diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/pci-skl.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/pci-skl.c
index 2b803f8b32e9..3a99dc444f92 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/pci-skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/pci-skl.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static struct sof_dev_desc skl_desc = {
 	},
 	.nocodec_tplg_filename = "sof-skl-nocodec.tplg",
 	.ops = &sof_skl_ops,
+	.ops_init = sof_skl_ops_init,
 };
 
 static struct sof_dev_desc kbl_desc = {
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ static struct sof_dev_desc kbl_desc = {
 	},
 	.nocodec_tplg_filename = "sof-kbl-nocodec.tplg",
 	.ops = &sof_skl_ops,
+	.ops_init = sof_skl_ops_init,
 };
 
 /* PCI IDs */
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/skl.c b/sound/soc/sof/intel/skl.c
index 446a7afddfdb..f05905e00368 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/skl.c
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 #include <sound/hdaudio_ext.h>
 #include <sound/pcm_params.h>
 #include <sound/sof.h>
+#include <sound/sof/ext_manifest4.h>
 
 #include "../sof-priv.h"
+#include "../ipc4-priv.h"
 #include "../ops.h"
 #include "hda.h"
 #include "../sof-audio.h"
@@ -37,21 +39,65 @@ static const __maybe_unused struct snd_sof_debugfs_map skl_dsp_debugfs[] = {
 	{"dsp", HDA_DSP_BAR,  0, 0x10000},
 };
 
-static int __maybe_unused skl_dsp_ipc_get_window_offset(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 id)
+static int skl_dsp_ipc_get_window_offset(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 id)
 {
 	return SRAM_MEMORY_WINDOW_BASE + (0x2000 * id);
 }
 
+static int skl_dsp_ipc_get_mailbox_offset(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
+{
+	return SRAM_MEMORY_WINDOW_BASE + 0x1000;
+}
+
 /* skylake ops */
-struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_skl_ops = {
-	/*
-	 * the ops are left empty at this stage since the SOF releases do not
-	 * support SKL/KBL.
-	 * The ops will be populated when support for the Intel IPC4 is added
-	 * to the SOF driver
-	 */
+struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_skl_ops;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sof_skl_ops, SND_SOC_SOF_INTEL_HDA_COMMON);
+
+int sof_skl_ops_init(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
+{
+	struct sof_ipc4_fw_data *ipc4_data;
+
+	/* common defaults */
+	memcpy(&sof_skl_ops, &sof_hda_common_ops, sizeof(struct snd_sof_dsp_ops));
+
+	/* probe/remove/shutdown */
+	sof_skl_ops.shutdown	= hda_dsp_shutdown;
+
+	sdev->private = devm_kzalloc(sdev->dev, sizeof(*ipc4_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sdev->private)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ipc4_data = sdev->private;
+	ipc4_data->manifest_fw_hdr_offset = SOF_MAN4_FW_HDR_OFFSET_CAVS_1_5;
+
+	ipc4_data->mtrace_type = SOF_IPC4_MTRACE_INTEL_CAVS_1_5;
+
+	sof_skl_ops.get_window_offset = skl_dsp_ipc_get_window_offset;
+	sof_skl_ops.get_mailbox_offset = skl_dsp_ipc_get_mailbox_offset;
+
+	/* doorbell */
+	sof_skl_ops.irq_thread	= hda_dsp_ipc4_irq_thread;
+
+	/* ipc */
+	sof_skl_ops.send_msg	= hda_dsp_ipc4_send_msg;
+
+	/* set DAI driver ops */
+	hda_set_dai_drv_ops(sdev, &sof_skl_ops);
+
+	/* debug */
+	sof_skl_ops.debug_map	= skl_dsp_debugfs;
+	sof_skl_ops.debug_map_count	= ARRAY_SIZE(skl_dsp_debugfs);
+	sof_skl_ops.ipc_dump	= hda_ipc_dump;
+
+	/* firmware run */
+	sof_skl_ops.run = hda_dsp_cl_boot_firmware_skl;
+
+	/* pre/post fw run */
+	sof_skl_ops.post_fw_run = hda_dsp_post_fw_run;
+
+	return 0;
 };
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sof_skl_ops);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS(sof_skl_ops_init, SND_SOC_SOF_INTEL_HDA_COMMON);
 
 const struct sof_intel_dsp_desc skl_chip_info = {
 	.cores_num = 2,