diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bbbe34c6e8..c12744f35f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ variables:
   SINGULARITY_EOS_OPENMPI_VERSION: "4.1.1"
   SINGULARITY_EOS_CUDA_VERSION: "11.6.0"
   SINGULARITY_EOS_BUILD_TYPE: "RelWithDebInfo"
+  SINGULARITY_EOS_CXX_STANDARD: 14
   SINGULARITY_EOS_SPACK_SPEC: "singularity-eos@main+mpi+spiner+hdf5+python+tests%gcc@=${SINGULARITY_EOS_GCC_VERSION} ^openmpi@${SINGULARITY_EOS_OPENMPI_VERSION}"
   COLOR_CYAN: "\e[1;36m"
   COLOR_PLAIN: "\e[0m"
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ default:
         spack repo add spack-repo
         spack develop --no-clone -p ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/utils/spiner spiner@main
         spack develop --no-clone -p ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/utils/ports-of-call ports-of-call@main
-        spack develop --no-clone -p ${CI_PROJECT_DIR} singularity-eos@main
         spack config add upstreams:default:install_tree:${PROJECT_SPACK_ROOT}/opt/spack/
         spack dev-build -j $(nproc) ${SINGULARITY_EOS_SPACK_SPEC}
         spack env deactivate
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ default:
     - |
       cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/install ${SINGULARITY_CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG} \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${SINGULARITY_EOS_BUILD_TYPE} \
+            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${SINGULARITY_EOS_CXX_STANDARD} \
             -DSINGULARITY_USE_EOSPAC=ON \
             -DSINGULARITY_USE_SPINER=ON \
             -DSINGULARITY_USE_SPINER_WITH_HDF5=ON \
@@ -270,6 +271,34 @@ install_gnu_skylake_fort:
     <<: *python
     <<: *fort
 
+install_gnu_skylake_fort_kokkos:
+  needs: [download_prereq]
+  extends: .test
+  variables:
+    <<: *skylake
+    <<: *python
+    <<: *fort
+    SINGULARITY_EOS_SPACK_SPEC: "singularity-eos@main+python+mpi+tests+kokkos+spiner+hdf5+kokkos-kernels%gcc@=${SINGULARITY_EOS_GCC_VERSION} ^kokkos std=${SINGULARITY_EOS_CXX_STANDARD} +openmp ^openmpi@${SINGULARITY_EOS_OPENMPI_VERSION}"
+
+install_gnu_skylake_fort_kokkos_cxx17:
+  needs: [download_prereq]
+  extends: .test
+  variables:
+    <<: *skylake
+    <<: *python
+    <<: *fort
+    SINGULARITY_EOS_CXX_STANDARD: 17
+    SINGULARITY_EOS_SPACK_SPEC: "singularity-eos@main+python+mpi+tests+kokkos+spiner+hdf5+kokkos-kernels%gcc@=${SINGULARITY_EOS_GCC_VERSION} ^kokkos std=${SINGULARITY_EOS_CXX_STANDARD} +openmp ^openmpi@${SINGULARITY_EOS_OPENMPI_VERSION}"
+
+install_gnu_skylake_fort_static_kokkos:
+  needs: [download_prereq]
+  extends: .test
+  variables:
+    <<: *skylake
+    <<: *python
+    <<: *fort
+    SINGULARITY_EOS_SPACK_SPEC: "singularity-eos@main+python+mpi+tests+kokkos+spiner+hdf5+kokkos-kernels%gcc@=${SINGULARITY_EOS_GCC_VERSION} ^kokkos std=${SINGULARITY_EOS_CXX_STANDARD} ~shared +openmp ^kokkos-kernels~shared ^openmpi@${SINGULARITY_EOS_OPENMPI_VERSION}"
+
 install_gnu_skylake_nofort:
   needs: [download_prereq]
   extends: .test
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6232dfc1d7..cbc326098b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Added (new features/APIs/variables/...)
 - [[PR#339]](https://github.com/lanl/singularity-eos/pull/339) Added COMPONENTS to singularity-eos CMake install, allowing to select a minimal subset needed e.g. for Fortran bindings only
 - [[PR#336]](https://github.com/lanl/singularity-eos/pull/336) Included code and documentation for a full, temperature consistent, Mie-Gruneisen EOS based on a pressure power law expansion in eta = 1-V/V0. PowerMG.
+- [[PR#357]](https://github.com/lanl/singularity-eos/pull/357) Added support for C++17 (e.g., needed when using newer Kokkos).
 
