diff --git a/cmake/GinkgoConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/GinkgoConfig.cmake.in
index fbb901bc48d..70ccacccf97 100644
--- a/cmake/GinkgoConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/GinkgoConfig.cmake.in
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ set(GINKGO_HIP_HCC_COMPILER_FLAGS @GINKGO_HIP_HCC_COMPILER_FLAGS@)
 set(GINKGO_HIP_NVCC_COMPILER_FLAGS @GINKGO_HIP_NVCC_COMPILER_FLAGS@)
 set(GINKGO_HIP_CLANG_COMPILER_FLAGS @GINKGO_HIP_CLANG_COMPILER_FLAGS@)
 set(GINKGO_HIP_PLATFORM @GINKGO_HIP_PLATFORM@)
+set(GINKGO_HIP_PLATFORM_AMD_REGEX @HIP_PLATFORM_AMD_REGEX@)
+set(GINKGO_HIP_PLATFORM_NVIDIA_REGEX @HIP_PLATFORM_NVIDIA_REGEX@)
 set(GINKGO_HIP_AMDGPU @GINKGO_HIP_AMDGPU@)
 set(GINKGO_HIP_VERSION @GINKGO_HIP_VERSION@)
 set(GINKGO_AMD_ARCH_FLAGS @GINKGO_AMD_ARCH_FLAGS@)
@@ -150,10 +152,14 @@ endif()
 # NOTE: we do not export benchmarks, examples, tests or devel tools
 #     so `third_party` libraries are currently unneeded.
 
-# propagate CUDA_HOST_COMPILER if Ginkgo was built with CUDA
-if (GINKGO_BUILD_CUDA AND GINKGO_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER AND NOT CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER)
-    message(STATUS "Ginkgo: Setting CUDA host compiler to ${GINKGO_CXX_COMPILER}")
-    set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER "${GINKGO_CXX_COMPILER}" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+# propagate CUDA_HOST_COMPILER if Ginkgo needed
+if (GINKGO_BUILD_CUDA OR (GINKGO_BUILD_HIP
+    AND GINKGO_HIP_PLATFORM MATCHES "${GINKGO_HIP_PLATFORM_NVIDIA_REGEX}"))
+    if (GINKGO_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER AND NOT CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER
+        AND EXISTS "${GINKGO_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER}")
+        message(STATUS "Ginkgo: Setting CUDA host compiler to ${GINKGO_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER}")
+        set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER "${GINKGO_CUDA_HOST_COMPILER}" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(GINKGO_HAVE_PAPI_SDE)