diff --git a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/access/access.hpp b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/access/access.hpp
index cba9308111cc0..7e9fbd6105b78 100644
--- a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/access/access.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/access/access.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ enum class target {
   image = 2017,
   host_buffer = 2018,
   host_image = 2019,
-  image_array = 2020
+  image_array = 2020,
+  device = global_buffer,
 };
 
 enum class mode {
diff --git a/sycl/test/basic_tests/accessor/target_device.cpp b/sycl/test/basic_tests/accessor/target_device.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..32c221c369c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sycl/test/basic_tests/accessor/target_device.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl -fsycl-targets=%sycl_triple %s -o %t.out
+
+// This short test simply confirms that target::device
+// is supported correctly.
+// TODO: delete this test and test the functionality
+// over in llvm-test-suite along with the other changes
+// needed to support the SYCL 2020 target updates.
+
+#include <CL/sycl.hpp>
+
+int main() {
+  sycl::queue testQueue;
+  sycl::range<1> ndRng(1);
+  int kernelResult;
+  {
+    sycl::buffer<int, 1> buffer(&kernelResult, ndRng);
+
+    testQueue.submit([&](sycl::handler &cgh) {
+      auto ptr = buffer.get_access<sycl::access_mode::read_write,
+                                   sycl::target::device>(cgh);
+      cgh.single_task<class kernel>([=]() { ptr[0] = 5; });
+    });
+  } // ~buffer
+
+  // std::cout << "kernelResult should be 5: " << kernelResult << std::endl;
+  assert(kernelResult == 5);
+
+  return 0;
+}
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