diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/cce.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/cce.py
index 43d000dd695..94956b9d836 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/cce.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/cce.py
@@ -53,3 +53,15 @@ class Cce(Compiler):
     @classmethod
     def default_version(cls, comp):
         return get_compiler_version(comp, '-V', r'[Vv]ersion.*(\d+(\.\d+)+)')
+
+    @property
+    def openmp_flag(self):
+        return "-h omp"
+
+    @property
+    def cxx11_flag(self):
+        return "-h std=c++11"
+
+    @property
+    def pic_flag(self):
+        return "-h PIC"