diff --git a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
index dde2bb59fce..00740636744 100644
--- a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
+++ b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/kokkos/package.py
@@ -300,6 +300,14 @@ class Kokkos(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
         variant("cxxstd", default="17", values=("14", "17", "20"), when="@3")
         variant("cxxstd", default="17", values=("17", "20", "23"), when="@4")
         variant("cxxstd", default="20", values=("20", "23"), when="@5:")
+
+    variant(
+        "deprecated_code",
+        default=True,
+        when="@5:",
+        description="Whether to enable deprecated code",
+    )
+
     variant("pic", default=False, description="Build position independent code")
 
     conflicts("+cuda", when="cxxstd=17 ^cuda@:10")
@@ -404,6 +412,14 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             from_variant("Kokkos_ENABLE_COMPILE_AS_CMAKE_LANGUAGE", "cmake_lang"),
         ]
 
+        if spec.satisfies("@5: +deprecated_code"):
+            if spec.version == Version("develop"):
+                highest = max(v for v in self.versions if not v.isdevelop())
+                major_version = int(str(highest.up_to(1)))
+            else:
+                major_version = int(str(spec.version.up_to(1)))
+            options.append(self.define(f"Kokkos_ENABLE_DEPRECATED_CODE_{major_version}", True))
+
         spack_microarches = []
         if spec.satisfies("+cuda"):
             cuda_arch = spec.variants["cuda_arch"].value