diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/dlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/dlib/default.nix
index 32356fd9ccab..50709cae8c0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/dlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/dlib/default.nix
@@ -3,28 +3,27 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , cmake
 , pkg-config
-, fftw
 , libpng
 , libjpeg
 , libwebp
-, openblas
+, blas
+, lapack
+, config
 , guiSupport ? false
 , libX11
-
-  # see http://dlib.net/compile.html
 , sse4Support ? stdenv.hostPlatform.sse4_1Support
 , avxSupport ? stdenv.hostPlatform.avxSupport
-, cudaSupport ? true
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+, cudaSupport ? config.cudaSupport
+, cudaPackages
+}@inputs:
+(if cudaSupport then cudaPackages.backendStdenv else inputs.stdenv).mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "dlib";
   version = "19.24.2";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "davisking";
     repo = "dlib";
-    rev ="v${version}";
+    rev = "v${version}";
     sha256 = "sha256-Z1fScuaIHjj2L1uqLIvsZ7ARKNjM+iaA8SAtWUTPFZk=";
   };
 
@@ -33,20 +32,53 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    (lib.cmakeBool "USE_DLIB_USE_CUDA" cudaSupport)
     (lib.cmakeBool "USE_SSE4_INSTRUCTIONS" sse4Support)
     (lib.cmakeBool "USE_AVX_INSTRUCTIONS" avxSupport)
+    (lib.cmakeBool "DLIB_USE_CUDA" cudaSupport)
+  ] ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "DLIB_USE_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES" (builtins.concatStringsSep "," (with cudaPackages.flags; map dropDot cudaCapabilities)))
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ] ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport (with cudaPackages; [
+    cuda_nvcc
+  ]);
 
   buildInputs = [
-    fftw
     libpng
     libjpeg
     libwebp
-    openblas
-  ] ++ lib.optional guiSupport libX11;
+    blas
+    lapack
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals guiSupport [ libX11 ]
+  ++ lib.optionals config.cudaSupport (with cudaPackages; [
+    cuda_cudart.dev
+    cuda_cudart.lib
+    cuda_cudart.static
+    cuda_nvcc.dev
+    libcublas.dev
+    libcublas.lib
+    libcublas.static
+    libcurand.dev
+    libcurand.lib
+    libcurand.static
+    libcusolver.dev
+    libcusolver.lib
+    libcusolver.static
+    cudnn.dev
+    cudnn.lib
+    cudnn.static
+    cuda_cccl.dev
+  ]);
+
+  passthru = {
+    inherit
+      cudaSupport cudaPackages
+      sse4Support avxSupport;
+  };
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A general purpose cross-platform C++ machine learning library";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix
index 8b06c83cf5aa..ef1d57e3eb67 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/face-recognition/default.nix
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 , fetchPypi
 , lib
 
-# propagates
+  # propagates
 , click
 , dlib
 , face-recognition-models
 , numpy
 , pillow
 
-# tests
+  # tests
 , pytestCheckHook
+, config
+, cudaSupport ? config.cudaSupport
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "1.3.0";
   format = "setuptools";
 
-  src = fetchPypi  {
+  src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "face_recognition";
     inherit version;
     hash = "sha256-Xl790WhqpWavDTzBMTsTHksZdleo/9A2aebT+tknBew=";
@@ -36,6 +38,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     pytestCheckHook
   ];
 
+  # Disables tests when running with cuda due to https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/225912
+  doCheck = !config.cudaSupport;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     license = licenses.mit;
     homepage = "https://github.com/ageitgey/face_recognition";