diff --git a/src/pystencils/codegen/driver.py b/src/pystencils/codegen/driver.py
index eaac393ef61bf937835b0b3a5043aa4395edde4d..b8f9c71015765e638ddca22278dfa15c0e5bcaa1 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/codegen/driver.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/codegen/driver.py
@@ -436,23 +436,11 @@ class DefaultKernelCreationDriver:
                     f"No platform is currently available for CPU target {self._target}"
                 )
 
-        elif Target._GPU in self._target:
+        elif self._target.is_gpu():
             gpu_opts = self._cfg.gpu
             omit_range_check: bool = gpu_opts.get_option("omit_range_check")
 
             match self._target:
-                case Target.SYCL:
-                    from ..backend.platforms import SyclPlatform
-
-                    auto_block_size: bool = self._cfg.sycl.get_option(
-                        "automatic_block_size"
-                    )
-
-                    return SyclPlatform(
-                        self._ctx,
-                        omit_range_check=omit_range_check,
-                        automatic_block_size=auto_block_size,
-                    )
                 case Target.CUDA:
                     from ..backend.platforms import CudaPlatform
 
@@ -467,6 +455,17 @@ class DefaultKernelCreationDriver:
                         omit_range_check=omit_range_check,
                         thread_mapping=thread_mapping,
                     )
+        elif self._target == Target.SYCL:
+            from ..backend.platforms import SyclPlatform
+
+            auto_block_size: bool = self._cfg.sycl.get_option("automatic_block_size")
+            omit_range_check = self._cfg.gpu.get_option("omit_range_check")
+
+            return SyclPlatform(
+                self._ctx,
+                omit_range_check=omit_range_check,
+                automatic_block_size=auto_block_size,
+            )
 
         raise NotImplementedError(
             f"Code generation for target {self._target} not implemented"
diff --git a/tests/kernelcreation/test_sycl_codegen.py b/tests/kernelcreation/test_sycl_codegen.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b6907c9965b4b80a5b97865063170dfdc3654615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kernelcreation/test_sycl_codegen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+"""
+Since we don't have a JIT compiler for SYCL, these tests can only
+perform dry-dock testing.
+If the SYCL target should ever become non-experimental, we need to
+find a way to properly test SYCL kernels in execution.
+
+These tests primarily check that the code generation driver runs
+successfully for the SYCL target.
+"""
+
+import sympy as sp
+from pystencils import (
+    create_kernel,
+    Target,
+    fields,
+    Assignment,
+    CreateKernelConfig,
+)
+
+
+def test_sycl_kernel_static():
+    src, dst = fields("src, dst: [2D]")
+    asm = Assignment(dst.center(), sp.sin(src.center()) + sp.cos(src.center()))
+
+    cfg = CreateKernelConfig(target=Target.SYCL)
+    kernel = create_kernel(asm, cfg)
+
+    code_string = kernel.get_c_code()
+
+    assert "sycl::id< 2 >" in code_string
+    assert "sycl::sin(" in code_string
+    assert "sycl::cos(" in code_string
+
+
+def test_sycl_kernel_manual_block_size():
+    src, dst = fields("src, dst: [2D]")
+    asm = Assignment(dst.center(), sp.sin(src.center()) + sp.cos(src.center()))
+
+    cfg = CreateKernelConfig(target=Target.SYCL)
+    cfg.sycl.automatic_block_size = False
+    kernel = create_kernel(asm, cfg)
+
+    code_string = kernel.get_c_code()
+
+    assert "sycl::nd_item< 2 >" in code_string