diff --git a/backends/sycl/ceed-sycl-compile.sycl.cpp b/backends/sycl/ceed-sycl-compile.sycl.cpp
index 8ca1b0e1d1..9cf6f7057d 100644
--- a/backends/sycl/ceed-sycl-compile.sycl.cpp
+++ b/backends/sycl/ceed-sycl-compile.sycl.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ static int CeedJitAddDefinitions_Sycl(Ceed ceed, const std::string &kernel_sourc
 // TODO: Add architecture flags, optimization flags
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 static inline int CeedJitGetFlags_Sycl(std::vector<std::string> &flags) {
-  flags = {std::string("-cl-std=CL3.0"), std::string("-Dint32_t=int")};
+  flags = {
+    std::string("-cl-std=CL3.0"),
+    std::string("-cl-intel-enable-auto-large-GRF-mode"), 
+    std::string("-Dint32_t=int")
+  };
   return CEED_ERROR_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +111,10 @@ static inline int CeedJitCompileSource_Sycl(Ceed ceed, const sycl::device &sycl_
   }
 
   // Build a program executable
-  std::string all_flags =  std::string("-cl-std=CL3.0 -cl-intel-enable-auto-large-GRF-mode -Dint32_t=int");
+  std::string all_flags;
+  for (const auto& flag : flags) {
+    all_flags += flag + " ";
+  }
 
   opencl_error = clBuildProgram(
     opencl_program,