diff --git a/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake b/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake
index ace8ff0879..c3ee081898 100644
--- a/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake
+++ b/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ set(Kokkos_ENABLE_SERIAL ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA   ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(Kokkos_ARCH_PASCAL60 ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(BUILD_OMP ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+get_filename_component(NVCC_WRAPPER_CMD ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../lib/kokkos/bin/nvcc_wrapper ABSOLUTE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${NVCC_WRAPPER_CMD} CACHE FILEPATH "" FORCE)
 
 # hide deprecation warnings temporarily for stable release
 set(Kokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)