diff --git a/src/audio/codec_adapter/codec/cadence.c b/src/audio/codec_adapter/codec/cadence.c
index 977f7554a..25cb117d2 100644
--- a/src/audio/codec_adapter/codec/cadence.c
+++ b/src/audio/codec_adapter/codec/cadence.c
@@ -308,6 +308,28 @@ err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int cadence_codec_get_samples(struct comp_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct codec_data *codec = comp_get_codec(dev);
+	uint32_t api_id = CODEC_GET_API_ID(codec->id);
+
+	comp_dbg(dev, "cadence_codec_get_samples() start");
+
+	switch (api_id) {
+	case CADENCE_CODEC_WRAPPER_ID:
+		return 0;
+	case CADENCE_CODEC_MP3_DEC_ID:
+		/* MPEG-1 Layer 3 */
+		return 1152;
+	case CADENCE_CODEC_AAC_DEC_ID:
+		return 1024;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cadence_codec_init_process(struct comp_dev *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -498,6 +520,7 @@ int cadence_codec_free(struct comp_dev *dev)
 static struct codec_interface cadence_interface = {
 	.init  = cadence_codec_init,
 	.prepare = cadence_codec_prepare,
+	.get_samples = cadence_codec_get_samples,
 	.init_process = cadence_codec_init_process,
 	.process = cadence_codec_process,
 	.apply_config = cadence_codec_apply_config,
diff --git a/src/audio/codec_adapter/codec/generic.c b/src/audio/codec_adapter/codec/generic.c
index 0f11fe09c..0e480de04 100644
--- a/src/audio/codec_adapter/codec/generic.c
+++ b/src/audio/codec_adapter/codec/generic.c
@@ -279,6 +279,19 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int codec_get_samples(struct comp_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct comp_data *cd = comp_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct codec_data *codec = &cd->codec;
+
+	comp_dbg(dev, "codec_get_samples()");
+
+	if (codec->ops->get_samples)
+		return codec->ops->get_samples(dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int codec_apply_runtime_config(struct comp_dev *dev)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/codec_adapter/codec/cadence.h b/src/include/sof/audio/codec_adapter/codec/cadence.h
index d8bb69754..76e833eb6 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/codec_adapter/codec/cadence.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/codec_adapter/codec/cadence.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct cadence_codec_data {
 /*****************************************************************************/
 int cadence_codec_init(struct comp_dev *dev);
 int cadence_codec_prepare(struct comp_dev *dev);
+int cadence_codec_get_samples(struct comp_dev *dev);
 int cadence_codec_init_process(struct comp_dev *dev);
 int cadence_codec_process(struct comp_dev *dev);
 int cadence_codec_apply_config(struct comp_dev *dev);
diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/codec_adapter/codec/generic.h b/src/include/sof/audio/codec_adapter/codec/generic.h
index 2609445dc..f77eae6f3 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/codec_adapter/codec/generic.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/codec_adapter/codec/generic.h
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ struct codec_interface {
 	 * component preparation in .prepare()
 	 */
 	int (*prepare)(struct comp_dev *dev);
+	/**
+	 * Codec specific. Returns the number of PCM output
+	 * samples after decoding one input compressed frame.
+	 * Codecs will return 0 for don't care.
+	 */
+	int (*get_samples)(struct comp_dev *dev);
 	/**
 	 * Codec specific init processing procedure, called as a part of
 	 * codec_adapter component copy in .copy(). Typically in this
@@ -248,6 +254,7 @@ void *codec_allocate_memory(struct comp_dev *dev, uint32_t size,
 int codec_free_memory(struct comp_dev *dev, void *ptr);
 void codec_free_all_memory(struct comp_dev *dev);
 int codec_prepare(struct comp_dev *dev);
+int codec_get_samples(struct comp_dev *dev);
 int codec_init_process(struct comp_dev *dev);
 int codec_process(struct comp_dev *dev);
 int codec_apply_runtime_config(struct comp_dev *dev);