diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-10-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-10-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 7f2e25e8e9..c7ac31d435 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-10-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-10-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 608d7d51f6..efdf9d0d0c 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index de09ff6a9d..8e0a9953c1 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-13-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-13-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 96b2ddb51a..93d412e21f 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-13-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-13-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-14-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-14-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 013d691431..aa8cca4c54 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-14-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-14-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 1
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 3de89b380b..f0356f37e0 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 1
   VT_INCLUSION: EXT_LIB
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-alpine-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-alpine-mpich.yml
index 31e493fcab..f4aa24175c 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-alpine-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-alpine-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-10-ubuntu-openmpi.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-10-ubuntu-openmpi.yml
index 8c5ccabeed..32b0501a21 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-10-ubuntu-openmpi.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-10-ubuntu-openmpi.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index c0b8f85dea..a6b8341955 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 1378cd6736..6fb14a5f68 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ############## Warning this is a generated file---do not modify ###############
 ###############################################################################
 
-name: PR tests (gcc-12, ubuntu, mpich, verbose)
+name: PR tests (gcc-12, ubuntu, mpich, verbose, kokkos)
 
 trigger:
   branches:
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 1
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 1
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-8-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-8-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 35dbd7a3c6..c1fec3df01 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-8-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-8-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 9dc61ee609..4386004bc5 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 1
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpc-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpc-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 462f5c231f..3d3673dcc2 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpc-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpc-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpx-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpx-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 51d2302d3b..8c54d45a7d 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpx-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpx-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 1
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-11-2-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-11-2-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 94c291d989..dd23034fa7 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-11-2-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-11-2-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 5210d57f14..5f491f96af 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: 0
   VT_INCLUSION: TPL
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 1
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/ci/build_cpp.sh b/ci/build_cpp.sh
index db4ef0469a..92c8a28e75 100755
--- a/ci/build_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_cpp.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,28 @@ case $CXX in
         && export NVCC_WRAPPER_DEFAULT_COMPILER;;
 esac
 
+if test "${VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED:-0}" -eq 1
+then
+  echo "The variable VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED is set."
+
+  if test -d "kokkos"
+  then
+    rm -Rf kokkos
+  fi
+
+  git clone -b master https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos.git
+  export KOKKOS_DIR=$PWD/kokkos
+  export KOKKOS_BUILD=${build_dir}/kokkos/build
+  export KOKKOS_INSTALL="$KOKKOS_BUILD/install"
+  mkdir -p "$KOKKOS_BUILD"
+  cd "$KOKKOS_BUILD"
+  cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$KOKKOS_INSTALL" \
+        "$KOKKOS_DIR"
+  cmake --build . ${dashj} --target install
+  cd "${build_dir}"
+fi
+
 if test -d "checkpoint"
 then
     rm -Rf checkpoint
@@ -68,6 +90,7 @@ else
         cd build
         cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
               -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$CHECKPOINT_BUILD/install" \
+              -Dkokkos_DIR="$KOKKOS_INSTALL" \
               "$CHECKPOINT"
         cmake --build . ${dashj} --target install
     fi
diff --git a/ci/docker/ubuntu-gnu-cpp.dockerfile b/ci/docker/ubuntu-gnu-cpp.dockerfile
index 2361da7375..e5bf682cf7 100644
--- a/ci/docker/ubuntu-gnu-cpp.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/ubuntu-gnu-cpp.dockerfile
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ ARG VT_ZOLTAN_ENABLED
 ARG CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD
 ARG VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE
 ARG VT_CI_BUILD
+ARG VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED
 
 ENV BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS} \
     CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} \
@@ -134,7 +135,8 @@ ENV BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS} \
     VT_ZOLTAN_ENABLED=${VT_ZOLTAN_ENABLED} \
     CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD} \
     VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE=$(VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE) \
-    VT_CI_BUILD=${VT_CI_BUILD}
+    VT_CI_BUILD=${VT_CI_BUILD} \
+    VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED=${VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED}
 
 RUN /vt/ci/build_cpp.sh /vt /build
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2ee3246e89..6ed7dbba12 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ x-vtopts: &vtopts
   VT_MPI_GUARD_ENABLED: ${VT_MPI_GUARD:-1}
   VT_EXTENDED_TESTS_ENABLED: ${VT_EXTENDED_TESTS:-1}
   VT_CODE_COVERAGE: ${VT_CODE_COVERAGE:-0}
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: ${VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED:-0}
   https_proxy: ${PROXY-}
   http_proxy: ${PROXY-}
   LSAN_OPTIONS: ${LSAN_OPTIONS-}
diff --git a/scripts/workflow-azure-template.yml b/scripts/workflow-azure-template.yml
index 3fc0793835..78ada35e6f 100644
--- a/scripts/workflow-azure-template.yml
+++ b/scripts/workflow-azure-template.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ variables:
   VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: [% vt_build_shared_libs %]
   VT_INCLUSION: [% vt_inclusion %]
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: [% vt_debug_verbose %]
+  VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: [% vt_kokkos_enabled %]
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: [% cmake_cxx_standard %]
   TEST_LB_SCHEMA: [% test_lb_schema %]
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
diff --git a/scripts/workflows-azure.ini b/scripts/workflows-azure.ini
index 819e8e04f2..e7ba1a75fb 100644
--- a/scripts/workflows-azure.ini
+++ b/scripts/workflows-azure.ini
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ vt_build_shared_libs = 0
 vt_inclusion = TPL
 cmake_cxx_standard = 17
 vt_debug_verbose = 0
+vt_kokkos_enabled = 0
 
 [PR-tests-intel-oneAPI]
 test_configuration = "intel icpx, ubuntu, mpich, verbose"
@@ -138,13 +139,14 @@ docker_target = "[% linux %]-cpp-clean-noinstall"
 output_name = ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
 
 [PR-tests-gcc-12]
-test_configuration = "gcc-12, ubuntu, mpich, verbose"
+test_configuration = "gcc-12, ubuntu, mpich, verbose, kokkos"
 compiler_type = gnu
 compiler = gcc-12
 distro = 22.04
 output_name = ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
 pr_pattern = "pr:\\n  drafts: true\\n  autoCancel: true\\n  branches:\\n    include:\\n      - '*'\\n"
 vt_debug_verbose = 1
+vt_kokkos_enabled = 1
 
 [PR-tests-clang-13-alpine]
 test_configuration = "clang-13, alpine, mpich"