diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a79a4c36d..7bc74255a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ add_library(erf_api)
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   set_target_properties(erf_api PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 endif()
-if (ERF_GPU_BACKEND STREQUAL "CUDA")
+if (ERF_ENABLE_CUDA)
    setup_target_for_cuda_compilation(erf_api)
 endif ()
 target_link_libraries(erf_api PUBLIC erf_srclib)