diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
index f6f35046c6..f2107bd7b5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ 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"),
         ]