diff --git a/lib/kokkos/algorithms/src/Kokkos_Random.hpp b/lib/kokkos/algorithms/src/Kokkos_Random.hpp
index 2fb6b553c2..a0d666183c 100644
--- a/lib/kokkos/algorithms/src/Kokkos_Random.hpp
+++ b/lib/kokkos/algorithms/src/Kokkos_Random.hpp
@@ -752,6 +752,12 @@ namespace Kokkos {
       return Random_XorShift64<DeviceType>(state_(i),i);
     }
 
+    // NOTE: state_idx MUST be unique and less than num_states
+    KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
+    Random_XorShift64<DeviceType> get_state(const int state_idx) const {
+      return Random_XorShift64<DeviceType>(state_(state_idx),state_idx);
+    }
+
     KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
     void free_state(const Random_XorShift64<DeviceType>& state) const {
       state_(state.state_idx_) = state.state_;
@@ -1006,6 +1012,12 @@ namespace Kokkos {
       return Random_XorShift1024<DeviceType>(state_,p_(i),i);
     };
 
+    // NOTE: state_idx MUST be unique and less than num_states
+    KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
+    Random_XorShift1024<DeviceType> get_state(const int state_idx) const {
+      return Random_XorShift1024<DeviceType>(state_,p_(state_idx),state_idx);
+    }
+
     KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
     void free_state(const Random_XorShift1024<DeviceType>& state) const {
       for(int i = 0; i<16; i++)