diff --git a/src/include/sof/ipc/common.h b/src/include/sof/ipc/common.h
index 43ad023da1ef..562739ffb5c9 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/ipc/common.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/ipc/common.h
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ struct ipc {
 	struct list_item comp_list;	/* list of component devices */
 
 	/* processing task */
+#if CONFIG_TWB_IPC_TASK
+	struct task *ipc_task;
+#else
 	struct task ipc_task;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SOF_TELEMETRY_IO_PERFORMANCE_MEASUREMENTS
 	/* io performance measurement */
diff --git a/src/ipc/ipc-common.c b/src/ipc/ipc-common.c
index 244a218d5be8..8f72ac1ba91b 100644
--- a/src/ipc/ipc-common.c
+++ b/src/ipc/ipc-common.c
@@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ static void ipc_work_handler(struct k_work *work)
 
 void ipc_schedule_process(struct ipc *ipc)
 {
+#if CONFIG_TWB_IPC_TASK
+	schedule_task(ipc->ipc_task, 0, IPC_PERIOD_USEC);
+#else
 	schedule_task(&ipc->ipc_task, 0, IPC_PERIOD_USEC);
+#endif
 }
 
 int ipc_init(struct sof *sof)
diff --git a/src/ipc/ipc-zephyr.c b/src/ipc/ipc-zephyr.c
index a410e03123d6..fc2eac10166c 100644
--- a/src/ipc/ipc-zephyr.c
+++ b/src/ipc/ipc-zephyr.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <sof/list.h>
 #include <sof/platform.h>
 #include <sof/schedule/edf_schedule.h>
+#include <sof/schedule/twb_schedule.h>
 #include <sof/schedule/schedule.h>
 #include <rtos/task.h>
 #include <rtos/spinlock.h>
@@ -160,9 +161,14 @@ static int ipc_device_resume_handler(const struct device *dev, void *arg)
 	intel_adsp_ipc_set_message_handler(INTEL_ADSP_IPC_HOST_DEV, message_handler, ipc);
 
 	/* schedule task */
+#if CONFIG_TWB_IPC_TASK
+	scheduler_twb_task_init(&ipc->ipc_task, SOF_UUID(zipc_task_uuid),
+							&ipc_task_ops, ipc, 0, "IPC", ZEPHYR_TWB_STACK_SIZE,
+							CONFIG_TWB_THREAD_MEDIUM_PRIORITY, ZEPHYR_TWB_BUDGET_MAX / 2);
+#else
 	schedule_task_init_edf(&ipc->ipc_task, SOF_UUID(zipc_task_uuid),
 			       &ipc_task_ops, ipc, 0, 0);
-
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_DEVICE */
@@ -278,9 +284,14 @@ int platform_ipc_init(struct ipc *ipc)
 	ipc_set_drvdata(ipc, NULL);
 
 	/* schedule task */
+#if CONFIG_TWB_IPC_TASK
+	scheduler_twb_task_init(&ipc->ipc_task, SOF_UUID(zipc_task_uuid),
+							&ipc_task_ops, ipc, 0, "IPC", ZEPHYR_TWB_STACK_SIZE,
+							CONFIG_TWB_THREAD_MEDIUM_PRIORITY, ZEPHYR_TWB_BUDGET_MAX / 2);
+#else
 	schedule_task_init_edf(&ipc->ipc_task, SOF_UUID(zipc_task_uuid),
 			       &ipc_task_ops, ipc, 0, 0);
-
+#endif
 	/* configure interrupt - work is done internally by Zephyr API */
 
 	/* attach handlers */
diff --git a/src/schedule/Kconfig b/src/schedule/Kconfig
index 02a56b0233e7..99ca2861f650 100644
--- a/src/schedule/Kconfig
+++ b/src/schedule/Kconfig
@@ -63,3 +63,10 @@ config ZEPHYR_TWB_SCHEDULER
 	  Enable Tasks with Budget preemptive scheduler based on
 	  Zephyr preemptive threads for each SOF task that has pre-allocated
 	  MCPS budget renewed with every system tick.
+
+config TWB_IPC_TASK
+	bool "use TWB scheduler for IPC task"
+	default n
+	depends on ZEPHYR_TWB_SCHEDULER
+	help
+	  Switch IPC task to TWB scheduler.