diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/Kconfig b/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/Kconfig
index f1fa15c41891..a149dd1b3f44 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/Kconfig
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_MTK_COMMON
 config SND_SOC_SOF_MT8186
 	tristate "SOF support for MT8186 audio DSP"
 	select SND_SOC_SOF_MTK_COMMON
+	depends on MTK_ADSP_IPC
 	help
 	  This adds support for Sound Open Firmware for Mediatek platforms
 	  using the mt8186 processors.
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mt8186/mt8186-loader.c b/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mt8186/mt8186-loader.c
index 548b12c33d8a..946e6c43204f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mt8186/mt8186-loader.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mt8186/mt8186-loader.c
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ void mt8186_sof_hifixdsp_boot_sequence(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 boot_addr)
 	snd_sof_dsp_update_bits(sdev, DSP_REG_BAR, ADSP_HIFI_IO_CONFIG,
 				RUNSTALL, RUNSTALL);
 
+	/* enable mbox 0 & 1 IRQ */
+	snd_sof_dsp_update_bits(sdev, DSP_REG_BAR, ADSP_MBOX_IRQ_EN,
+				DSP_MBOX0_IRQ_EN | DSP_MBOX1_IRQ_EN,
+				DSP_MBOX0_IRQ_EN | DSP_MBOX1_IRQ_EN);
+
 	/* set core boot address */
 	snd_sof_dsp_write(sdev, DSP_SECREG_BAR, ADSP_ALTVEC_C0, boot_addr);
 	snd_sof_dsp_write(sdev, DSP_SECREG_BAR, ADSP_ALTVECSEL, ADSP_ALTVECSEL_C0);
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mt8186/mt8186.c b/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mt8186/mt8186.c
index 6d574fd4492e..3333a0634e29 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mt8186/mt8186.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/mediatek/mt8186/mt8186.c
@@ -27,6 +27,99 @@
 #include "mt8186.h"
 #include "mt8186-clk.h"
 
+static int mt8186_get_mailbox_offset(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
+{
+	return MBOX_OFFSET;
+}
+
+static int mt8186_get_window_offset(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 id)
+{
+	return MBOX_OFFSET;
+}
+
+static int mt8186_send_msg(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
+			   struct snd_sof_ipc_msg *msg)
+{
+	struct adsp_priv *priv = sdev->pdata->hw_pdata;
+
+	sof_mailbox_write(sdev, sdev->host_box.offset, msg->msg_data,
+			  msg->msg_size);
+
+	return mtk_adsp_ipc_send(priv->dsp_ipc, MTK_ADSP_IPC_REQ, MTK_ADSP_IPC_OP_REQ);
+}
+
+static void mt8186_get_reply(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
+{
+	struct snd_sof_ipc_msg *msg = sdev->msg;
+	struct sof_ipc_reply reply;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!msg) {
+		dev_warn(sdev->dev, "unexpected ipc interrupt\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* get reply */
+	sof_mailbox_read(sdev, sdev->host_box.offset, &reply, sizeof(reply));
+	if (reply.error < 0) {
+		memcpy(msg->reply_data, &reply, sizeof(reply));
+		ret = reply.error;
+	} else {
+		/* reply has correct size? */
+		if (reply.hdr.size != msg->reply_size) {
+			dev_err(sdev->dev, "error: reply expected %zu got %u bytes\n",
+				msg->reply_size, reply.hdr.size);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		/* read the message */
+		if (msg->reply_size > 0)
+			sof_mailbox_read(sdev, sdev->host_box.offset,
+					 msg->reply_data, msg->reply_size);
+	}
+
+	msg->reply_error = ret;
+}
+
+static void mt8186_dsp_handle_reply(struct mtk_adsp_ipc *ipc)
+{
+	struct adsp_priv *priv = mtk_adsp_ipc_get_data(ipc);
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->sdev->ipc_lock, flags);
+	mt8186_get_reply(priv->sdev);
+	snd_sof_ipc_reply(priv->sdev, 0);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->sdev->ipc_lock, flags);
+}
+
+static void mt8186_dsp_handle_request(struct mtk_adsp_ipc *ipc)
+{
+	struct adsp_priv *priv = mtk_adsp_ipc_get_data(ipc);
+	u32 p; /* panic code */
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Read the message from the debug box. */
+	sof_mailbox_read(priv->sdev, priv->sdev->debug_box.offset + 4,
+			 &p, sizeof(p));
+
+	/* Check to see if the message is a panic code 0x0dead*** */
+	if ((p & SOF_IPC_PANIC_MAGIC_MASK) == SOF_IPC_PANIC_MAGIC) {
+		snd_sof_dsp_panic(priv->sdev, p, true);
+	} else {
+		snd_sof_ipc_msgs_rx(priv->sdev);
+
+		/* tell DSP cmd is done */
+		ret = mtk_adsp_ipc_send(priv->dsp_ipc, MTK_ADSP_IPC_RSP, MTK_ADSP_IPC_OP_RSP);
+		if (ret)
+			dev_err(priv->dev, "request send ipc failed");
+	}
+}
+
+static struct mtk_adsp_ipc_ops dsp_ops = {
+	.handle_reply		= mt8186_dsp_handle_reply,
+	.handle_request		= mt8186_dsp_handle_request,
+};
+
 static int platform_parse_resource(struct platform_device *pdev, void *data)
 {
 	struct resource *mmio;
@@ -271,6 +364,9 @@ static int mt8186_dsp_probe(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	sdev->mmio_bar = SOF_FW_BLK_TYPE_SRAM;
 	sdev->mailbox_bar = SOF_FW_BLK_TYPE_SRAM;
 
