diff --git a/sparse/src/KokkosSparse_spadd.hpp b/sparse/src/KokkosSparse_spadd.hpp
index 4151ea6783..127400c752 100644
--- a/sparse/src/KokkosSparse_spadd.hpp
+++ b/sparse/src/KokkosSparse_spadd.hpp
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ void spadd_symbolic(
   }
 }
 
+// one without an execution space arg
+template <typename KernelHandle, typename... Args>
+void spadd_symbolic(KernelHandle *handle, Args... args) {
+  spadd_symbolic(typename KernelHandle::HandleExecSpace{}, handle, args...);
+}
+
 template <typename ExecSpace, typename KernelHandle, typename alno_row_view_t_,
           typename alno_nnz_view_t_, typename ascalar_t_,
           typename ascalar_nnz_view_t_, typename blno_row_view_t_,
@@ -220,6 +226,12 @@ void spadd_numeric(const ExecSpace &exec, KernelHandle *handle,
                       Internal_c_values(c_values.data(), c_values.extent(0)));
   }
 }
+
+// one without an execution space arg
+template <typename KernelHandle, typename... Args>
+void spadd_numeric(KernelHandle *handle, Args... args) {
+  spadd_numeric(typename KernelHandle::HandleExecSpace{}, handle, args...);
+}
 }  // namespace Experimental
 
 // Symbolic: count entries in each row in C to produce rowmap