diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/caliper/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/caliper/package.py
index 16bc844ac7b..37cd8a33e8b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/caliper/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/caliper/package.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             args.append("-DCUPTI_PREFIX=%s" % spec["cuda"].prefix)
 
         if "+rocm" in spec:
+            args.append("-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER={0}".format(spec["hip"].hipcc))
             args.append("-DROCM_PREFIX=%s" % spec["hsa-rocr-dev"].prefix)
 
         return args