+	/* set default mailbox offset for FW ready message */
+	sdev->dsp_box.offset = mt8186_get_mailbox_offset(sdev);
+
 	ret = adsp_memory_remap_init(sdev, priv->adsp);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(sdev->dev, "adsp_memory_remap_init fail!\n");
@@ -292,11 +388,41 @@ static int mt8186_dsp_probe(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 
 	adsp_sram_power_on(sdev);
 
+	priv->ipc_dev = platform_device_register_data(&pdev->dev, "mtk-adsp-ipc",
+						      PLATFORM_DEVID_NONE,
+						      pdev, sizeof(*pdev));
+	if (IS_ERR(priv->ipc_dev)) {
+		ret = IS_ERR(priv->ipc_dev);
+		dev_err(sdev->dev, "failed to create mtk-adsp-ipc device\n");
+		goto err_adsp_off;
+	}
+
+	priv->dsp_ipc = dev_get_drvdata(&priv->ipc_dev->dev);
+	if (!priv->dsp_ipc) {
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		dev_err(sdev->dev, "failed to get drvdata\n");
+		goto exit_pdev_unregister;
+	}
+
+	mtk_adsp_ipc_set_data(priv->dsp_ipc, priv);
+	priv->dsp_ipc->ops = &dsp_ops;
+
 	return 0;
+
+exit_pdev_unregister:
+	platform_device_unregister(priv->ipc_dev);
+err_adsp_off:
+	adsp_sram_power_off(sdev);
+	mt8186_adsp_clock_off(sdev);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int mt8186_dsp_remove(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 {
+	struct adsp_priv *priv = sdev->pdata->hw_pdata;
+
+	platform_device_unregister(priv->ipc_dev);
 	mt8186_sof_hifixdsp_shutdown(sdev);
 	adsp_sram_power_off(sdev);
 	mt8186_adsp_clock_off(sdev);
@@ -334,6 +460,14 @@ static int mt8186_get_bar_index(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev, u32 type)
 	return type;
 }
 
+static int mt8186_ipc_msg_data(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev,
+			       struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
+			       void *p, size_t sz)
+{
+	sof_mailbox_read(sdev, sdev->dsp_box.offset, p, sz);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* mt8186 ops */
 static struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_mt8186_ops = {
 	/* probe and remove */
@@ -353,6 +487,13 @@ static struct snd_sof_dsp_ops sof_mt8186_ops = {
 	.write64	= sof_io_write64,
 	.read64		= sof_io_read64,
 
+	/* ipc */
+	.send_msg		= mt8186_send_msg,
+	.get_mailbox_offset	= mt8186_get_mailbox_offset,
+	.get_window_offset	= mt8186_get_window_offset,
+	.ipc_msg_data		= mt8186_ipc_msg_data,
+	.set_stream_data_offset = sof_set_stream_data_offset,
+
 	/* misc */
 	.get_bar_index	= mt8186_get_bar_index,