diff --git a/include/sound/sof.h b/include/sound/sof.h
index 23b374311d1616..0bf2e2a2e13a3d 100644
--- a/include/sound/sof.h
+++ b/include/sound/sof.h
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ struct sof_dev_desc {
 
 	bool use_acpi_target_states;
 
+	/*set to 1 to not use ignore_machine and still keep the normal platform driver*/
+	bool sof_keep_normal_fes;
+
 	/* Platform resource indexes in BAR / ACPI resources. */
 	/* Must set to -1 if not used - add new items to end */
 	int resindex_lpe_base;
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
index 1bf7e60be77216..fba147445e1e0b 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/pcm.c
@@ -948,7 +948,8 @@ void snd_sof_new_platform_drv(struct snd_sof_dev *sdev)
 	pd->compress_ops = &sof_probe_compressed_ops;
 #endif
 	pd->pcm_construct = sof_pcm_new;
-	pd->ignore_machine = drv_name;
+	if (!plat_data->desc->sof_keep_normal_fes)
+		pd->ignore_machine = drv_name;
 	pd->be_hw_params_fixup = sof_pcm_dai_link_fixup;
 	pd->be_pcm_base = SOF_BE_PCM_BASE;
 	pd->use_dai_pcm_id = true;