diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake
index d3024c76e2..22c53d9a73 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCUDACompiler.cmake
@@ -116,9 +116,13 @@ if(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL NVIDIA)
   endif()
 
   if(_nvcc_link_line)
-    #extract the compiler that is being used for linking
-    separate_arguments(_nvcc_link_line_args UNIX_COMMAND "${_nvcc_link_line}")
-    list(GET _nvcc_link_line_args 0 CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_LINK_LAUNCHER)
+    if("x${CMAKE_CUDA_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC")
+      set(CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_LINK_LAUNCHER "${CMAKE_LINKER}")
+    else()
+      #extract the compiler that is being used for linking
+      separate_arguments(_nvcc_link_line_args UNIX_COMMAND "${_nvcc_link_line}")
+      list(GET _nvcc_link_line_args 0 CMAKE_CUDA_HOST_LINK_LAUNCHER)
+    endif()
 
     #prefix the line with cuda-fake-ld so that implicit link info believes it is
     #a link line
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeFindBinUtils.cmake b/Modules/CMakeFindBinUtils.cmake
index 75a031e614..4c0486e4d5 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeFindBinUtils.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeFindBinUtils.cmake
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ if("x${CMAKE_C_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC"
    OR "x${CMAKE_Fortran_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC"
    OR "x${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC"
    OR "x${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC"
+   OR "x${CMAKE_CUDA_SIMULATE_ID}" STREQUAL "xMSVC"
    OR (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio"
        AND NOT CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME STREQUAL "Tegra-Android"))