diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
index 75affdff78..42790122f4 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
@@ -665,8 +665,14 @@ void LammpsGui::start_lammps()
         lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("-pk"));
         lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("gpu"));
         lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("0"));
+    } else if (accel == AcceleratorTab::Kokkos) {
+        lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("-kokkos"));
+        lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("on"));
+        lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("t"));
+        lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup(std::to_string(nthreads)));
+        lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("-suffix"));
+        lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("kk"));
     }
-
     if (settings.value("echo", "0").toInt()) {
         lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("-echo"));
         lammps_args.push_back(mystrdup("screen"));
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpswrapper.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpswrapper.cpp
index d8a8b78568..af6d532e0d 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpswrapper.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpswrapper.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,17 @@ bool LammpsWrapper::config_has_package(const char *package) const
 #endif
 }
 
+bool LammpsWrapper::config_accelerator(const char *package, const char *category,
+                                       const char *setting) const
+{
+#if defined(LAMMPS_GUI_USE_PLUGIN)
+    return ((liblammpsplugin_t *)plugin_handle)->config_accelerator(package, category, setting) !=
+           0;
+#else
+    return lammps_config_accelerator(package, category, setting) != 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 bool LammpsWrapper::has_gpu_device() const
 {
 #if defined(LAMMPS_GUI_USE_PLUGIN)
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpswrapper.h b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpswrapper.h
index 5f33c1f6b6..db8a0ba3d6 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpswrapper.h
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpswrapper.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public:
     bool is_running();
     bool has_error() const;
     int get_last_error_message(char *errorbuf, int buflen);
+    bool config_accelerator(const char *package, const char *category, const char *setting) const;
     bool config_has_package(const char *pkg) const;
     bool has_gpu_device() const;
 
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/preferences.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/preferences.cpp
index 2784c57a80..bb1756c76d 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/preferences.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/preferences.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,16 @@ AcceleratorTab::AcceleratorTab(QSettings *_settings, LammpsWrapper *_lammps, QWi
     openmp->setObjectName("openmp");
     intel->setEnabled(lammps->config_has_package("INTEL"));
     intel->setObjectName("intel");
-    kokkos->setEnabled(lammps->config_has_package("KOKKOS"));
+    // Kokkos support only works with OpenMP for now.
+    if (lammps->config_has_package("KOKKOS")) {
+        if (lammps->config_accelerator("KOKKOS", "api", "openmp") &&
+            !(lammps->config_accelerator("KOKKOS", "api", "cuda") ||
+              lammps->config_accelerator("KOKKOS", "api", "hip") ||
+              lammps->config_accelerator("KOKKOS", "api", "sycl")))
+            kokkos->setEnabled(true);
+        else
+            kokkos->setEnabled(false);
+    }
     kokkos->setObjectName("kokkos");
     gpu->setEnabled(lammps->config_has_package("GPU") && lammps->has_gpu_device());
     gpu->setObjectName("gpu");