diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torch/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torch/package.py
index b7d6fa0c0ec..dbab39daf2f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torch/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-torch/package.py
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ def enable_or_disable(variant, keyword='USE', var=None, newer=False):
                                        in
                                        self.spec.variants['cuda_arch'].value)
             env.set('TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST', torch_cuda_arch)
+            if self.spec.satisfies('%clang'):
+                for flag in self.spec.compiler_flags['cxxflags']:
+                    if 'gcc-toolchain' in flag:
+                        env.set('CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS', '=-Xcompiler={0}'.format(flag))
 
         enable_or_disable('rocm')