diff --git a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r4.ebuild b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r4.ebuild
index 77b33c13b543f..2fc4f1d33b6c8 100644
--- a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r4.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-1.0.0-r4.ebuild
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ cuda_get_host_compiler() {
 		return
 	fi
 
+	if ! has_version dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit ; then
+		return
+	fi
+
 	einfo "Trying to find working CUDA host compiler"
 
 	if ! tc-is-gcc && ! tc-is-clang; then
diff --git a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-9999.ebuild b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-9999.ebuild
index c2051afedaa9f..8d90dd0197e0f 100644
--- a/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/freecad/freecad-9999.ebuild
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ cuda_get_host_compiler() {
 		return
 	fi
 
+	if ! has_version dev-util/nvidia-cuda-toolkit ; then
+		return
+	fi
+
 	einfo "Trying to find working CUDA host compiler"
 
 	if ! tc-is-gcc && ! tc-is-clang; then