diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pdt/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pdt/package.py
index 9fcf5671746..bb414c0bf56 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pdt/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pdt/package.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def configure(self, spec, prefix):
             options.append("-pgCC")
         elif self.compiler.name == "gcc":
             options.append("-GNU")
-        elif self.compiler.name == "clang" or self.compiler.name == "apple-clang":
+        elif self.compiler.name in ["clang", "apple-clang", "aocc"]:
             options.append("-clang")
         elif self.compiler.name == "cce":
             options.append("-CC")