diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/math/mxnet/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/math/mxnet/default.nix
index 3c22287c8e84..ce9c214b3f0c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/math/mxnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/math/mxnet/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ assert cudnnSupport -> cudaSupport;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mxnet-${version}";
-  version = "0.11.0";
+  version = "1.1.0";
 
   # Submodules needed
   src = fetchgit {
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
               ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [ cudatoolkit nvidia_x11 ]
               ++ lib.optional cudnnSupport cudnn;
 
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    (if cudaSupport then "-DCUDA_ARCH_NAME=All" else "-DUSE_CUDA=OFF")
-  ] ++ lib.optional (!cudnnSupport) "-DUSE_CUDNN=OFF";
+  cmakeFlags =
+    (if cudaSupport then [
+      "-DCUDA_ARCH_NAME=All"
+      "-DCUDA_HOST_COMPILER=${cudatoolkit.cc}/bin/cc"
+    ] else [ "-DUSE_CUDA=OFF" ])
+    ++ lib.optional (!cudnnSupport) "-DUSE_CUDNN=OFF";
 
   installPhase = ''
     install -Dm755 libmxnet.so $out/lib/libmxnet.so