diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/unstable_cuda.py b/mesonbuild/modules/unstable_cuda.py
index 0d693c3a0..919918ce5 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/unstable_cuda.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/unstable_cuda.py
@@ -34,16 +34,19 @@ class CudaModule(ExtensionModule):
     @noKwargs
     def min_driver_version(self, state, args, kwargs):
         argerror = InvalidArguments('min_driver_version must have exactly one positional argument: ' +
-                                    'an NVCC compiler object, or its version string.')
+                                    'a CUDA Toolkit version string. Beware that, since CUDA 11.0, ' +
+                                    'the CUDA Toolkit\'s components (including NVCC) are versioned ' +
+                                    'independently from each other (and the CUDA Toolkit as a whole).')
 
-        if len(args) != 1:
+        if len(args) != 1 or not isinstance(args[0], str):
             raise argerror
-        else:
-            cuda_version = self._version_from_compiler(args[0])
-            if cuda_version == 'unknown':
-                raise argerror
 
+        cuda_version = args[0]
         driver_version_table = [
+            {'cuda_version': '>=11.1.0',   'windows': '456.38', 'linux': '455.23'},
+            {'cuda_version': '>=11.0.3',   'windows': '451.82', 'linux': '450.51.06'},
+            {'cuda_version': '>=11.0.2',   'windows': '451.48', 'linux': '450.51.05'},
+            {'cuda_version': '>=11.0.1',   'windows': '451.22', 'linux': '450.36.06'},
             {'cuda_version': '>=10.2.89',  'windows': '441.22', 'linux': '440.33'},
             {'cuda_version': '>=10.1.105', 'windows': '418.96', 'linux': '418.39'},
             {'cuda_version': '>=10.0.130', 'windows': '411.31', 'linux': '410.48'},
diff --git a/test cases/cuda/3 cudamodule/meson.build b/test cases/cuda/3 cudamodule/meson.build
index f55632863..8410535d8 100644
--- a/test cases/cuda/3 cudamodule/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/cuda/3 cudamodule/meson.build	
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ project('cudamodule', 'cuda', version : '1.0.0')
 nvcc = meson.get_compiler('cuda')
 cuda = import('unstable-cuda')
 
-arch_flags     = cuda.nvcc_arch_flags(nvcc, 'Auto', detected: ['6.0'])
-arch_readable  = cuda.nvcc_arch_readable(nvcc, 'Auto', detected: ['6.0'])
-driver_version = cuda.min_driver_version(nvcc)
+arch_flags     = cuda.nvcc_arch_flags(nvcc.version(), 'Auto', detected: ['6.0'])
+arch_readable  = cuda.nvcc_arch_readable(nvcc.version(), 'Auto', detected: ['6.0'])
+driver_version = cuda.min_driver_version(nvcc.version())
 
 message('NVCC version:   ' + nvcc.version())
 message('NVCC flags:     ' + ' '.join(arch_flags))