diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 929504a604d..951c510b86c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ if (USE_ACCEL)
   target_link_libraries(
     dbcsr
     PRIVATE $<$<STREQUAL:${USE_ACCEL},cuda>:CUDA::cudart>
+            $<$<STREQUAL:${USE_ACCEL},cuda>:CUDA::cuda_driver>
             $<$<STREQUAL:${USE_ACCEL},cuda>:CUDA::cublas>
             $<$<STREQUAL:${USE_ACCEL},cuda>:CUDA::nvrtc>
             $<$<BOOL:${WITH_CUDA_PROFILING}>:CUDA::nvToolsExt>
diff --git a/tools/vecLibFort/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/vecLibFort/CMakeLists.txt
index 9fa4f450c7d..a36b6e15508 100644
--- a/tools/vecLibFort/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/vecLibFort/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 add_library(vecLibFort STATIC vecLibFort.c)
 
+if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+  target_compile_options(vecLibFort PRIVATE -flax-vector-conversions)
+endif ()
+
 install(
   TARGETS vecLibFort
   EXPORT DBCSRTargets