diff --git a/include/sound/soc-dai.h b/include/sound/soc-dai.h
index 20de0bcaa1372d86daff66b514e2484fa438633b..6cf76a41501e687826afffffb4dd655dddfc6b03 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc-dai.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc-dai.h
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ struct snd_soc_dai_ops {
 		struct snd_soc_dai *);
 	int (*trigger)(struct snd_pcm_substream *, int,
 		struct snd_soc_dai *);
+	/*
+	 * For hardware based FIFO caused delay reporting.
+	 * Optional.
+	 */
+	snd_pcm_sframes_t (*delay)(struct snd_pcm_substream *,
+		struct snd_soc_dai *);
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/sound/soc.h b/include/sound/soc.h
index f792c1881b0a66874084a47962f60a2ef145475d..dbfec16015de1327b4f3ea4ec5b99c0e9be60a56 100644
--- a/include/sound/soc.h
+++ b/include/sound/soc.h
@@ -470,6 +470,13 @@ struct snd_soc_platform {
 		struct snd_pcm *);
 	void (*pcm_free)(struct snd_pcm *);
 
+	/*
+	 * For platform caused delay reporting.
+	 * Optional.
+	 */
+	snd_pcm_sframes_t (*delay)(struct snd_pcm_substream *,
+		struct snd_soc_dai *);
+
 	/* platform stream ops */
 	struct snd_pcm_ops *pcm_ops;
 };
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
index feb572c616cd0e89deb85672efaa599d9756b27e..4011ad3dc57a492d8519cb948e83eba445c73f4a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c
+++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c
@@ -802,6 +802,8 @@ static int soc_pcm_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd)
 
 /*
  * soc level wrapper for pointer callback
+ * If cpu_dai, codec_dai, platform driver has the delay callback, than
+ * the runtime->delay will be updated accordingly.
  */
 static snd_pcm_uframes_t soc_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 {
@@ -809,11 +811,27 @@ static snd_pcm_uframes_t soc_pcm_pointer(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream)
 	struct snd_soc_device *socdev = rtd->socdev;
 	struct snd_soc_card *card = socdev->card;
 	struct snd_soc_platform *platform = card->platform;
+	struct snd_soc_dai_link *machine = rtd->dai;
+	struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai = machine->cpu_dai;
+	struct snd_soc_dai *codec_dai = machine->codec_dai;
+	struct snd_pcm_runtime *runtime = substream->runtime;
 	snd_pcm_uframes_t offset = 0;
+	snd_pcm_sframes_t delay = 0;
 
 	if (platform->pcm_ops->pointer)
 		offset = platform->pcm_ops->pointer(substream);
 
+	if (cpu_dai->ops->delay)
+		delay += cpu_dai->ops->delay(substream, cpu_dai);
+
+	if (codec_dai->ops->delay)
+		delay += codec_dai->ops->delay(substream, codec_dai);
+
+	if (platform->delay)
+		delay += platform->delay(substream, codec_dai);
+
+	runtime->delay = delay;
+
 	return offset;
 }