diff --git a/packages/kokkos-kernels/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/packages/kokkos-kernels/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index 2dcedcc1c94d..a7687e9378fa 100644
--- a/packages/kokkos-kernels/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/packages/kokkos-kernels/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 TRIBITS_PACKAGE_DEFINE_DEPENDENCIES(
         LIB_REQUIRED_PACKAGES KokkosCore KokkosContainers KokkosAlgorithms
-        LIB_OPTIONAL_TPLS quadmath MKL BLAS LAPACK CUSPARSE MAGMA METIS SuperLU Cholmod LAPACKE CBLAS ARMPL ROCBLAS ROCSPARSE
+        LIB_OPTIONAL_TPLS quadmath MKL BLAS LAPACK CUSPARSE MAGMA METIS SuperLU Cholmod LAPACKE CBLAS ARMPL ROCBLAS ROCSPARSE CUBLAS
         TEST_OPTIONAL_TPLS yaml-cpp
 )
 # NOTE: If you update names in LIB_OPTIONAL_TPLS above, make sure to map those names in
-# the macro 'KOKKOSKERNELS_ADD_TPL_OPTION' that resides in cmake/kokkoskernels_tpls.cmake.
\ No newline at end of file
+# the macro 'KOKKOSKERNELS_ADD_TPL_OPTION' that resides in cmake/kokkoskernels_tpls.cmake.
+
+if (TPL_ENABLE_CUDA)
+  tribits_tpl_tentatively_enable(CUBLAS)
+endif()