diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spfft/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spfft/package.py
index 59cf2422f5a..00381428ed2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spfft/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spfft/package.py
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ def cmake_args(self):
         if spec.satisfies('+cuda'):
             args += ["-DSPFFT_GPU_BACKEND=CUDA"]
 
+            cuda_arch = self.spec.variants['cuda_arch'].value
+            if cuda_arch[0] != 'none':
+                args += [self.define('CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES', cuda_arch)]
+
         if spec.satisfies('+rocm'):
             archs = ",".join(self.spec.variants['amdgpu_target'].value)
             args += [