diff --git a/include/caffe/util/cudnn.hpp b/include/caffe/util/cudnn.hpp
index a7d8dbb..0fe4f6a 100644
--- a/include/caffe/util/cudnn.hpp
+++ b/include/caffe/util/cudnn.hpp
@@ -109,8 +109,13 @@ template <typename Dtype>
 inline void setConvolutionDesc(cudnnConvolutionDescriptor_t* conv,
     cudnnTensorDescriptor_t bottom, cudnnFilterDescriptor_t filter,
     int pad_h, int pad_w, int stride_h, int stride_w) {
+#if CUDNN_VERSION_MIN(6, 0, 0)
   CUDNN_CHECK(cudnnSetConvolution2dDescriptor(*conv,
-      pad_h, pad_w, stride_h, stride_w, 1, 1, CUDNN_CROSS_CORRELATION));
+    pad_h, pad_w, stride_h, stride_w, 1, 1, CUDNN_CROSS_CORRELATION,
+    dataType<Dtype>::type));
+#else
+  CUDNN_CHECK(cudnnSetConvolution2dDescriptor(*conv,
+    pad_h, pad_w, stride_h, stride_w, 1, 1, CUDNN_CROSS_CORRELATION));
 }
 
 template <typename Dtype>