diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 3c13364353..f2347b6c0b 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3244,3 +3244,10 @@ David  23 Mar 2009
         filesys.cpp
     api/
         boinc_api.cpp
+
+David  23 Mar 2009
+    - client (linux): if don't find libcudart.so in the current dir,
+        look for it in the library search path.  Fixes #863
+
+    lib/
+        coproc.cpp
diff --git a/lib/coproc.cpp b/lib/coproc.cpp
index 4ef2a1993e..6ec54d48be 100644
--- a/lib/coproc.cpp
+++ b/lib/coproc.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,15 @@ string COPROC_CUDA::get(COPROCS& coprocs) {
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     cudalib = dlopen("/usr/local/cuda/lib/libcudart.dylib", RTLD_NOW);
 #else
+    // libcudart.so is included with the BOINC install for linux,
+    // so look for it in the current dir.
+    //
     cudalib = dlopen("./libcudart.so", RTLD_NOW);
+    if (!cudalib) {
+        // If that fails, look for it in the library search path
+        //
+        cudalib = dlopen("libcudart.so", RTLD_NOW);
+    }
 #endif
     if (!cudalib) {
         return "Can't load library libcudart";