diff --git a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
index 91880cdc2e..f3e939c205 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
@@ -1658,3 +1658,33 @@ void fdt_fixup_set_dload_warm_reset(void *blob)
 	if (ret)
 		printf("fixup_set_dload: 'dload_warm_reset' not set");
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP_CMD_SUPPORT
+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;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/include/configs/ipq5018.h b/include/configs/ipq5018.h
index 4e519b4259..51f4624385 100644
--- a/include/configs/ipq5018.h
+++ b/include/configs/ipq5018.h
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ extern loff_t board_env_size;
 #ifndef CONFIG_IPQ_TINY
 #define CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ
 #define CONFIG_CMD_CACHE
+/*
+ * Multicore CPU support
+ */
+#define CONFIG_SMP_CMD_SUPPORT
 #endif
 
 #define CONFIG_FDT_FIXUP_PARTITIONS
@@ -389,4 +393,8 @@ extern loff_t board_env_size;
 #undef CONFIG_ZLIB
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP_CMD_SUPPORT
+#define NR_CPUS				2
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _IPQ5018_H */