8a69..6991393e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ target_link_libraries(${SD_LIB} PUBLIC ggml)
 target_link_libraries(${SD_LIB} PRIVATE onig sd-utf8proc)
 if (SD_CUDA)
     find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(${SD_LIB} PRIVATE CUDA::cuda_driver)
+    # Keep the driver stub on downstream link lines when no driver is installed.
+    target_link_libraries(${SD_LIB} PUBLIC CUDA::cuda_driver)
     set_property(SOURCE src/core/ggml_extend_backend.cpp APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS SD_USE_CUDA)
 endif()
 target_include_directories(${SD_LIB} PUBLIC . src include)
diff --git a/cmake/stable-diffusion-config.cmake.in b/cmake/stable-diffusion-config.cmake.in
index b31f4416..f3be7c03 100644
--- a/cmake/stable-diffusion-config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/stable-diffusion-config.cmake.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set(SD_BIN_DIR "@PACKAGE_SD_BIN_INSTALL_DIR@")
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 find_dependency(ggml REQUIRED HINTS "${SD_LIB_DIR}/cmake")
-if(@SD_CUDA@ AND NOT SD_SHARED_LIB)
+if(@SD_CUDA@)
     find_dependency(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if(NOT TARGET stable-diffusion)
             INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES "c_std_11;cxx_std_17"
             POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
-    if(@SD_CUDA@ AND NOT SD_SHARED_LIB)
+    if(@SD_CUDA@)
         set_property(TARGET stable-diffusion APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES CUDA::cuda_driver)
     endif()