diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp
index bbe81f6e..5a047070 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@
 // NVIDIA Specific support
 // BOOST_GPU_ENABLED : Flag a function or a method as being enabled on the host and device
 #define BOOST_GPU_ENABLED __host__ __device__
+
+// A bug in version 7.0 of CUDA prevents use of variadic templates in some occasions
+// https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11897
+// This is fixed in 7.5. As the following version macro was introduced in 7.5 an existance
+// check is enough to detect versions < 7.5
+#if !defined(__CUDACC_VER__) || (__CUDACC_VER__ < 70500)
+#   define BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
+#endif