diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h b/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
index e4701a3c6331..f734bea9a032 100644
--- a/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
+++ b/include/uapi/sound/asoc.h
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_NUM_TEXTS		16
 
 /* ABI version */
-#define SND_SOC_TPLG_ABI_VERSION	0x4
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_ABI_VERSION	0x5
 
 /* Max size of TLV data */
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_TLV_SIZE		32
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_CODEC_LINK	9
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_BACKEND_LINK	10
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_PDATA		11
-#define SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_MAX	SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_PDATA
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_BE_DAI	12
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_MAX		SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_BE_DAI
 
 /* vendor block IDs - please add new vendor types to end */
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_TYPE_VENDOR_FW	1000
@@ -124,6 +125,11 @@
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_TUPLE_TYPE_WORD	4
 #define SND_SOC_TPLG_TUPLE_TYPE_SHORT	5
 
+/* BE DAI flags */
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_FLGBIT_SYMMETRIC_RATES         (1 << 0)
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_FLGBIT_SYMMETRIC_CHANNELS      (1 << 1)
+#define SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_FLGBIT_SYMMETRIC_SAMPLEBITS    (1 << 2)
+
 /*
  * Block Header.
  * This header precedes all object and object arrays below.
@@ -285,6 +291,8 @@ struct snd_soc_tplg_manifest {
 	__le32 graph_elems;	/* number of graph elements */
 	__le32 pcm_elems;	/* number of PCM elements */
 	__le32 dai_link_elems;	/* number of DAI link elements */
+	__le32 be_dai_elems;	/* number of BE DAI elements */
+	__le32 reserved[20];	/* reserved for new ABI element types */
 	struct snd_soc_tplg_private priv;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
@@ -450,4 +458,26 @@ struct snd_soc_tplg_link_config {
 	struct snd_soc_tplg_stream stream[SND_SOC_TPLG_STREAM_CONFIG_MAX]; /* supported configs playback and captrure */
 	__le32 num_streams;     /* number of streams */
 } __attribute__((packed));
+
+/*
+ * Describes SW/FW specific features of BE DAI.
+ *
+ * File block representation for BE DAI :-
+ * +-----------------------------------+-----+
+ * | struct snd_soc_tplg_hdr           |  1  |
+ * +-----------------------------------+-----+
+ * | struct snd_soc_tplg_be_dai        |  N  |
+ * +-----------------------------------+-----+
+ */
+struct snd_soc_tplg_be_dai {
+	__le32 size;            /* in bytes of this structure */
+	char dai_name[SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ID_NAME_MAXLEN]; /* name - used to match */
+	__le32 dai_id;          /* unique ID - used to match */
+	__le32 playback;        /* supports playback mode */
+	__le32 capture;         /* supports capture mode */
+	struct snd_soc_tplg_stream_caps caps[2]; /* playback and capture for DAI */
+	__le32 flag_mask;       /* bitmask of flags to configure */
+	__le32 flags;           /* SND_SOC_TPLG_DAI_FLGBIT_* */
+	struct snd_soc_tplg_private priv;
+} __attribute__((packed));
 #endif