diff --git a/core/src/Makefile.generate_build_files b/core/src/Makefile.generate_build_files
index f29fa68746f..aa291511b57 100644
--- a/core/src/Makefile.generate_build_files
+++ b/core/src/Makefile.generate_build_files
@@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ generate_build_settings: $(KOKKOS_CONFIG_HEADER)
 	@$(call kokkos_append_var,KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_CUDA,'STRING ""')
 	@$(call kokkos_append_var,KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_OPENMP,'STRING ""')
 	@$(call kokkos_append_var,KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_PTHREADS,'STRING ""')
+	@$(call kokkos_append_var,KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_SERIAL,'STRING ""')
 	@$(call kokkos_append_var,KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_ROCM,'STRING ""')
 	@$(call kokkos_append_var,KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_QTHREADS,'STRING ""') # Not in original cmake gen
-	@$(call kokkos_append_cmakefile "mark_as_advanced(KOKKOS_HEADERS KOKKOS_SRC KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_CUDA KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_OPENMP KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_PTHREADS)")
+	@$(call kokkos_append_cmakefile "mark_as_advanced(KOKKOS_HEADERS KOKKOS_SRC KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_CUDA KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_OPENMP KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_PTHREADS KOKKOS_INTERNAL_USE_SERIAL)")
 	@$(call kokkos_append_makefile,"")
 	@$(call kokkos_append_makefile,"#Fake kokkos-clean target")
 	@$(call kokkos_append_makefile,"kokkos-clean:")