diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/aocc.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/aocc.py
index f16d9c285ca..dcb6589861c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/aocc.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/aocc.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class Aocc(Compiler):
     # Subclasses use possible names of Fortran 90 compiler
     fc_names = ['flang']
 
+    PrgEnv = 'PrgEnv-aocc'
+    PrgEnv_compiler = 'aocc'
+
     version_argument = '--version'
 
     @property