diff --git a/Modules/FindCUDA.cmake b/Modules/FindCUDA.cmake
index d9809ad2e..9348aa5c6 100644
--- a/Modules/FindCUDA.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindCUDA.cmake
@@ -452,7 +452,17 @@ set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "" CACHE STRING "Semi-colon delimit multiple arguments.")
 if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
   set(CUDA_HOST_COMPILER "$(VCInstallDir)bin" CACHE FILEPATH "Host side compiler used by NVCC")
 else()
-  set(CUDA_HOST_COMPILER "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}" CACHE FILEPATH "Host side compiler used by NVCC")
+  # Using cc which is symlink to clang may let NVCC think it is GCC and issue
+  # unhandled -dumpspecs option to clang. Also in case neither
+  # CMAKE_C_COMPILER is defined (project does not use C language) nor
+  # CUDA_HOST_COMPILER is specified manually we should skip -ccbin and let
+  # nvcc use its own default C compiler.
+  if(DEFINED CMAKE_C_COMPILER AND NOT DEFINED CUDA_HOST_COMPILER)
+    get_filename_component(c_compiler_realpath "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}" REALPATH)
+  else()
+    set(c_compiler_realpath "")
+  endif()
+  set(CUDA_HOST_COMPILER "${c_compiler_realpath}" CACHE FILEPATH "Host side compiler used by NVCC")
 endif()
 
 # Propagate the host flags to the host compiler via -Xcompiler
@@ -1422,7 +1432,7 @@ function(CUDA_LINK_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION_OBJECTS output_file cuda_target options
     # If -ccbin, --compiler-bindir has been specified, don't do anything.  Otherwise add it here.
     list( FIND nvcc_flags "-ccbin" ccbin_found0 )
     list( FIND nvcc_flags "--compiler-bindir" ccbin_found1 )
-    if( ccbin_found0 LESS 0 AND ccbin_found1 LESS 0 )
+    if( ccbin_found0 LESS 0 AND ccbin_found1 LESS 0 AND CUDA_HOST_COMPILER )
       list(APPEND nvcc_flags -ccbin "\"${CUDA_HOST_COMPILER}\"")
     endif()
     # Create a list of flags specified by CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_${CONFIG}
diff --git a/Modules/FindCUDA/run_nvcc.cmake b/Modules/FindCUDA/run_nvcc.cmake
index f0aac8487..58e0d312b 100644
--- a/Modules/FindCUDA/run_nvcc.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindCUDA/run_nvcc.cmake
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ set(cmake_dependency_file "@cmake_dependency_file@") # path
 set(CUDA_make2cmake "@CUDA_make2cmake@") # path
 set(CUDA_parse_cubin "@CUDA_parse_cubin@") # path
 set(build_cubin @build_cubin@) # bool
-set(CUDA_HOST_COMPILER "@CUDA_HOST_COMPILER@") # bool
+set(CUDA_HOST_COMPILER "@CUDA_HOST_COMPILER@") # path
 # We won't actually use these variables for now, but we need to set this, in
 # order to force this file to be run again if it changes.
 set(generated_file_path "@generated_file_path@") # path
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_${build_configuration}})
 # Any -ccbin existing in CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS gets highest priority
 list( FIND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-ccbin" ccbin_found0 )
 list( FIND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "--compiler-bindir" ccbin_found1 )
-if( ccbin_found0 LESS 0 AND ccbin_found1 LESS 0 )
+if( ccbin_found0 LESS 0 AND ccbin_found1 LESS 0 AND CUDA_HOST_COMPILER )
   if (CUDA_HOST_COMPILER STREQUAL "$(VCInstallDir)bin" AND DEFINED CCBIN)
     set(CCBIN -ccbin "${CCBIN}")
   else()