diff --git a/app/overlays/lnl/module_overlay.conf b/app/overlays/lnl/module_overlay.conf
index 34f814e8d8b2..e0926aca45b5 100644
--- a/app/overlays/lnl/module_overlay.conf
+++ b/app/overlays/lnl/module_overlay.conf
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_LIBRARY_BASE_ADDRESS=0xa0688000
 CONFIG_SAMPLE_SMART_AMP=m
 CONFIG_COMP_MIXIN_MIXOUT=m
 CONFIG_COMP_IIR=m
+CONFIG_COMP_FIR=m
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC=m
 CONFIG_COMP_VOLUME=m
diff --git a/app/overlays/mtl/module_overlay.conf b/app/overlays/mtl/module_overlay.conf
index 34f814e8d8b2..e0926aca45b5 100644
--- a/app/overlays/mtl/module_overlay.conf
+++ b/app/overlays/mtl/module_overlay.conf
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_LIBRARY_BASE_ADDRESS=0xa0688000
 CONFIG_SAMPLE_SMART_AMP=m
 CONFIG_COMP_MIXIN_MIXOUT=m
 CONFIG_COMP_IIR=m
+CONFIG_COMP_FIR=m
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC=m
 CONFIG_COMP_VOLUME=m
diff --git a/src/audio/eq_fir/Kconfig b/src/audio/eq_fir/Kconfig
index 49ae33e98c81..0ac2074e499b 100644
--- a/src/audio/eq_fir/Kconfig
+++ b/src/audio/eq_fir/Kconfig
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 config COMP_FIR
-	bool "FIR component"
+	tristate "FIR component"
 	select MATH_FIR
 	select COMP_BLOB
 	depends on COMP_MODULE_ADAPTER
+	default m if LIBRARY_DEFAULT_MODULAR
 	default y
 	help
 	  Select for FIR component. FIR performance can differ between DSP
diff --git a/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.c b/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.c
index b7402dba2207..46e35b3228d7 100644
--- a/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.c
+++ b/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.c
@@ -483,3 +483,22 @@ static const struct module_interface eq_fir_interface = {
 
 DECLARE_MODULE_ADAPTER(eq_fir_interface, eq_fir_uuid, eq_fir_tr);
 SOF_MODULE_INIT(eq_fir, sys_comp_module_eq_fir_interface_init);
+
+#if CONFIG_COMP_FIR_MODULE
+/* modular: llext dynamic link */
+
+#include <module/module/api_ver.h>
+#include <module/module/llext.h>
+#include <rimage/sof/user/manifest.h>
+
+#define UUID_EQFIR 0xe7, 0x0c, 0xa9, 0x43, 0xa5, 0xf3, 0xdf, 0x41, \
+		 0xac, 0x06, 0xba, 0x98, 0x65, 0x1a, 0xe6, 0xa3
+
+SOF_LLEXT_MOD_ENTRY(eq_fir, &eq_fir_interface);
+
+static const struct sof_man_module_manifest mod_manifest __section(".module") __used =
+	SOF_LLEXT_MODULE_MANIFEST("EQFIR", eq_fir_llext_entry, 1, UUID_EQFIR, 40);
+
+SOF_LLEXT_BUILDINFO;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.toml b/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.toml
index 2e647fe97ab8..416c068e95ce 100644
--- a/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.toml
+++ b/src/audio/eq_fir/eq_fir.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef LOAD_TYPE
+#define LOAD_TYPE "0"
+#endif
+
 	REM # eq fir module config
 	[[module.entry]]
 	name = "EQFIR"
-	uuid = "43A90CE7-f3A5-41Df-AC06-BA98651AE6A3"
+	uuid = "43A90CE7-F3A5-41DF-AC06-BA98651AE6A3"
 	affinity_mask = "0x1"
 	instance_count = "40"
 	domain_types = "0"
-	load_type = "0"
+	load_type = LOAD_TYPE
 	module_type = "9"
 	auto_start = "0"
 	sched_caps = [1, 0x00008000]
@@ -15,6 +19,7 @@
 		1, 0, 0xfeef, 0xf, 0xf, 0x1ff]
 
 	REM # mod_cfg [PAR_0 PAR_1 PAR_2 PAR_3 IS_BYTES CPS IBS OBS MOD_FLAGS CPC OBLS]
+	REM # identical for MTL and LNL
 	mod_cfg = [0, 0, 0, 0, 4096, 1000000, 128, 128, 0, 0, 0]
 
 	index = __COUNTER__
diff --git a/src/audio/eq_fir/llext/CMakeLists.txt b/src/audio/eq_fir/llext/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9b4f47308c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/eq_fir/llext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Intel Corporation.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+sof_llext_build("eq_fir"
+	SOURCES ../eq_fir_hifi3.c
+	../eq_fir_hifi2ep.c
+	../eq_fir_generic.c
+	../eq_fir.c
+	../eq_fir_ipc4.c
+)
diff --git a/src/audio/eq_fir/llext/llext.toml.h b/src/audio/eq_fir/llext/llext.toml.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4a73c827c860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/eq_fir/llext/llext.toml.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <tools/rimage/config/platform.toml>
+#define LOAD_TYPE "2"
+#include "../eq_fir.toml"
+
+[module]
+count = __COUNTER__
diff --git a/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt b/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt
index e58920f6497e..73d0bdf09f70 100644
--- a/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -538,13 +538,19 @@ elseif(CONFIG_IPC_MAJOR_4)
 set(ipc_suffix ipc4)
 endif()
 
-zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_COMP_FIR
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir_hifi3.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir_hifi2ep.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir_generic.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir_${ipc_suffix}.c
-)
+if(CONFIG_COMP_FIR STREQUAL "m")
+	add_subdirectory(${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/llext
+			 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/eq_fir_llext)
+	add_dependencies(app eq_iir)
+elseif(CONFIG_COMP_FIR)
+	zephyr_library_sources(
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir_hifi3.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir_hifi2ep.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir_generic.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_fir/eq_fir_${ipc_suffix}.c
+	)
+endif()
 
 if(CONFIG_COMP_IIR STREQUAL "m")
 	add_subdirectory(${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/eq_iir/llext