diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 68861fe4b..7b5c49e98 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ elif sys.platform.startswith("linux") and os.getenv("VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE") is Non
     if torch.version.hip is not None:
         VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE = "rocm"
         logger.info("Auto-detected ROCm")
+    elif torch.version.xpu is not None:
+        VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE = "xpu"
+        logger.info("Auto-detected XPU")
     elif torch.version.cuda is not None:
         VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE = "cuda"
         logger.info("Auto-detected CUDA")