diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def b/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@
 LANGOPT(GPUAllowDeviceInit, 1, 0, "allowing device side global init functions for HIP")
 LANGOPT(GPUMaxThreadsPerBlock, 32, 256, "default max threads per block for kernel launch bounds for HIP")
 
+LANGOPT(SYCL              , 1, 0, "SYCL")
 LANGOPT(SYCLIsDevice      , 1, 0, "Generate code for SYCL device")
+LANGOPT(SYCLVersion       , 32, 0, "Version of the SYCL standard used")
 
 LANGOPT(HIPUseNewLaunchAPI, 1, 0, "Use new kernel launching API for HIP")
 
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td b/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
--- a/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
@@ -3420,10 +3420,12 @@
 defm whole_file : BooleanFFlag<"whole-file">, Group<gfortran_Group>;
 
 // C++ SYCL options
-def fsycl : Flag<["-"], "fsycl">, Group<sycl_Group>,
+def fsycl : Flag<["-"], "fsycl">, Group<sycl_Group>, Flags<[CC1Option, CoreOption]>,
   HelpText<"Enable SYCL kernels compilation for device">;
-def fno_sycl : Flag<["-"], "fno-sycl">, Group<sycl_Group>,
+def fno_sycl : Flag<["-"], "fno-sycl">, Group<sycl_Group>, Flags<[CoreOption]>,
   HelpText<"Disable SYCL kernels compilation for device">;
+def sycl_std_EQ : Joined<["-"], "sycl-std=">, Group<sycl_Group>, Flags<[CC1Option, NoArgumentUnused, CoreOption]>,
+  HelpText<"SYCL language standard to compile for.">, Values<"2017, 121, 1.2.1, sycl-1.2.1">;
 
 include "CC1Options.td"
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -4040,9 +4040,18 @@
     CmdArgs.push_back(Args.MakeArgString(NormalizedTriple));
   }
 
-  if (Args.hasFlag(options::OPT_fsycl, options::OPT_fno_sycl, false))
+  if (Args.hasFlag(options::OPT_fsycl, options::OPT_fno_sycl, false)) {
+    CmdArgs.push_back("-fsycl");
     CmdArgs.push_back("-fsycl-is-device");
 
+    if (Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_sycl_std_EQ)) {
+      A->render(Args, CmdArgs);
+    } else {
+      // Ensure the default version in SYCL mode is 1.2.1 (aka 2017)
+      CmdArgs.push_back("-sycl-std=2017");
+    }
+  }
+
   if (IsOpenMPDevice) {
     // We have to pass the triple of the host if compiling for an OpenMP device.
     std::string NormalizedTriple =
diff --git a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -2535,6 +2535,24 @@
       LangStd = OpenCLLangStd;
   }
 
+  Opts.SYCL = Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fsycl);
+  Opts.SYCLIsDevice = Opts.SYCL && Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fsycl_is_device);
+  if (Opts.SYCL) {
+    // -sycl-std applies to any SYCL source, not only those containing kernels,
+    // but also those using the SYCL API
+    if (const Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(OPT_sycl_std_EQ)) {
+      Opts.SYCLVersion = llvm::StringSwitch<unsigned>(A->getValue())
+                             .Cases("2017", "1.2.1", "121", "sycl-1.2.1", 2017)
+                             .Default(0U);
+
+      if (Opts.SYCLVersion == 0U) {
+        // User has passed an invalid value to the flag, this is an error
+        Diags.Report(diag::err_drv_invalid_value)
+            << A->getAsString(Args) << A->getValue();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   Opts.IncludeDefaultHeader = Args.hasArg(OPT_finclude_default_header);
   Opts.DeclareOpenCLBuiltins = Args.hasArg(OPT_fdeclare_opencl_builtins);
 