 ### Fixed (Repair bugs, etc)
 - [[PR343]](https://github.com/lanl/singularity-eos/pull/343) Add chemical potentials to stellar collapse gold files
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b36680e5ec..7d2349059c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -167,11 +167,17 @@ if(SINGULARITY_BUILD_PYTHON)
   set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 endif()
 
+# require at least C++14, but allow newer versions to become a client requirement if
+# explicitly set at build time (needed for building with newer Kokkos)
+if(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)
+  target_compile_features(singularity-eos_Interface INTERFACE cxx_std_${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD})
+else()
+  target_compile_features(singularity-eos_Interface INTERFACE cxx_std_14)
+endif()
+
 # checks if this is our build, or we've been imported via `add_subdirectory` NB:
 # this should make the `option(SINGULARITY_SUBMODULE_MODE ...)` unnecessary
 if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL PROJECT_NAME)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 else()
   message(
diff --git a/spack-repo/packages/singularity-eos/package.py b/spack-repo/packages/singularity-eos/package.py
index 9bc0436e74..f778e2596c 100644
--- a/spack-repo/packages/singularity-eos/package.py
+++ b/spack-repo/packages/singularity-eos/package.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class SingularityEos(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     variant("spiner", default=True, description="Use Spiner")
 
     variant("closure", default=True, description="Build closure module")
+    variant("shared", default=False, description="Build shared libs")
 
     plugins = {}
 
@@ -140,9 +141,11 @@ class SingularityEos(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
 
     # set up kokkos offloading dependencies
     for _flag in ("~cuda", "+cuda"):
-        depends_on("kokkos ~shared" + _flag, when="+kokkos" + _flag)
+        depends_on("kokkos" + _flag, when="+kokkos" + _flag)
         depends_on("kokkos-kernels" + _flag, when="+kokkos-kernels" + _flag)
 
+    depends_on("kokkos+pic", when="+kokkos-kernels")
+
     # specfic specs when using GPU/cuda offloading
     # TODO remove +wrapper for clang builds
     # TODO version guard +cuda_lambda
@@ -150,7 +153,7 @@ class SingularityEos(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
 
     # fix for older spacks
     if spack.version.Version(spack.spack_version) >= spack.version.Version("0.17"):
-        depends_on("kokkos-kernels ~shared", when="+kokkos-kernels")
+        depends_on("kokkos-kernels", when="+kokkos-kernels")
 
     for _flag in list(CudaPackage.cuda_arch_values):
         depends_on("kokkos cuda_arch=" + _flag, when="+cuda+kokkos cuda_arch=" + _flag)
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             self.define_from_variant("SINGULARITY_BUILD_PYTHON", "python"),
             self.define_from_variant("SINGULARITY_USE_SPINER", "spiner"),
             self.define_from_variant("SINGULARITY_USE_SPINER_WITH_HDF5", "hdf5"),
+            self.define_from_variant("BUILD_SHARED_LIBS", "shared"),
             self.define("SINGULARITY_BUILD_TESTS", self.run_tests),
             self.define(
                 "SINGULARITY_BUILD_SESAME2SPINER", "sesame" in self.spec.variants["build_extra"].value
@@ -222,6 +226,13 @@ def cmake_args(self):
         if "+kokkos+cuda" in self.spec:
             args.append(self.define("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER", self.spec["kokkos"].kokkos_cxx))
 
+        if "+kokkos" in self.spec:
+            if "cxxstd" in self.spec["kokkos"].variants:
+              cxx_std_variant = "cxxstd" # current spack
+            else:
+              cxx_std_variant = "std" # older spack
+            args.append(self.define("CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD", self.spec["kokkos"].variants[cxx_std_variant].value))
+
         return args
 
     def setup_run_environment(self, env):