diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aea8dcfdf87..7d65067f357 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ if (MSVC)
 endif(MSVC)
 
 IF(NOT MSVC)
-  SET(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_DEBUG} -g -lineinfo --source-in-ptx")
-  SET(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO} -g -lineinfo --source-in-ptx")
+  list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g" "-lineinfo" "--source-in-ptx")
+  list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-g" "-lineinfo" "--source-in-ptx")
 ENDIF(NOT MSVC)
 
 # Set INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE for all mobile builds. Components that are not
diff --git a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index e07d50f75df..d396daf5f90 100644
--- a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ if (NOT INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE)
   LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${TORCH_NVCC_FLAGS})
   LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA})
   IF (CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE AND NOT MSVC)
-    LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-Xcompiler -fPIC")
+    LIST(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-Xcompiler" "-fPIC")
   ENDIF()
 
   IF (CUDA_HAS_FP16 OR NOT ${CUDA_VERSION} LESS 7.5)