--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -762,6 +762,11 @@ if(WITH_CYCLES_DEVICE_OPTIX AND WITH_CYC
       -Wno-deprecated-gpu-targets
       -o ${output})
 
+    if(CUDA_HOST_COMPILER)
+      set(cuda_flags ${cuda_flags}
+        -ccbin="${CUDA_HOST_COMPILER}")
+    endif()
+
     if(WITH_NANOVDB)
       set(cuda_flags ${cuda_flags}
         -D WITH_NANOVDB