@@ -3136,8 +3154,6 @@
           << Opts.OMPHostIRFile;
   }
 
-  Opts.SYCLIsDevice = Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fsycl_is_device);
-
   // Set CUDA mode for OpenMP target NVPTX if specified in options
   Opts.OpenMPCUDAMode = Opts.OpenMPIsDevice && T.isNVPTX() &&
                         Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fopenmp_cuda_mode);
diff --git a/clang/lib/Frontend/InitPreprocessor.cpp b/clang/lib/Frontend/InitPreprocessor.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Frontend/InitPreprocessor.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Frontend/InitPreprocessor.cpp
@@ -460,6 +460,13 @@
     if (LangOpts.FastRelaxedMath)
       Builder.defineMacro("__FAST_RELAXED_MATH__");
   }
+
+  if (LangOpts.SYCL) {
+    // SYCL Version is set to a value when building SYCL applications
+    if (LangOpts.SYCLVersion == 2017)
+      Builder.defineMacro("CL_SYCL_LANGUAGE_VERSION", "121");
+  }
+
   // Not "standard" per se, but available even with the -undef flag.
   if (LangOpts.AsmPreprocessor)
     Builder.defineMacro("__ASSEMBLER__");
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/sycl.c b/clang/test/Driver/sycl.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/sycl.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/sycl.c
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 // RUN: %clang -### -fsycl -c %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
 // RUN: %clang -### -fsycl %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
+// RUN: %clang -### -fsycl -sycl-std=1.2.1 %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
+// RUN: %clang -### -fsycl -sycl-std=121 %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
+// RUN: %clang -### -fsycl -sycl-std=2017 %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
+// RUN: %clang -### -fsycl -sycl-std=sycl-1.2.1 %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
 // RUN: %clang -### -fno-sycl -fsycl %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
+// RUN: %clang -### -sycl-std=2017 %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DISABLED
 // RUN: %clangxx -### -fsycl %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
 // RUN: %clangxx -### -fno-sycl %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DISABLED
 // RUN: %clangxx -### -fsycl -fno-sycl %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DISABLED
 // RUN: %clangxx -### %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DISABLED
+// RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl -sycl-std=2017 %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
+// RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ENABLED
+// RUN: %clang_cl -### %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DISABLED
 
 // ENABLED: "-cc1"{{.*}} "-fsycl-is-device"
+// ENABLED-SAME: "-sycl-std={{[-.sycl0-9]+}}"
 // DISABLED-NOT: "-fsycl-is-device"
+// DISABLED-NOT: "-sycl-std="
diff --git a/clang/test/Frontend/sycl-aux-triple.cpp b/clang/test/Frontend/sycl-aux-triple.cpp
--- a/clang/test/Frontend/sycl-aux-triple.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Frontend/sycl-aux-triple.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -triple spir -aux-triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -E -dM | FileCheck %s
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -fsycl-is-device -triple spir -aux-triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -E -dM | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK-SYCL %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -fsycl -fsycl-is-device -triple spir -aux-triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -E -dM | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK-SYCL %s
 
 // CHECK-NOT:#define __x86_64__ 1
 // CHECK-SYCL:#define __x86_64__ 1
diff --git a/clang/test/Preprocessor/sycl-macro.cpp b/clang/test/Preprocessor/sycl-macro.cpp
--- a/clang/test/Preprocessor/sycl-macro.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Preprocessor/sycl-macro.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -E -dM | FileCheck %s
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -fsycl-is-device -E -dM | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK-SYCL %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -fsycl -sycl-std=2017 -E -dM | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK-SYCL-STD %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -fsycl -fsycl-is-device -sycl-std=1.2.1 -E -dM | FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK-SYCL-STD %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 %s -fsycl -fsycl-is-device -E -dM | FileCheck --check-prefixes=CHECK-SYCL %s
 
 // CHECK-NOT:#define __SYCL_DEVICE_ONLY__ 1
+// CHECK-NOT:#define CL_SYCL_LANGUAGE_VERSION 121
+// CHECK-SYCL-STD:#define CL_SYCL_LANGUAGE_VERSION 121
 // CHECK-SYCL:#define __SYCL_DEVICE_ONLY__ 1
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaSYCL/kernel-attribute.cpp b/clang/test/SemaSYCL/kernel-attribute.cpp
--- a/clang/test/SemaSYCL/kernel-attribute.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaSYCL/kernel-attribute.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++11 -fsyntax-only -fsycl-is-device -verify %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=c++11 -fsyntax-only -fsycl -fsycl-is-device -verify %s
 
 // Only function templates
 [[clang::sycl_kernel]] int gv2 = 0; // expected-warning {{'sycl_kernel' attribute only applies to function templates}}