diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/common/include/soc/sspm.h b/src/soc/mediatek/common/include/soc/sspm.h
index ff405ce762..81f9a623a1 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/common/include/soc/sspm.h
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/common/include/soc/sspm.h
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@ struct sspm_regs {
 	u32 sw_rstn;
 };
 static struct sspm_regs *const sspm_reg = (void *)SSPM_CFG_BASE;
+
+void sspm_enable_sram(void);
 void sspm_init(void);
+
 #endif  /* SOC_MEDIATEK_COMMON_SSPM_H */
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/common/sspm.c b/src/soc/mediatek/common/sspm.c
index 0a4d5b0cd6..d1031f53af 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/common/sspm.c
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/common/sspm.c
@@ -16,8 +16,15 @@ static struct mtk_mcu sspm = {
 	.reset = reset_sspm,
 };
 
+__weak void sspm_enable_sram(void)
+{
+	/* do nothing. */
+}
+
 void sspm_init(void)
 {
+	sspm_enable_sram();
+
 	sspm.load_buffer = _dram_dma;
 	sspm.buffer_size = REGION_SIZE(dram_dma);
 
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Kconfig b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Kconfig
index 984e379f45..2133dbbed7 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Kconfig
@@ -38,4 +38,11 @@ config DPM_PM_FIRMWARE
 	default "dpm.pm"
 	help
 	  The file name of the MediaTek DPM PM firmware.
+
+config SSPM_FIRMWARE
+	string
+	default "sspm.bin"
+	help
+	  The file name of the MediaTek SSPM firmware.
+
 endif
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
index 2a01ee5582..f48f380ee7 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ ramstage-$(CONFIG_PCI) += ../common/pcie.c pcie.c
 ramstage-y += ../common/mt6363.c mt6363.c
 ramstage-y += ../common/mt6363_sdmadc.c
 ramstage-y += soc.c
+ramstage-y += ../common/sspm.c sspm_sram.c
 ramstage-y += ../common/pmif_clk.c pmif_clk.c
 ramstage-y += ../common/pmif.c pmif_init.c
 ramstage-y += pmif_spmi.c
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ MT8196_BLOB_DIR := 3rdparty/blobs/soc/mediatek/mt8196
 
 mcu-firmware-files := \
 	$(CONFIG_DPM_DM_FIRMWARE) \
-	$(CONFIG_DPM_PM_FIRMWARE)
+	$(CONFIG_DPM_PM_FIRMWARE) \
+	$(CONFIG_SSPM_FIRMWARE)
 
 $(foreach fw, $(call strip_quotes,$(mcu-firmware-files)), \
 	$(eval $(fw)-file := $(MT8196_BLOB_DIR)/$(fw)) \
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/include/soc/addressmap.h b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/include/soc/addressmap.h
index b252eecc26..cc57292f30 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/include/soc/addressmap.h
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/include/soc/addressmap.h
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ enum {
 	SPMI_MST_BASE		= IO_PHYS + 0x0C01C000,
 	SPMI_MST_P_BASE		= IO_PHYS + 0x0C01C800,
 	VLP_AO_DEBUG_BASE	= IO_PHYS + 0x0C031000,
+	SSPM_SRAM_BASE		= IO_PHYS + 0x0C300000,
+	SSPM_CFG_BASE		= IO_PHYS + 0x0C340000,
 	SYSTIMER_BASE		= IO_PHYS + 0x0C400000,
 	VLP_TRACKER_BASE        = IO_PHYS + 0x0C4E0000,
 	MMVOTE_MMSYS_CONFIG_BASE	= IO_PHYS + 0x12000000,
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/soc.c b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/soc.c
index 8aca5d6e5d..0fe6909ef5 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/soc.c
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/soc.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <soc/emi.h>
 #include <soc/mmu_operations.h>
 #include <soc/pcie.h>
+#include <soc/sspm.h>
 #include <soc/symbols.h>
 #include <symbols.h>
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ static void soc_read_resources(struct device *dev)
 static void soc_init(struct device *dev)
 {
 	mtk_mmu_disable_l2c_sram();
+	sspm_init();
 }
 
 static struct device_operations soc_ops = {
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/sspm_sram.c b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/sspm_sram.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c9a80e4fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/sspm_sram.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#include <device/mmio.h>
+#include <soc/sspm.h>
+
+#define SSPM_SRAM_CON		(SPM_BASE + 0xEE4)
+#define SPM_PRJ_CODE		0xB160001
+#define SSPM_SRAM_SLEEP_B	0x10
+#define SSPM_SRAM_ISOINT_B	0x2
+
+void sspm_enable_sram(void)
+{
+	write32p(SPM_BASE, SPM_PRJ_CODE);
+	write32p(SSPM_SRAM_CON, SSPM_SRAM_SLEEP_B | SSPM_SRAM_ISOINT_B);
+}