diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c7b61b92f..5ba47d799 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ option(CUDA_ENABLE_KERNELINFO "Enable kernel resource usage info" OFF)
 option(CUDA_ENABLE_LINEINFO
        "Enable the -lineinfo option for nvcc (useful for cuda-memcheck / profiler)" OFF
 )
-option(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME "Statically link the CUDA toolkit runtime and libraries" OFF)
+option(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME "Statically link the CUDA runtime" OFF)
+option(CUDA_STATIC_MATH_LIBRARIES "Statically link the CUDA math libraries" OFF)
 option(CUVS_USE_RAFT_STATIC "Build and statically link the RAFT libraries" OFF)
 option(CUDA_LOG_COMPILE_TIME "Write a log of compilation times to nvcc_compile_log.csv" OFF)
 option(DETECT_CONDA_ENV "Enable detection of conda environment for dependencies" ON)
@@ -101,7 +102,10 @@ message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Enable kernel resource usage info: ${CUDA_ENABLE_KERNELIN
 message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Enable lineinfo in nvcc: ${CUDA_ENABLE_LINEINFO}")
 message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Enable nvtx markers: ${CUVS_NVTX}")
 message(VERBOSE
-        "cuVS: Statically link the CUDA toolkit runtime and libraries: ${CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME}"
+        "cuVS: Statically link the CUDA runtime: ${CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME}"
+)
+message(VERBOSE
+        "cuVS: Statically link the CUDA math libraries: ${CUDA_STATIC_MATH_LIBRARIES}"
 )
 message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Build and statically link RAFT libraries: ${CUVS_USE_RAFT_STATIC}")
 
@@ -132,7 +136,7 @@ endif()
 # * compiler options ----------------------------------------------------------
 
 set(_ctk_static_suffix "")
-if(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME)
+if(CUDA_STATIC_MATH_LIBRARIES)
   set(_ctk_static_suffix "_static")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/docs/source/build.rst b/docs/source/build.rst
index f959fc288..86f4590fc 100644
--- a/docs/source/build.rst
+++ b/docs/source/build.rst
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ cuVS has the following configurable cmake flags available:
    - OFF
    - Statically link the CUDA runtime
 
+ * - CUDA_STATIC_MATH_LIBRARIES
+   - ON, OFF
+   - OFF
+   - Statically link the CUDA math libraries
+
  * - DETECT_CONDA_ENV
    - ON, OFF
    - ON
diff --git a/python/cuvs/CMakeLists.txt b/python/cuvs/CMakeLists.txt
index d48cc7405..4d24682cf 100644
--- a/python/cuvs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/cuvs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ if(NOT cuvs_FOUND)
 
   # Statically link dependencies if building wheels
   set(CUDA_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
+  set(CUDA_STATIC_MATH_LIBRARIES ON)
   set(CUVS_USE_RAFT_STATIC ON)
 
   add_subdirectory(../../cpp cuvs-cpp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)