diff --git a/numba_dpex/core/kernel_interface/arg_pack_unpacker.py b/numba_dpex/core/kernel_interface/arg_pack_unpacker.py
index cc77f92332..0ca6395bb6 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/core/kernel_interface/arg_pack_unpacker.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/core/kernel_interface/arg_pack_unpacker.py
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ def _unpack_argument(self, ty, val, access_specifier):
         elif ty == types.boolean:
             return ctypes.c_uint8(int(val))
         elif ty == types.complex64:
-            raise UnsupportedKernelArgumentError(ty, val, self._pyfunc_name)
+            return [ctypes.c_float(val.real), ctypes.c_float(val.imag)]
         elif ty == types.complex128:
-            raise UnsupportedKernelArgumentError(ty, val, self._pyfunc_name)
+            return [ctypes.c_double(val.real), ctypes.c_double(val.imag)]
         else:
             raise UnsupportedKernelArgumentError(ty, val, self._pyfunc_name)
 
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_complex_array.py b/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_complex_array.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3fba0eca60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_complex_array.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 - 2023 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import dpnp
+import numpy
+import pytest
+
+import numba_dpex as dpex
+
+N = 1024
+
+
+@dpex.kernel
+def kernel_scalar(a, b, c):
+    i = dpex.get_global_id(0)
+    b[i] = a[i] * c
+
+
+@dpex.kernel
+def kernel_array(a, b, c):
+    i = dpex.get_global_id(0)
+    b[i] = a[i] * c[i]
+
+
+list_of_dtypes = [
+    dpnp.complex64,
+    dpnp.complex128,
+]
+
+list_of_usm_types = ["shared", "device", "host"]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(params=list_of_dtypes)
+def input_arrays(request):
+    a = dpnp.ones(N, dtype=request.param)
+    c = dpnp.zeros(N, dtype=request.param)
+    b = dpnp.empty_like(a)
+    return a, b, c
+
+
+def test_numeric_kernel_arg_complex_scalar(input_arrays):
+    """Tests passing complex type scalar and dpnp arrays to a kernel function.
+
+    Args:
+        input_arrays (dpnp.ndarray): Array arguments to be passed to a kernel.
+    """
+    s = 2 + 1j
+    a, b, _ = input_arrays
+
+    kernel_scalar[dpex.Range(N)](a, b, s)
+
+    nb = dpnp.asnumpy(b)
+    nexpected = numpy.full_like(nb, fill_value=2 + 1j)
+
+    assert numpy.allclose(nb, nexpected)
+
+
+def test_numeric_kernel_arg_complex_array(input_arrays):
+    """Tests passing complex type dpnp arrays to a kernel function.
+
+    Args:
+        input_arrays (dpnp.ndarray): Array arguments to be passed to a kernel.
+    """
+
+    a, b, c = input_arrays
+
+    kernel_array[dpex.Range(N)](a, b, c)
+
+    nb = dpnp.asnumpy(b)
+    nexpected = numpy.full_like(nb, fill_value=0 + 0j)
+
+    assert numpy.allclose(nb, nexpected)
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_scalar_arg_types.py b/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_scalar_arg_types.py
index 6fbc80a062..5d6ffda255 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_scalar_arg_types.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_scalar_arg_types.py
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ def kernel_with_bool_arg(a, b, test):
     dpnp.int64,
     dpnp.float32,
     dpnp.float64,
+    dpnp.complex64,
+    dpnp.complex128,
 ]
 
 list_of_usm_types = ["shared", "device", "host"]
@@ -43,8 +45,8 @@ def input_arrays(request):
     return a, b
 
 
-def test_numeric_kernel_arg_types(input_arrays):
-    """Tests passing float and int type scalar arguments to a kernel function.
+def test_numeric_kernel_arg_types1(input_arrays):
+    """Tests passing float, int and complex type dpnp arrays to a kernel function.
 
     Args:
         input_arrays (dpnp.ndarray): Array arguments to be passed to a kernel.