diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4acb1024bd57c65458c7266021ab79072003f2ce..2d9437083899313c0d3f7d896df0158e0f2ebb0a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -227,6 +227,11 @@ do
        conf_options="$conf_options -DSE_CLASS3=ON"
        ;;
     gpu)
+        if [ x"$CXX" == x"" ]; then
+                conf_options="$conf_options"
+        else
+                conf_options="$conf_options -DCUDA_HOST_COMPILER=$CXX"
+        fi
        conf_options="$conf_options -DENABLE_GPU=ON"
        ;;
     *) ac_unrecognized_opts="$ac_unrecognized_opts$ac_unrecognized_sep--enable-$ac_useropt_orig"