diff --git a/numba_dpex/core/passes/parfor_lowering_pass.py b/numba_dpex/core/passes/parfor_lowering_pass.py
index 1afd0b16f8..434ed0bbca 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/core/passes/parfor_lowering_pass.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/core/passes/parfor_lowering_pass.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ def _submit_parfor_kernel(
             if isinstance(arg_type, DpnpNdArray):
                 # FIXME: Remove magic constants
                 num_flattened_args += 5 + (2 * arg_type.ndim)
+            elif arg_type == types.complex64 or arg_type == types.complex128:
+                num_flattened_args += 2
             else:
                 num_flattened_args += 1
 
@@ -97,10 +99,33 @@ def _submit_parfor_kernel(
                 # FIXME: Get rid of magic constants
                 kernel_arg_num += 5 + (2 * argtype.ndim)
             else:
-                ir_builder.build_arg(
-                    llvm_val, argtype, args_list, args_ty_list, kernel_arg_num
-                )
-                kernel_arg_num += 1
+                if argtype == types.complex64:
+                    ir_builder.build_complex_arg(
+                        llvm_val,
+                        types.float32,
+                        args_list,
+                        args_ty_list,
+                        kernel_arg_num,
+                    )
+                    kernel_arg_num += 2
+                elif argtype == types.complex128:
+                    ir_builder.build_complex_arg(
+                        llvm_val,
+                        types.float64,
+                        args_list,
+                        args_ty_list,
+                        kernel_arg_num,
+                    )
+                    kernel_arg_num += 2
+                else:
+                    ir_builder.build_arg(
+                        llvm_val,
+                        argtype,
+                        args_list,
+                        args_ty_list,
+                        kernel_arg_num,
+                    )
+                    kernel_arg_num += 1
 
         # Create a global range over which to submit the kernel based on the
         # loop_ranges of the parfor
diff --git a/numba_dpex/core/utils/kernel_launcher.py b/numba_dpex/core/utils/kernel_launcher.py
index d9652a744a..5bd8851e89 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/core/utils/kernel_launcher.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/core/utils/kernel_launcher.py
@@ -127,6 +127,29 @@ def build_arg(self, val, ty, arg_list, args_ty_list, arg_num):
             numba_type_to_dpctl_typenum(self.context, ty), kernel_arg_ty_dst
         )
 
+    def build_complex_arg(self, val, ty, arg_list, args_ty_list, arg_num):
+        """Creates a list of LLVM Values for an unpacked complex kernel
+        argument.
+        """
+        self._build_array_attr_arg(
+            array_val=val,
+            array_attr_pos=0,
+            array_attr_ty=ty,
+            arg_list=arg_list,
+            args_ty_list=args_ty_list,
+            arg_num=arg_num,
+        )
+        arg_num += 1
+        self._build_array_attr_arg(
+            array_val=val,
+            array_attr_pos=1,
+            array_attr_ty=ty,
+            arg_list=arg_list,
+            args_ty_list=args_ty_list,
+            arg_num=arg_num,
+        )
+        arg_num += 1
+
     def build_array_arg(
         self, array_val, array_rank, arg_list, args_ty_list, arg_num
     ):
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/test_dpjit_complex_arg_types.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/test_dpjit_complex_arg_types.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13b9d3fdc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/test_dpjit_complex_arg_types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 - 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import dpnp
+import numba as nb
+import numpy
+import pytest
+
+import numba_dpex as dpex
+
+N = 1024
+
+
+@dpex.dpjit
+def prange_arg(a, b, c):
+    for i in nb.prange(a.shape[0]):
+        b[i] = a[i] * c
+
+
+@dpex.dpjit
+def prange_array(a, b, c):
+    for i in nb.prange(a.shape[0]):
+        b[i] = a[i] * c[i]
+
+
+list_of_dtypes = [
+    dpnp.complex64,
+    dpnp.complex128,
+]
+
+list_of_usm_types = ["shared", "device", "host"]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(params=list_of_dtypes)
+def input_arrays(request):
+    a = dpnp.ones(N, dtype=request.param)
+    c = dpnp.zeros(N, dtype=request.param)
+    b = dpnp.empty_like(a)
+    return a, b, c
+
+
+def test_dpjit_scalar_arg_types(input_arrays):
+    """Tests passing float and complex type dpnp arrays to a dpjit prange function.
+
+    Args:
+        input_arrays (dpnp.ndarray): Array arguments to be passed to a kernel.
+    """
+    s = 2
+    a, b, _ = input_arrays
+
+    prange_arg(a, b, s)
+
+    nb = dpnp.asnumpy(b)
+    nexpected = numpy.full_like(nb, fill_value=2)
+
+    assert numpy.allclose(nb, nexpected)
+
+
+def test_dpjit_arg_complex_scalar(input_arrays):
+    """Tests passing complex type scalar and dpnp arrays to a dpjit prange function.
+
+    Args:
+        input_arrays (dpnp.ndarray): Array arguments to be passed to a kernel.
+    """
+    s = 2 + 1j
+    a, b, _ = input_arrays
+
+    prange_arg(a, b, s)
+
+    nb = dpnp.asnumpy(b)
+    nexpected = numpy.full_like(nb, fill_value=2 + 1j)
+
+    assert numpy.allclose(nb, nexpected)
+
+
+def test_dpjit_arg_complex_array(input_arrays):
+    """Tests passing complex type dpnp arrays to a dpjit prange function.
+
+    Args:
+        input_arrays (dpnp.ndarray): Array arguments to be passed to a kernel.
+    """
+
+    a, b, c = input_arrays
+
+    prange_array(a, b, c)
+
+    nb = dpnp.asnumpy(b)
+    nexpected = numpy.full_like(nb, fill_value=0 + 0j)
+
+    assert numpy.allclose(nb, nexpected)