diff --git a/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake b/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8195e0f090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/presets/kokkos-cuda.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# preset that enables KOKKOS and selects CUDA compilation with OpenMP enabled as well
+
+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   ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(BUILD_OMP ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+get_filename_component(NVCC_WRAPPER_CMD ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../lib/kokkos/bin/nvcc_wrapper ABSOLUTE)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${NVCC_WRAPPER_CMD} CACHE FILEPATH "" FORCE)
diff --git a/cmake/presets/kokkos-openmp.cmake b/cmake/presets/kokkos-openmp.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27d09f62cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/presets/kokkos-openmp.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# preset that enables KOKKOS and selects OpenMP (only) compilation
+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(BUILD_OMP ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
diff --git a/cmake/presets/kokkos-serial.cmake b/cmake/presets/kokkos-serial.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0208d2ee3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/presets/kokkos-serial.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# preset that enables KOKKOS and selects serial compilation only
+set(PKG_KOKKOS ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(Kokkos_ENABLE_SERIAL ON  CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(Kokkos_ENABLE_OPENMP OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA   OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)