diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5e4779dd..74e0d17f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,19 +66,28 @@ def get_nvcc_cuda_version(cuda_dir: str) -> Version:
     nvcc_cuda_version = parse(output[release_idx].split(",")[0])
     return nvcc_cuda_version
 
-# Iterate over all GPUs on the current machine. Also you can modify this part to specify the architecture if you want to build for specific GPU architectures.
+# Check for environment variable to specify architectures for GPU-less builds
 compute_capabilities = set()
-device_count = torch.cuda.device_count()
-for i in range(device_count):
-    major, minor = torch.cuda.get_device_capability(i)
-    if major < 8:
-        warnings.warn(f"skipping GPU {i} with compute capability {major}.{minor}")
-        continue
-    compute_capabilities.add(f"{major}.{minor}")
+
+if os.environ.get('TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST'):
+    # Parse architectures from environment variable
+    arch_list = os.environ['TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST'].replace(' ', '').split(';')
+    for arch in arch_list:
+        compute_capabilities.add(arch)
+    print(f"Using TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST: {compute_capabilities}")
+else:
+    # Iterate over all GPUs on the current machine
+    device_count = torch.cuda.device_count()
+    for i in range(device_count):
+        major, minor = torch.cuda.get_device_capability(i)
+        if major < 8:
+            warnings.warn(f"skipping GPU {i} with compute capability {major}.{minor}")
+            continue
+        compute_capabilities.add(f"{major}.{minor}")
 
 nvcc_cuda_version = get_nvcc_cuda_version(CUDA_HOME)
 if not compute_capabilities:
-    raise RuntimeError("No GPUs found. Please specify the target GPU architectures or build on a machine with GPUs.")
+    raise RuntimeError("No GPUs found. Please specify the target GPU architectures via TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST environment variable or build on a machine with GPUs.")
 else:
     print(f"Detect GPUs with compute capabilities: {compute_capabilities}")