diff --git a/app/overlays/lnl/module_overlay.conf b/app/overlays/lnl/module_overlay.conf
index 5355932bf3da..fd351428f506 100644
--- a/app/overlays/lnl/module_overlay.conf
+++ b/app/overlays/lnl/module_overlay.conf
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ CONFIG_COMP_IIR=m
 CONFIG_COMP_FIR=m
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC=m
 CONFIG_COMP_ASRC=m
+CONFIG_COMP_DRC=m
diff --git a/app/overlays/mtl/module_overlay.conf b/app/overlays/mtl/module_overlay.conf
index 5355932bf3da..fd351428f506 100644
--- a/app/overlays/mtl/module_overlay.conf
+++ b/app/overlays/mtl/module_overlay.conf
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ CONFIG_COMP_IIR=m
 CONFIG_COMP_FIR=m
 CONFIG_COMP_SRC=m
 CONFIG_COMP_ASRC=m
+CONFIG_COMP_DRC=m
diff --git a/src/audio/drc/Kconfig b/src/audio/drc/Kconfig
index 9e6aaf6388ed..56e3c4d9e6fc 100644
--- a/src/audio/drc/Kconfig
+++ b/src/audio/drc/Kconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 rsource "Kconfig.simd"
 
 config COMP_DRC
-	bool "Dynamic Range Compressor component"
+	tristate "Dynamic Range Compressor component"
 	select CORDIC_FIXED
         select MATH_LUT_SINE_FIXED
 	select NUMBERS_NORM
diff --git a/src/audio/drc/drc.c b/src/audio/drc/drc.c
index 7080fdea55f1..53c472bb16e5 100644
--- a/src/audio/drc/drc.c
+++ b/src/audio/drc/drc.c
@@ -389,3 +389,22 @@ static const struct module_interface drc_interface = {
 
 DECLARE_MODULE_ADAPTER(drc_interface, drc_uuid, drc_tr);
 SOF_MODULE_INIT(drc, sys_comp_module_drc_interface_init);
+
+#if CONFIG_COMP_DRC_MODULE
+/* modular: llext dynamic link */
+
+#include <module/module/api_ver.h>
+#include <module/module/llext.h>
+#include <rimage/sof/user/manifest.h>
+
+#define UUID_DRC 0xda, 0xe4, 0x6e, 0xb3, 0x6f, 0x00, 0xf9, 0x47, \
+		 0xa0, 0x6d, 0xfe, 0xcb, 0xe2, 0xd8, 0xb6, 0xce
+
+SOF_LLEXT_MOD_ENTRY(drc, &drc_interface);
+
+static const struct sof_man_module_manifest mod_manifest __section(".module") __used =
+	SOF_LLEXT_MODULE_MANIFEST("DRC", drc_llext_entry, 1, UUID_DRC, 40);
+
+SOF_LLEXT_BUILDINFO;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/audio/drc/drc.toml b/src/audio/drc/drc.toml
index 29ee8d856cbb..4c0b25601425 100644
--- a/src/audio/drc/drc.toml
+++ b/src/audio/drc/drc.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef LOAD_TYPE
+#define LOAD_TYPE "0"
+#endif
+
 	REM # DRC module config
 	[[module.entry]]
 	name = "DRC"
@@ -5,7 +9,7 @@
 	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]
diff --git a/src/audio/drc/llext/CMakeLists.txt b/src/audio/drc/llext/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..29920d8c2a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/drc/llext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Intel Corporation.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+sof_llext_build("drc"
+	SOURCES ../drc.c
+	../drc_generic.c
+	../drc_math_generic.c
+	../drc_hifi3.c
+	../drc_hifi4.c
+	../drc_math_hifi3.c
+)
diff --git a/src/audio/drc/llext/llext.toml.h b/src/audio/drc/llext/llext.toml.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89469d54fffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/audio/drc/llext/llext.toml.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <tools/rimage/config/platform.toml>
+#define LOAD_TYPE "2"
+#include "../drc.toml"
+
+[module]
+count = __COUNTER__
diff --git a/src/audio/multiband_drc/Kconfig b/src/audio/multiband_drc/Kconfig
index 175a6bf09c48..d9e61c915ccd 100644
--- a/src/audio/multiband_drc/Kconfig
+++ b/src/audio/multiband_drc/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 
 config COMP_MULTIBAND_DRC
-	depends on COMP_IIR && COMP_CROSSOVER && COMP_DRC
+	depends on COMP_IIR && COMP_CROSSOVER && COMP_DRC = y
 	bool "Multiband Dynamic Range Compressor component"
 	select CORDIC_FIXED
 	select COMP_BLOB
diff --git a/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt b/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt
index cd254314bbb5..63c788f4733b 100644
--- a/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zephyr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -796,14 +796,20 @@ zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_COMP_CROSSOVER
 	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/crossover/crossover_${ipc_suffix}.c
 )
 
-zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_COMP_DRC
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_generic.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_math_generic.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_hifi3.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_hifi4.c
-	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_math_hifi3.c
-)
+if(CONFIG_COMP_DRC STREQUAL "m")
+	add_subdirectory(${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/llext
+			 ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/drc_llext)
+	add_dependencies(app drc)
+elseif(CONFIG_COMP_DRC)
+	zephyr_library_sources(
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_generic.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_math_generic.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_hifi3.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_hifi4.c
+		${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/drc/drc_math_hifi3.c
+	)
+endif()
 
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_COMP_MULTIBAND_DRC
 	${SOF_AUDIO_PATH}/multiband_drc/multiband_drc.c