diff --git a/Modules/FindOpenACC.cmake b/Modules/FindOpenACC.cmake
index 00e42b8ea4..436f5ea2a1 100644
--- a/Modules/FindOpenACC.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindOpenACC.cmake
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ foreach (LANG IN ITEMS C CXX Fortran)
   endif()
   if(OpenACC_${LANG}_FLAGS)
     set_property(TARGET OpenACC::OpenACC_${LANG} PROPERTY
-      INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:${LANG}>:${OpenACC_${LANG}_OPTIONS}>")
+      INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:${LANG}>:SHELL:${OpenACC_${LANG}_FLAGS}>")
     set_property(TARGET OpenACC::OpenACC_${LANG} PROPERTY
-      INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:${LANG}>:${OpenACC_${LANG}_OPTIONS}>")
+      INTERFACE_LINK_OPTIONS "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:${LANG}>:SHELL:${OpenACC_${LANG}_FLAGS}>")
     unset(_OpenACC_${LANG}_OPTIONS)
   endif()
 endforeach()