diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b0fe954e98..640d0ead42 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -304,7 +304,25 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs) -> None:
         self.metadata_json = "cpp_lib.json"
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _join_cuda_home(*paths) -> str:
+        """
+        Hackfix to support custom `nvcc` binary (eg ccache)
+        TODO: Remove once we use PT 2.1.0 (https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/pull/96987)
+        """
+        if paths == ("bin", "nvcc") and "PYTORCH_NVCC" in os.environ:
+            return os.environ["PYTORCH_NVCC"]
+        if CUDA_HOME is None:
+            raise EnvironmentError(
+                "CUDA_HOME environment variable is not set. "
+                "Please set it to your CUDA install root."
+            )
+        return os.path.join(CUDA_HOME, *paths)
+
     def build_extensions(self) -> None:
+        torch.utils.cpp_extension._join_cuda_home = (
+            BuildExtensionWithMetadata._join_cuda_home
+        )
         super().build_extensions()
         with open(
             os.path.join(self.build_lib, self.pkg_name, self.metadata_json), "w+"