diff --git a/include/alpaka/meta/TypeListOps.hpp b/include/alpaka/meta/TypeListOps.hpp
index 2d6bcfe7f45f..0a21fe3c4019 100644
--- a/include/alpaka/meta/TypeListOps.hpp
+++ b/include/alpaka/meta/TypeListOps.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <tuple>
 #include <type_traits>
 
 namespace alpaka::meta
@@ -35,4 +36,62 @@ namespace alpaka::meta
     {
         static constexpr bool value = std::is_same_v<Head, Value> || Contains<List<Tail...>, Value>::value;
     };
+
+    // copied from https://stackoverflow.com/a/51073558/22035743
+    template<typename T>
+    struct IsList : std::false_type
+    {
+    };
+
+    template<template<typename...> class TList, typename... TTypes>
+    struct IsList<TList<TTypes...>> : std::true_type
+    {
+    };
+
+    //! \brief Checks whether the specified type is a list. List is a type with a variadic number of template types.
+    //! \tparam T possible list
+    template<typename T>
+    constexpr bool isList = IsList<std::decay_t<T>>::value;
+
+    namespace detail
+    {
+        template<template<typename...> class TListType, typename TType, typename = void>
+        struct ToListImpl
+        {
+            using type = TListType<TType>;
+        };
+
+        template<template<typename...> class TListType, typename TList>
+        struct ToListImpl<TListType, TList, std::enable_if_t<alpaka::meta::isList<TList>>>
+        {
+            using type = TList;
+        };
+    } // namespace detail
+
+    //! \brief Takes an arbitrary number of types (T) and creates a type list of type TListType with the types (T). If
+    //! T is a single template parameter and it satisfies alpaka::meta::isList, the type of the structure is T (no type
+    //! change).
+    //! \tparam TListType type of the created list
+    //! \tparam T possible list types or type list
+    template<template<typename...> class TListType, typename... T>
+    struct ToList;
+
+    template<template<typename...> class TListType, typename T>
+    struct ToList<TListType, T> : detail::ToListImpl<TListType, T>
+    {
+    };
+
+    template<template<typename...> class TListType, typename T, typename... Ts>
+    struct ToList<TListType, T, Ts...>
+    {
+        using type = TListType<T, Ts...>;
+    };
+
+    //! \brief If T is a single argument and a type list (fullfil alpaka::meta::isList), the return type is T.
+    //! Otherwise, std::tuple is returned with T types as template parameters.
+    //! \tparam T possible list types or type list
+    template<typename... T>
+    using toTuple = typename ToList<std::tuple, T...>::type;
+
+
 } // namespace alpaka::meta
diff --git a/test/unit/meta/src/TypeListOpsTest.cpp b/test/unit/meta/src/TypeListOpsTest.cpp
index b15e77733cc2..8661420c810f 100644
--- a/test/unit/meta/src/TypeListOpsTest.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/meta/src/TypeListOpsTest.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@
 #include <tuple>
 #include <type_traits>
 
+template<typename... TTypes>
+struct TypeList
+{
+};
+
 TEST_CASE("front", "[meta]")
 {
     STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<alpaka::meta::Front<std::tuple<int>>, int>);
@@ -26,3 +31,39 @@ TEST_CASE("contains", "[meta]")
     STATIC_REQUIRE(alpaka::meta::Contains<std::tuple<short, int, double, float>, float>::value);
     STATIC_REQUIRE(!alpaka::meta::Contains<std::tuple<short, int, double, float>, char>::value);
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("isList", "[meta]")
+{
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(alpaka::meta::isList<std::tuple<int>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(alpaka::meta::isList<std::tuple<int, float>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE_FALSE(alpaka::meta::isList<int>);
+
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(alpaka::meta::isList<TypeList<int>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(alpaka::meta::isList<TypeList<int, float, double>>);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("ToList", "[meta]")
+{
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<typename alpaka::meta::ToList<TypeList, int>::type, TypeList<int>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<
+                   typename alpaka::meta::ToList<TypeList, float, double, int>::type,
+                   TypeList<float, double, int>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(
+        std::is_same_v<typename alpaka::meta::ToList<TypeList, TypeList<unsigned int>>::type, TypeList<unsigned int>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<
+                   typename alpaka::meta::ToList<TypeList, TypeList<float, double, int>>::type,
+                   TypeList<float, double, int>>);
+
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<typename alpaka::meta::ToList<std::tuple, int>::type, std::tuple<int>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(
+        std::is_same_v<typename alpaka::meta::ToList<std::tuple, std::tuple<float>>::type, std::tuple<float>>);
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("toTuple", "[meta]")
+{
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<alpaka::meta::toTuple<int>, std::tuple<int>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<alpaka::meta::toTuple<int, float, double>, std::tuple<int, float, double>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<alpaka::meta::toTuple<std::tuple<int>>, std::tuple<int>>);
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(
+        std::is_same_v<alpaka::meta::toTuple<std::tuple<int, float, double>>, std::tuple<int, float, double>>);
+}