diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
index 5c17a07829..9045a4dac1 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions.cxx
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ void cmVisualStudioGeneratorOptions::FixCudaCodeGeneration()
   // First entries for the -arch=<arch> [-code=<code>,...] pair.
   if (!arch.empty()) {
     std::string arch_name = arch[0];
+    if (arch_name == "all" || arch_name == "all-major") {
+      AppendFlagString("AdditionalOptions", "-arch=" + arch_name);
+      return;
+    }
     std::vector<std::string> codes;
     if (!code.empty()) {
       codes = cmTokenize(code[0], ",");