diff --git a/board/qca/arm/ipq9574/ipq9574.c b/board/qca/arm/ipq9574/ipq9574.c
index 7514dc1fc9..5073e86957 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/ipq9574/ipq9574.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/ipq9574/ipq9574.c
@@ -726,3 +726,30 @@ void fdt_fixup_auto_restart(void *blob)
 	return;
 }
 
+int is_secondary_core_off(unsigned int cpuid)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = __invoke_psci_fn_smc(ARM_PSCI_TZ_FN_AFFINITY_INFO, cpuid, 0, 0);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+void bring_secondary_core_down(unsigned int state)
+{
+	__invoke_psci_fn_smc(ARM_PSCI_TZ_FN_CPU_OFF, state, 0, 0);
+}
+
+int bring_sec_core_up(unsigned int cpuid, unsigned int entry, unsigned int arg)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = __invoke_psci_fn_smc(ARM_PSCI_TZ_FN_CPU_ON, cpuid, entry, arg);
+	if (err) {
+		printf("Enabling CPU%d via psci failed!\n", cpuid);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	printf("Enabled CPU%d via psci successfully!\n", cpuid);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/include/configs/ipq9574.h b/include/configs/ipq9574.h
index 3486523e02..df1d1ce805 100644
--- a/include/configs/ipq9574.h
+++ b/include/configs/ipq9574.h
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@
 #define CONFIG_IPQ_NO_MACS		6
 #define CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH	1
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE		(64 * 1024)
+
+#define CONFIG_SMP_CMD_SUPPORT
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP_CMD_SUPPORT
+#define NR_CPUS				4
+#endif
+
 /*
  * IPQ_TFTP_MIN_ADDR: Starting address of Linux HLOS region.
  * CONFIG_TZ_END_ADDR: Ending address of Trust Zone and starting