diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
index 3776d18a3e..fb12b8790e 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ if(PKG_KSPACE)
                                  ${KOKKOS_PKG_SOURCES_DIR}/grid3d_kokkos.cpp
                                  ${KOKKOS_PKG_SOURCES_DIR}/remap_kokkos.cpp)
   set(FFT_KOKKOS "KISS" CACHE STRING "FFT library for Kokkos-enabled KSPACE package")
-  set(FFT_KOKKOS_VALUES KISS FFTW3 MKL HIPFFT CUFFT)
+  set(FFT_KOKKOS_VALUES KISS FFTW3 MKL HIPFFT CUFFT MKL_GPU)
   set_property(CACHE FFT_KOKKOS PROPERTY STRINGS ${FFT_KOKKOS_VALUES})
   validate_option(FFT_KOKKOS FFT_KOKKOS_VALUES)
   string(TOUPPER ${FFT_KOKKOS} FFT_KOKKOS)
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ if(PKG_KSPACE)
       target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_KOKKOS_HIPFFT)
       target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE hip::hipfft)
     endif()
+  elseif(FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "MKL_GPU")
+    if(NOT Kokkos_ENABLE_SYCL)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Using MKL_GPU FFT currently requires the SYCL backend of Kokkos.")
+    endif()
+    find_package(MKL REQUIRED)
+    target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_KOKKOS_MKL_GPU)
+    target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE mkl_sycl_dft mkl_intel_ilp64 mkl_tbb_thread mkl_core tbb)
+  elseif(FFT_KOKKOS STREQUAL "MKL")
+    find_package(MKL REQUIRED)
+    target_compile_definitions(lammps PRIVATE -DFFT_KOKKOS_MKL)
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-intel.cmake b/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-intel.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fc75e4b2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-intel.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# preset that enables KOKKOS and selects SYCL compilation with OpenMP
+# enabled as well. Also sets some performance related compiler flags.
+set(PKG_KOKKOS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(Kokkos_ENABLE_SERIAL ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(Kokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA   OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(Kokkos_ENABLE_SYCL   ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+# hide deprecation warnings temporarily for stable release
+set(Kokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER icpx CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpicxx" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+# Silence everything
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-w" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-fsycl -flink-huge-device-code -fsycl-max-parallel-link-jobs=32 -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -Xsycl-target-backend \"-device 12.60.7\" " CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_TUNE_FLAGS "-O3 -fsycl -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
diff --git a/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl.cmake b/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-nvidia.cmake
similarity index 100%
rename from cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl.cmake
rename to cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-nvidia.cmake