diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yaksa/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yaksa/package.py
index b696c00e12..46366659be 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yaksa/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/yaksa/package.py
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ def configure_args(self):
             cuda_archs = spec.variants["cuda_arch"].value
             if "none" not in cuda_archs:
                 config_args.append("--with-cuda-sm={0}".format(",".join(cuda_archs)))
+            if "^cuda+allow-unsupported-compilers" in self.spec:
+                config_args.append("NVCC_FLAGS=-allow-unsupported-compiler")
 
         if "+rocm" in spec:
             config_args.append("--with-hip={0}".format(spec["hip"].prefix))