diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b05ed5d7d9c2d95fd3a0c3204d79ef9f8fb0b6d..80a06fc8df9ebe342d13de53ecd5eebf2b93f86a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@ if ( WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_CUDA )
 
       #CUDA_FOUND is need for our cmake mechanism
       set ( CUDA_FOUND TRUE )
+      set(CMAKE_CUDA_STANDARD_REQUIRED OFF)
     else()
       set ( WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_CUDA FALSE )
     endif ( )