diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/Kconfig
index 4c24e17425f830810f8ba376ece9db93c8cded6d..9b4339b93826804599371f2e3a2e79f27449582b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/vendors/imx/Kconfig
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ config IMX_SCMI_BBM_EXT
 config IMX_SCMI_CPU_EXT
 	tristate "i.MX SCMI CPU EXTENSION"
 	depends on ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL || (COMPILE_TEST && OF)
-	default y if ARCH_MXC
+	depends on IMX_SCMI_CPU_DRV
+	default y if ARCH_MXC && ARM64
 	help
 	  This enables i.MX System CPU Protocol to manage cpu
 	  start, stop and etc.
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/imx/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/imx/Kconfig
index 70c092424328067ea6b946cee59f072661e27e47..8236f81e054ff43c5fbc660a67c53ea9324ab402 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/imx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/imx/Kconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ config IMX_SCU
 	  This driver manages the IPC interface between host CPU and the
 	  SCU firmware running on M4.
 
+config IMX_SCMI_CPU_DRV
+	tristate "IMX SCMI CPU Protocol driver"
+	depends on ARCH_MXC && ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
+	default y if ARCH_MXC && ARM64
+	help
+	  The System Controller Management Interface firmware (SCMI FW) is
+	  a low-level system function which runs on a dedicated Cortex-M
+	  core that could provide cpu management features.
+
+	  This driver can also be built as a module.
+
 config IMX_SCMI_LMM_DRV
 	tristate "IMX SCMI LMM Protocol driver"
 	depends on ARCH_MXC && ARM64 || COMPILE_TEST
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/imx/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/imx/Makefile
index 7762855d2a771169d4f1867d27e0d51be7c9ad03..3bbaffa6e3478112638ed031375602389f18ef09 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/imx/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/imx/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 obj-$(CONFIG_IMX_DSP)		+= imx-dsp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IMX_SCU)		+= imx-scu.o misc.o imx-scu-irq.o rm.o imx-scu-soc.o
+obj-${CONFIG_IMX_SCMI_CPU_DRV}	+= sm-cpu.o
 obj-${CONFIG_IMX_SCMI_MISC_DRV}	+= sm-misc.o
 obj-${CONFIG_IMX_SCMI_LMM_DRV}	+= sm-lmm.o
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/imx/sm-cpu.c b/drivers/firmware/imx/sm-cpu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..091b014f739f68d815d71f9b53a2a7eaf0bd607b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/imx/sm-cpu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 NXP
+ */
+
+#include <linux/firmware/imx/sm.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/scmi_protocol.h>
+#include <linux/scmi_imx_protocol.h>
+
+static const struct scmi_imx_cpu_proto_ops *imx_cpu_ops;
+static struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph;
+
+int scmi_imx_cpu_reset_vector_set(u32 cpuid, u64 vector, bool start, bool boot,
+				  bool resume)
+{
+	if (!ph)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+	return imx_cpu_ops->cpu_reset_vector_set(ph, cpuid, vector, start,
+						 boot, resume);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scmi_imx_cpu_reset_vector_set);
+
+int scmi_imx_cpu_start(u32 cpuid, bool start)
+{
+	if (!ph)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+	if (start)
+		return imx_cpu_ops->cpu_start(ph, cpuid, true);
+
+	return imx_cpu_ops->cpu_start(ph, cpuid, false);
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scmi_imx_cpu_start);
+
+int scmi_imx_cpu_started(u32 cpuid, bool *started)
+{
+	if (!ph)
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+	if (!started)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return imx_cpu_ops->cpu_started(ph, cpuid, started);
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scmi_imx_cpu_started);
+
+static int scmi_imx_cpu_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
+{
+	const struct scmi_handle *handle = sdev->handle;
+
+	if (!handle)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (imx_cpu_ops) {
+		dev_err(&sdev->dev, "sm cpu already initialized\n");
+		return -EEXIST;
+	}
+
+	imx_cpu_ops = handle->devm_protocol_get(sdev, SCMI_PROTOCOL_IMX_CPU, &ph);
+	if (IS_ERR(imx_cpu_ops))
+		return PTR_ERR(imx_cpu_ops);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct scmi_device_id scmi_id_table[] = {
+	{ SCMI_PROTOCOL_IMX_CPU, "imx-cpu" },
+	{ },
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(scmi, scmi_id_table);
+
+static struct scmi_driver scmi_imx_cpu_driver = {
+	.name = "scmi-imx-cpu",
+	.probe = scmi_imx_cpu_probe,
+	.id_table = scmi_id_table,
+};
+module_scmi_driver(scmi_imx_cpu_driver);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Peng Fan <peng.fan@nxp.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IMX SM CPU driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/firmware/imx/sm.h b/include/linux/firmware/imx/sm.h
index bc27b04afb2f68b048955f51c07a106f4c7e5852..a8a17eeb7d907ef8ac074c4ed1d3ac83f1104627 100644
--- a/include/linux/firmware/imx/sm.h
+++ b/include/linux/firmware/imx/sm.h
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 int scmi_imx_misc_ctrl_get(u32 id, u32 *num, u32 *val);
 int scmi_imx_misc_ctrl_set(u32 id, u32 val);
 
+int scmi_imx_cpu_start(u32 cpuid, bool start);
+int scmi_imx_cpu_started(u32 cpuid, bool *started);
+int scmi_imx_cpu_reset_vector_set(u32 cpuid, u64 vector, bool start, bool boot,
+				  bool resume);
+
 enum scmi_imx_lmm_op {
 	SCMI_IMX_LMM_BOOT,
 	SCMI_IMX_LMM_POWER_ON,
