diff --git a/core/src/View/MDSpan/Kokkos_MDSpan_Accessor.hpp b/core/src/View/MDSpan/Kokkos_MDSpan_Accessor.hpp
index 732050a20a4..03db33a9bf8 100644
--- a/core/src/View/MDSpan/Kokkos_MDSpan_Accessor.hpp
+++ b/core/src/View/MDSpan/Kokkos_MDSpan_Accessor.hpp
@@ -227,7 +227,12 @@ class ReferenceCountedDataHandle {
     m_tracker.assign_allocated_record_to_uninitialized(rec);
     m_handle = static_cast<pointer>(get_record()->data());
   }
-  ReferenceCountedDataHandle(pointer ptr): m_tracker(), m_handle(ptr) {}
+
+  template <class OtherElementType,
+            class = std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<
+                OtherElementType (*)[], value_type (*)[]>>>
+  ReferenceCountedDataHandle(OtherElementType* ptr)
+      : m_tracker(), m_handle(ptr) {}
 
   ReferenceCountedDataHandle(const ReferenceCountedDataHandle&)     = default;
   ReferenceCountedDataHandle(ReferenceCountedDataHandle&&) noexcept = default;
@@ -270,7 +275,12 @@ class ReferenceCountedDataHandle<ElementType, AnonymousSpace> {
     m_tracker.assign_allocated_record_to_uninitialized(rec);
     m_handle = static_cast<pointer>(get_record()->data());
   }
-  ReferenceCountedDataHandle(pointer ptr) : m_tracker(), m_handle(ptr) {}
+
+  template <class OtherElementType,
+            class = std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<
+                OtherElementType (*)[], value_type (*)[]>>>
+  ReferenceCountedDataHandle(OtherElementType* ptr)
+      : m_tracker(), m_handle(ptr) {}
 
   ReferenceCountedDataHandle(const ReferenceCountedDataHandle&)     = default;
   ReferenceCountedDataHandle(ReferenceCountedDataHandle&&) noexcept = default;
@@ -313,6 +323,12 @@ class ReferenceCountedAccessor {
 
   constexpr ReferenceCountedAccessor() noexcept = default;
 
+  template <class OtherElementType,
+            class = std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<
+                OtherElementType (*)[], element_type (*)[]>>>
+  constexpr ReferenceCountedAccessor(
+      const ReferenceCountedAccessor<OtherElementType, MemorySpace>&) {}
+
   constexpr reference access(data_handle_type p, size_t i) const {
     return p.get()[i];
   }
@@ -337,6 +353,12 @@ class ReferenceCountedAccessor<ElementType, AnonymousSpace> {
   constexpr ReferenceCountedAccessor(
       const ReferenceCountedAccessor<ElementType, OtherSpace>&) {}
 
+  template <class OtherElementType, class OtherSpace,
+            class = std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<
+                OtherElementType (*)[], element_type (*)[]>>>
+  constexpr ReferenceCountedAccessor(
+      const ReferenceCountedAccessor<OtherElementType, OtherSpace>&) {}
+
   constexpr reference access(data_handle_type p, size_t i) const {
     return p.get()[i];
   }
diff --git a/core/unit_test/CMakeLists.txt b/core/unit_test/CMakeLists.txt
index 51a94897019..3ad36ab7b2c 100644
--- a/core/unit_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/unit_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ SET(COMPILE_ONLY_SOURCES
   TestTeamMDRangePolicyCTAD.cpp
   TestNestedReducerCTAD.cpp
   view/TestExtentsDatatypeConversion.cpp
+  view/TestBasicViewMDSpanConversion.cpp
 )
 
 #testing if windows.h and Kokkos_Core.hpp can be included
diff --git a/core/unit_test/view/TestBasicViewMDSpanConversion.cpp b/core/unit_test/view/TestBasicViewMDSpanConversion.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4866297ff51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/unit_test/view/TestBasicViewMDSpanConversion.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+//@HEADER
+// ************************************************************************
+//
+//                        Kokkos v. 4.0
+//       Copyright (2022) National Technology & Engineering
+//               Solutions of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).
+//
+// Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with NTESS,
+// the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
+//
+// Part of Kokkos, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://kokkos.org/LICENSE for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//@HEADER
+
+#include <Kokkos_Core.hpp>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+#ifdef KOKKOS_ENABLE_IMPL_MDSPAN
+static_assert(
+    std::is_convertible_v<
+        Kokkos::View<long long ****, Kokkos::LayoutRight, Kokkos::Serial>,
+        Kokkos::BasicView<long long, Kokkos::dextents<size_t, 4>,
+                          Kokkos::Experimental::layout_right_padded<>,
+                          Kokkos::Impl::checked_reference_counted_accessor<
+                              long long, Kokkos::HostSpace>>>);
+static_assert(
+    std::is_convertible_v<
+        Kokkos::BasicView<long long, Kokkos::dextents<size_t, 4>,
+                          Kokkos::Experimental::layout_right_padded<>,
+                          Kokkos::Impl::checked_reference_counted_accessor<
+                              long long, Kokkos::HostSpace>>,
+        Kokkos::BasicView<const long long, Kokkos::dextents<size_t, 4>,
+                          Kokkos::Experimental::layout_right_padded<>,
+                          Kokkos::Impl::checked_reference_counted_accessor<
+                              const long long, Kokkos::HostSpace>>>);
+static_assert(
+    std::is_convertible_v<
+        Kokkos::View<long long ****, Kokkos::LayoutRight, Kokkos::Serial>,
+        Kokkos::BasicView<const long long, Kokkos::dextents<size_t, 4>,
+                          Kokkos::Experimental::layout_right_padded<>,
+                          Kokkos::Impl::checked_reference_counted_accessor<
+                              const long long, Kokkos::HostSpace>>>);
+#endif