diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
index fa032ec7968f..8533373a8dc5 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def _find_best_cpp_std(self, cpp_std: str) -> str:
         }
 
         # Currently, remapping is only supported for Clang, Elbrus and GCC
-        assert self.id in frozenset(['clang', 'lcc', 'gcc', 'emscripten', 'armltdclang', 'intel-llvm'])
+        assert self.id in frozenset(['clang', 'lcc', 'gcc', 'emscripten', 'armltdclang', 'intel-llvm', 'nvidia_hpc'])
 
         if cpp_std not in CPP_FALLBACKS:
             # 'c++03' and 'c++98' don't have fallback types