diff --git a/buildbot/configure.py b/buildbot/configure.py
index b77a7cb2d4c3e..e1329ede264ed 100644
--- a/buildbot/configure.py
+++ b/buildbot/configure.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 
 
-def do_configure(args):
+def do_configure(args, passthrough_args):
     # Get absolute path to source directory
     abs_src_dir = os.path.abspath(
         args.src_dir if args.src_dir else os.path.join(__file__, "../..")
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ def do_configure(args):
             ]
         )
 
+    cmake_cmd += passthrough_args
     print("[Cmake Command]: {}".format(" ".join(map(shlex.quote, cmake_cmd))))
 
     try:
@@ -398,11 +399,11 @@ def main():
         "--native-cpu-libclc-targets",
         help="Target triples for libclc, used by the Native CPU backend",
     )
-    args = parser.parse_args()
+    args, passthrough_args = parser.parse_known_intermixed_args()
 
     print("args:{}".format(args))
 
-    return do_configure(args)
+    return do_configure(args, passthrough_args)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/sycl/doc/GetStartedGuide.md b/sycl/doc/GetStartedGuide.md
index 10359d6fefce3..9ff26804711ee 100644
--- a/sycl/doc/GetStartedGuide.md
+++ b/sycl/doc/GetStartedGuide.md
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ Secondly, set the `CUDA_LIB_PATH` environment variable and pass the CMake
 variable `CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR` as follows:
 
 ```sh
-CUDA_LIB_PATH=/path/to/cuda/toolkit/lib64/stubs CC=gcc CXX=g++ python $DPCPP_HOME/llvm/buildbot/configure.py --cuda --cmake-opt="-DCUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR=/path/to/cuda/toolkit"
+CC=gcc CXX=g++ python $DPCPP_HOME/llvm/buildbot/configure.py \
+    --cuda -DCUDA_Toolkit_ROOT=/path/to/cuda/toolkit
 
 CUDA_LIB_PATH=/path/to/cuda/toolkit/lib64/stubs CC=gcc CXX=g++ python $DPCPP_HOME/llvm/buildbot/compile.py
 
@@ -256,12 +257,12 @@ instruction on how to install this refer to
 
 The DPC++ build assumes that ROCm is installed in `/opt/rocm`, if it is
 installed somewhere else, the directory must be provided through the CMake
-variable `UR_HIP_ROCM_DIR` which can be passed using the
-`--cmake-opt` option of `configure.py` as follows:
+variable `UR_HIP_ROCM_DIR` which can be passed through to cmake using the
+configure helper script as follows:
 
 ```sh
 python $DPCPP_HOME/llvm/buildbot/configure.py --hip \
-  --cmake-opt=-DUR_HIP_ROCM_DIR=/usr/local/rocm
+  -DUR_HIP_ROCM_DIR=/usr/local/rocm
 ```
 If further customization is required — for instance when the layout of
 individual directories can not be inferred from `UR_HIP_ROCM_DIR` —
diff --git a/sycl/doc/design/SYCLNativeCPU.md b/sycl/doc/design/SYCLNativeCPU.md
index 86a78ae74b9a4..fda234e7fea4e 100644
--- a/sycl/doc/design/SYCLNativeCPU.md
+++ b/sycl/doc/design/SYCLNativeCPU.md
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ SYCL Native CPU uses [libclc](https://github.com/intel/llvm/tree/sycl/libclc) to
 SYCL Native CPU uses the [oneAPI Construction Kit](https://github.com/codeplaysoftware/oneapi-construction-kit) (OCK) in order to support some core SYCL functionalities and improve performances, the OCK is fetched by default when SYCL Native CPU is enabled, and can optionally be disabled using the `NATIVECPU_USE_OCK` CMake variable (please note that disabling the OCK will result in limited functionalities and performances on the SYCL Native CPU backend):
 
 ```
-python3 buildbot/configure.py \
-  --native_cpu \
-  --cmake-opt=-DNATIVECPU_USE_OCK=Off
+python3 buildbot/configure.py --native_cpu -DNATIVECPU_USE_OCK=Off
 ```
 
 By default the oneAPI Construction Kit is pulled at the project's configure time using CMake `FetchContent`. This behaviour can be overridden by setting `NATIVECPU_OCK_USE_FETCHCONTENT=Off` and `OCK_SOURCE_DIR=<path>`