diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index b49f1e3dda1..525e5f9225d 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -470,8 +470,14 @@ target_link_libraries(cudf
                   rmm::rmm)
 
 if(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME)
+    # Tell CMake what CUDA language runtime to use
+    set_target_properties(cudf PROPERTIES CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY Static)
+    # Make sure to export to consumers what runtime we used
     target_link_libraries(cudf PUBLIC CUDA::cudart_static CUDA::cuda_driver)
 else()
+    # Tell CMake what CUDA language runtime to use
+    set_target_properties(cudf PROPERTIES CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY Shared)
+    # Make sure to export to consumers what runtime we used
     target_link_libraries(cudf PUBLIC CUDA::cudart CUDA::cuda_driver)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/CUDF_GetArrow.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/CUDF_GetArrow.cmake
index 002085c2973..c1c29a693d5 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/CUDF_GetArrow.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/CUDF_GetArrow.cmake
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ function(find_and_configure_arrow VERSION BUILD_STATIC)
         GIT_SHALLOW     TRUE
         SOURCE_SUBDIR   cpp
         OPTIONS         "CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON"
+                        "CUDA_USE_STATIC_CUDA_RUNTIME ${CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME}"
                         "ARROW_IPC ON"
                         "ARROW_CUDA ON"
                         "ARROW_DATASET ON"