diff --git a/src/neigh_request.cpp b/src/neigh_request.cpp
index 99f7be82c7..82c9f0b267 100644
--- a/src/neigh_request.cpp
+++ b/src/neigh_request.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ NeighRequest::NeighRequest(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pointers(lmp)
   special = 1;
   dnum = 0;
   ghost = 0;
+  cudable = 0;
 
   // default is no copy or skip
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ int NeighRequest::identical(NeighRequest *other)
   if (special != other->special) same = 0;
   if (dnum != other->dnum) same = 0;
   if (ghost != other->ghost) same = 0;
+  if (cudable != other->cudable) same = 0;
 
   if (copy != other->copy) same = 0;
   if (same_skip(other) == 0) same = 0;
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ int NeighRequest::same_kind(NeighRequest *other)
   if (half_from_full != other->half_from_full) same = 0;
   if (newton != other->newton) same = 0;
   if (ghost != other->ghost) same = 0;
+  if (cudable != other->cudable) same = 0;
 
   return same;
 }
@@ -174,4 +177,5 @@ void NeighRequest::copy_request(NeighRequest *other)
   newton = other->newton;
   dnum = other->dnum;
   ghost = other->ghost;
+  cudable = other->cudable;
 }
diff --git a/src/neigh_request.h b/src/neigh_request.h
index d653307985..afff5966c0 100644
--- a/src/neigh_request.h
+++ b/src/neigh_request.h
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ class NeighRequest : protected Pointers {
 
   int ghost;
 
+  // 1 if neighbor list build will be done on GPU
+
+  int cudable;
+
   // set by neighbor and pair_hybrid after all requests are made
   // these settings do not change kind value