diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiler-wrapper/cc.sh b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiler-wrapper/cc.sh
index 31ae442ed13..3740fb6996d 100755
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiler-wrapper/cc.sh
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiler-wrapper/cc.sh
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ _command_from_flags() {
 
     case "$_lang" in
         c) command=cc ;;
-        c++|f77|f95) command="$_lang" ;;
+        c++|f77|f95|hip) command="$_lang" ;;
         *) command="$command_from_argv0" ;;  # drop unknown languages
     esac
 }
@@ -365,6 +365,14 @@ case "$command" in
         debug_flags="-g"
         vcheck_flags="${SPACK_ALWAYS_FFLAGS}"
         ;;
+    hip)
+        command="$SPACK_HIPCXX"
+        language="HIP"
+        comp="HIPCXX"
+        lang_flags=HIP
+        debug_flags="-g"
+        vcheck_flags="${SPACK_ALWAYS_HIPCXXFLAGS}"
+        ;;
     ld|ld.gold|ld.lld)
         mode=ld
         if [ -z "$SPACK_CC_RPATH_ARG" ]; then
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiler-wrapper/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiler-wrapper/package.py
index a5362fb2cc0..5bee909f026 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiler-wrapper/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/compiler-wrapper/package.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class CompilerWrapper(Package):
     if sys.platform != "win32":
         version(
             "1.0",
-            sha256="db44e5898aa9b8605e3cfe53a51649b4df504066f0f13562432f584fc88a5038",
+            sha256="01db837305c8e181f142da3341c8438e0a7b4e03f0361df19d5784ab68b3c1f2",
             expand=False,
         )
     else: