diff --git a/src/soc/intel/apollolake/pmutil.c b/src/soc/intel/apollolake/pmutil.c
index c88e5ae..12a1051 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/apollolake/pmutil.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/apollolake/pmutil.c
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@
 #include <arch/io.h>
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <cbmem.h>
+#include <cpu/x86/msr.h>
 #include <rules.h>
 #include <device/pci_def.h>
 #include <halt.h>
 #include <soc/iomap.h>
+#include <soc/cpu.h>
 #include <soc/pci_devs.h>
 #include <soc/pm.h>
 #include <device/device.h>
@@ -551,3 +553,19 @@
 	/* Set the routes in the GPIO communities as well. */
 	gpio_route_gpe(dw1, dw2, dw3);
 }
+
+void enable_pm_timer_emulation(void)
+{
+	/* ACPI PM timer emulation */
+	msr_t msr;
+	/*
+	 * The derived frequency is calculated as follows:
+	 *    (CTC_FREQ * msr[63:32]) >> 32 = target frequency.
+	 * Back solve the multiplier so the 3.579545MHz ACPI timer
+	 * frequency is used.
+	 */
+	msr.hi = (3579545ULL << 32) / CTC_FREQ;
+	/* Set PM1 timer IO port and enable*/
+	msr.lo = EMULATE_PM_TMR_EN | (ACPI_PMIO_BASE + R_ACPI_PM1_TMR);
+	wrmsr(MSR_EMULATE_PM_TMR, msr);
+}