diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/francka/variant.c b/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/francka/variant.c
index 0943ee18be..1ca6e41125 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/francka/variant.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/fatcat/variants/francka/variant.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <baseboard/variants.h>
 #include <fsp/api.h>
 #include <fw_config.h>
+#include <intelblocks/hda.h>
 
 void variant_update_soc_memory_init_params(FSPM_UPD *memupd)
 {
@@ -15,3 +16,22 @@ void variant_update_soc_memory_init_params(FSPM_UPD *memupd)
 		m_cfg->PchHdaSdiEnable[1] = false;
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * HDA verb table loading is supported based on the firmware configuration.
+ *
+ * This function determines if the current platform has an HDA codec enabled by
+ * examining the `FW_CONFIG` value. Specifically, it checks if the
+ * `FW_CONFIG` includes the `AUDIO_ALC256M_CG_HDA` value, which is used to identify
+ * Francka SKUs with HDA codec support.
+ *
+ * Return true if the `FW_CONFIG` indicates HDA support (i.e., contains
+ * `AUDIO_ALC256M_CG_HDA`), false otherwise.
+ */
+bool mainboard_is_hda_codec_enabled(void)
+{
+	if (fw_config_probe(FW_CONFIG(AUDIO, AUDIO_ALC256M_CG_HDA)))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}