diff --git a/third_party/gpus/crosstool/windows/msvc_wrapper_for_nvcc.py.tpl b/third_party/gpus/crosstool/windows/msvc_wrapper_for_nvcc.py.tpl
index 7e0674963bf..0d1423f8ba0 100644
--- a/third_party/gpus/crosstool/windows/msvc_wrapper_for_nvcc.py.tpl
+++ b/third_party/gpus/crosstool/windows/msvc_wrapper_for_nvcc.py.tpl
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ def InvokeNvcc(argv, log=False):
     ]
   _, argv = GetOptionValue(argv, '--no-cuda-include-ptx')
 
+  # nvcc doesn't respect the INCLUDE and LIB env vars from MSVC,
+  # so we explicity specify the system include paths and library search paths.
+  if 'INCLUDE' in os.environ:
+    nvccopts += [('--system-include="%s"' % p) for p in os.environ['INCLUDE'].split(";")]
+  if 'LIB' in os.environ:
+    nvccopts += [('--library-path="%s"' % p) for p in os.environ['LIB'].split(";")]
+
   nvccopts += nvcc_compiler_options
   nvccopts += undefines
   nvccopts += defines