diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 12712073afc..557113a088a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ if (ONEDPL_BACKEND MATCHES "^(tbb|dpcpp|dpcpp_only)$")
                 "Select one of the following devices: CPU, GPU, FPGA_EMU or FPGA_HW")
         endif()
 
+        # check device backend
+        if (ONEDPL_DEVICE_BACKEND MATCHES "^(opencl|level_zero)$")
+            message(STATUS "Compilation using ${ONEDPL_DEVICE_BACKEND} device backend")
+        elseif (DEFINED ONEDPL_DEVICE_BACKEND)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Unsupported device backend: ${ONEDPL_DEVICE_BACKEND}.\n"
+                "Select one of the following device backends: opencl or level_zero")
+        else()
+            set(ONEDPL_DEVICE_BACKEND "*")
+            message(STATUS "Use a default device backend")
+        endif()
+
         # Check correctness of STATIC_REPORT
         if (ONEDPL_FPGA_STATIC_REPORT)
             if (NOT ONEDPL_USE_DEVICE_FPGA_HW)
diff --git a/cmake/README.md b/cmake/README.md
index 27ce00b1828..168c5fd449d 100644
--- a/cmake/README.md
+++ b/cmake/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ The following variables are provided for oneDPL configuration:
 | Variable                     | Type   | Description                                                                                   | Default value |
 |------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
 | ONEDPL_BACKEND               | STRING | Threading backend; supported values: tbb, dpcpp, dpcpp_only, serial, ...; the default value is defined by compiler: dpcpp for DPC++ and tbb for others | tbb/dpcpp |
-| ONEDPL_DEVICE_TYPE           | STRING | Device type, applicable only for sycl backends; supported values: GPU, CPU, FPGA_HW, FPGA_EMU | GPU           |
+| ONEDPL_DEVICE_TYPE           | STRING | Device type, applicable only for DPC++ backends; supported values: GPU, CPU, FPGA_HW, FPGA_EMU | GPU           |
+| ONEDPL_DEVICE_BACKEND        | STRING | Device backend type, applicable only for oneDPL DPC++ backends; supported values: opencl, level_zero. | Any(*) |
 | ONEDPL_USE_UNNAMED_LAMBDA    | BOOL   | Pass `-fsycl-unnamed-lambda`, `-fno-sycl-unnamed-lambda` compile options or nothing           |               |
 | ONEDPL_FPGA_STATIC_REPORT    | BOOL   | Enable the static report generation for the FPGA_HW device type                               | OFF           |
 | ONEDPL_USE_AOT_COMPILATION   | BOOL   | Enable the ahead of time compilation via OpenCL™ Offline Compiler (OCLOC)                     | OFF           |
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index e8e309b29b3..19d8cac4110 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ macro(onedpl_add_test test_source_file)
     add_test(NAME ${_test_name} COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_test_name})
     set_tests_properties(${_test_name} PROPERTIES SKIP_RETURN_CODE 77)
     if (ONEDPL_DEVICE_TYPE)
-        # TODO: Consider replacement of SYCL_DEVICE_TYPE with a new variable.
-        #       See for details: https://github.com/intel/llvm/blob/sycl/sycl/doc/EnvironmentVariables.md
-        set(SYCL_DEVICE_TYPE ${ONEDPL_DEVICE_TYPE})
         if (ONEDPL_DEVICE_TYPE MATCHES "FPGA")
-            set(SYCL_DEVICE_TYPE ACC)
+            set(SYCL_DEVICE_FILTER *:acc)
+        else()
+            string(TOLOWER ${ONEDPL_DEVICE_TYPE} ONEDPL_DEVICE_TYPE)
+            set(SYCL_DEVICE_FILTER ${ONEDPL_DEVICE_BACKEND}:${ONEDPL_DEVICE_TYPE})
         endif()
-        set_tests_properties(${_test_name} PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT SYCL_DEVICE_TYPE=${SYCL_DEVICE_TYPE})
+        set_tests_properties(${_test_name} PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT SYCL_DEVICE_FILTER=${SYCL_DEVICE_FILTER})
     endif()
 
     add_custom_target(run-${_test_name}