diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
index f05fb1845de..d5f89621f64 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
 
         options = [
             from_variant("CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE", "pic"),
-            from_variant("Kokkos_CXX_STANDARD", "std"),
+            from_variant("CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD", "std"),
             from_variant("BUILD_SHARED_LIBS", "shared"),
         ]