diff --git a/easyblocks/p/pgi.py b/easyblocks/p/pgi.py
index 5e78c1d758cbea6c2224d4ec496f6fa7076b055f..e2c2ea53e9ca0ba13da1818d04c6f135ca9168ae 100644
--- a/easyblocks/p/pgi.py
+++ b/easyblocks/p/pgi.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class EB_PGI(PackedBinary):
             'PGI_INSTALL_DIR': self.installdir,
             'PGI_INSTALL_JAVA': str(self.cfg['install_java']).lower(),
             'PGI_INSTALL_MANAGED': str(self.cfg['install_managed']).lower(),
-            'PGI_INSTALL_NVIDIA': str(self.cfg['install_nvidia']).lower(),
+            'PGI_INSTALL_NVIDIA': 'true',
             'PGI_INSTALL_MPI': 'true',
             'PGI_SILENT': 'true',
             }