diff --git a/src/lammps.cpp b/src/lammps.cpp
index 89c59bec3d..bf0abbe2b1 100644
--- a/src/lammps.cpp
+++ b/src/lammps.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ LAMMPS::LAMMPS(int narg, char **arg, MPI_Comm communicator) :
         error->universe_all(FLERR,"Invalid command-line argument");
       if (strcmp(arg[iarg+1],"on") == 0) kokkosflag = 1;
       else if (strcmp(arg[iarg+1],"off") == 0) kokkosflag = 0;
+      else if (strcmp(arg[iarg+1],"yes") == 0) kokkosflag = 1;
+      else if (strcmp(arg[iarg+1],"no") == 0) kokkosflag = 0;
+      else if (strcmp(arg[iarg+1],"1") == 0) kokkosflag = 1;
+      else if (strcmp(arg[iarg+1],"0") == 0) kokkosflag = 0;
       else error->universe_all(FLERR,"Invalid command-line argument");
       iarg += 2;
       // delimit any extra args for the Kokkos instantiation