diff --git a/cmake/presets/pgi.cmake b/cmake/presets/pgi.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b34cb05331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/presets/pgi.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# preset that will enable clang/clang++ with support for MPI and OpenMP (on Linux boxes)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "pgc++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER "pgcc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER "pgfortran" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_CXX "pgc++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpicxx" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+unset(HAVE_OMP_H_INCLUDE CACHE)
+
+set(OpenMP_C "pgcc" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_C_FLAGS "-mp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_C_LIB_NAMES "omp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_CXX "pgc++" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS "-mp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_CXX_LIB_NAMES "omp" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set(OpenMP_omp_LIBRARY "libomp.so" CACHE PATH "" FORCE)
diff --git a/doc/src/Build_basics.rst b/doc/src/Build_basics.rst
index 8f40d3e5ba..cb6bd9f6aa 100644
--- a/doc/src/Build_basics.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Build_basics.rst
@@ -236,12 +236,15 @@ LAMMPS.
          cmake ../cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpc -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=ifort
          # Building with LLVM/Clang Compilers:
          cmake ../cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=flang
+         # Building with PGI/Nvidia Compilers:
+         cmake ../cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=pgcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=pgc++ -DCMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER=pgfortran
 
       For compiling with the Clang/LLVM compilers a CMake preset is
       provided that can be loaded with
       `-C ../cmake/presets/clang.cmake`.  Similarly,
       `-C ../cmake/presets/intel.cmake` should switch the compiler
-      toolchain to the Intel compilers.
+      toolchain to the Intel compilers and `-C ../cmake/presets/pgi.cmake`
+      should switch the compiler to the PGI compilers.
 
       In addition you can set ``CMAKE_TUNE_FLAGS`` to specifically add
       compiler flags to tune for optimal performance on given hosts. By
diff --git a/doc/src/Build_package.rst b/doc/src/Build_package.rst
index 18d9ab5f19..63312d7aa8 100644
--- a/doc/src/Build_package.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Build_package.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Include packages in build
+
 =========================
 
 In LAMMPS, a package is a group of files that enable a specific set of
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ one of them as a starting point and customize it to your needs.
     cmake -C ../cmake/presets/clang.cmake    [OPTIONS] ../cmake  # change settings to use the Clang compilers by default
     cmake -C ../cmake/presets/gcc.cmake      [OPTIONS] ../cmake  # change settings to use the GNU compilers by default
     cmake -C ../cmake/presets/intel.cmake    [OPTIONS] ../cmake  # change settings to use the Intel compilers by default
+    cmake -C ../cmake/presets/pgi.cmake      [OPTIONS] ../cmake  # change settings to use the PGI compilers by default
     cmake -C ../cmake/presets/all_on.cmake   [OPTIONS] ../cmake  # enable all packages
     cmake -C ../cmake/presets/all_off.cmake  [OPTIONS] ../cmake  # disable all packages
     mingw64-cmake -C ../cmake/presets/mingw-cross.cmake [OPTIONS] ../cmake  #  compile with MinGW cross compilers