diff --git a/src/inputCL.cpp b/src/inputCL.cpp
index c3c30a2..b975b29 100644
--- a/src/inputCL.cpp
+++ b/src/inputCL.cpp
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ void InputCL::read_args( int argc, char *argv[] )
             log( std::cout,
                  "  -e [FILE] (OR)\n"
                  "  --error-file [FILE]:    Provide error file name\n" );
-            log(
-                std::cout,
-                "  --device-type [TYPE]:     Kokkos device type to run ",
-                "with\n",
-                "                                (SERIAL, OPENMP, CUDA, HIP)" );
+            log( std::cout,
+                 "  --device-type [TYPE]:     Kokkos device type to run ",
+                 "with\n",
+                 "                                (SERIAL, PTHREAD, OPENMP, "
+                 "CUDA, HIP)" );
             log( std::cout,
                  "  --force-iteration [TYPE]: Specify iteration style for ",
                  "force calculations\n",
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ void InputCL::read_args( int argc, char *argv[] )
         {
             if ( ( strcmp( argv[i + 1], "SERIAL" ) == 0 ) )
                 device_type = SERIAL;
+            else if ( ( strcmp( argv[i + 1], "PTHREAD" ) == 0 ) )
+                device_type = PTHREAD;
             else if ( ( strcmp( argv[i + 1], "OPENMP" ) == 0 ) )
                 device_type = OPENMP;
             else if ( ( strcmp( argv[i + 1], "CUDA" ) == 0 ) )
diff --git a/src/mdfactory.h b/src/mdfactory.h
index f8f91a0..7c81dff 100644
--- a/src/mdfactory.h
+++ b/src/mdfactory.h
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ class MDfactory
 #else
             throw std::runtime_error(
                 "CabanaMD not compiled with Kokkos::Serial" );
+#endif
+        }
+        else if ( device == PTHREAD )
+        {
+#ifdef KOKKOS_ENABLE_THREADS
+            using t_device = Kokkos::Threads::device_type;
+            return createImpl<t_device>( commandline );
+#else
+            throw std::runtime_error(
+                "CabanaMD not compiled with Kokkos::Threads" );
 #endif
         }
         else if ( device == OPENMP )
diff --git a/src/types.h b/src/types.h
index 3722871..9d46cf5 100644
--- a/src/types.h
+++ b/src/types.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum
     CUDA,
     HIP,
     OPENMP,
+    PTHREAD,
     SERIAL,
     DEFAULT
 };