diff --git a/include/fmt/core.h b/include/fmt/core.h
index dddb09912b11..139a063a5e45 100644
--- a/include/fmt/core.h
+++ b/include/fmt/core.h
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 
 // Enable minimal optimizations for more compact code in debug mode.
 FMT_GCC_PRAGMA("GCC push_options")
-#if !defined(__OPTIMIZE__) && !defined(__NVCOMPILER) && !defined(__LCC__)
+#if !defined(__OPTIMIZE__) && !defined(__NVCOMPILER) && !defined(__LCC__) && !defined(__CUDACC__)
 FMT_GCC_PRAGMA("GCC optimize(\"Og\")")
 #endif