diff --git a/cmake/templates/oneDPLConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/templates/oneDPLConfig.cmake.in
index 29c3c3ea9c2..58822fde644 100644
--- a/cmake/templates/oneDPLConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/templates/oneDPLConfig.cmake.in
@@ -117,23 +117,36 @@ if (EXISTS "${_onedpl_headers}")
         endif()
 
         # Check SYCL support by the compiler
-        check_cxx_compiler_flag("-fsycl" _fsycl_option)
+        set(FSYCL_OPTION "-fsycl")
+        check_cxx_compiler_flag(${FSYCL_OPTION} _fsycl_option)
         if (_fsycl_option)
-            CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CXX("sycl/sycl.hpp" _sycl_header "-fsycl")
-            if (NOT _sycl_header)
-                CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CXX("CL/sycl.hpp" _sycl_header_old "-fsycl")
-            endif()
-            if (_sycl_header OR _sycl_header_old)
-                set(_sycl_support TRUE)
+            set(FSYCL_OPTION_IF_SUPPORTED ${FSYCL_OPTION})
+        endif()
+
+        CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CXX("sycl/sycl.hpp" SYCL_HEADER ${FSYCL_OPTION_IF_SUPPORTED})
+        if (NOT SYCL_HEADER)
+            CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE_CXX("CL/sycl.hpp" SYCL_HEADER_OLD ${FSYCL_OPTION_IF_SUPPORTED})
+        endif()
+        if (SYCL_HEADER OR SYCL_HEADER_OLD)
+            set(SYCL_SUPPORT TRUE)
+        endif()
+
+        if (SYCL_SUPPORT)
+            message(STATUS "SYCL is supported")
+        else()
+            if (ONEDPL_BACKEND MATCHES "^(dpcpp|dpcpp_only)$")
+                message(FATAL_ERROR "SYCL is not supported. It is required for ONEDPL_BACKEND=${ONEDPL_BACKEND}")
+            else()
+                message(STATUS "SYCL is not supported")
             endif()
         endif()
 
-        if (_sycl_support)
+        if (SYCL_SUPPORT)
             # Enable SYCL* with compilers/compiler drivers not passing -fsycl by default
             if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES ".*(dpcpp-cl|dpcpp)(.exe)?$")
                 message(STATUS "Adding -fsycl compiler option")
-                target_compile_options(oneDPL INTERFACE -fsycl)
-                target_link_libraries(oneDPL INTERFACE -fsycl)
+                target_compile_options(oneDPL INTERFACE ${FSYCL_OPTION_IF_SUPPORTED})
+                target_link_libraries(oneDPL INTERFACE ${FSYCL_OPTION_IF_SUPPORTED})
             endif()
         else()
             message(STATUS "oneDPL: -fsycl compiler option is not supported or sycl.hpp is not available, set ONEDPL_USE_DPCPP_BACKEND=0")