diff --git a/syntax_checkers/cuda.vim b/syntax_checkers/cuda.vim
index 816505eb..3f6c92bc 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/cuda.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/cuda.vim
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ if !executable('nvcc')
 endif
 
 function! SyntaxCheckers_cuda_GetLocList()
-    let makeprg = 'nvcc --cuda -O0 -I . -Xcompiler -fsyntax-only '.shellescape(expand('%')).' -o /dev/null'
+    if exists('g:syntastic_cuda_arch')
+        let arch_flag = '-arch='.g:syntastic_cuda_arch
+    else
+        let arch_flag = ''
+    endif
+    let makeprg = 'nvcc '.arch_flag.' --cuda -O0 -I . -Xcompiler -fsyntax-only '.shellescape(expand('%')).' -o /dev/null'
     "let errorformat =  '%-G%f:%s:,%f:%l:%c: %m,%f:%l: %m'
     let errorformat =  '%*[^"]"%f"%*\D%l: %m,"%f"%*\D%l: %m,%-G%f:%l: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once,%-G%f:%l: for each function it appears in.),%f:%l:%c:%m,%f(%l):%m,%f:%l:%m,"%f"\, line %l%*\D%c%*[^ ] %m,%D%*\a[%*\d]: Entering directory `%f'',%X%*\a[%*\d]: Leaving directory `%f'',%D%*\a: Entering directory `%f'',%X%*\a: Leaving directory `%f'',%DMaking %*\a in %f,%f|%l| %m'