diff --git a/zephyr/Kconfig b/zephyr/Kconfig
index 535cb6bc59ea..af6864444fda 100644
--- a/zephyr/Kconfig
+++ b/zephyr/Kconfig
@@ -82,4 +82,12 @@ config SOF_ZEPHYR_NO_SOF_CLOCK
 	  Do not use SOF clk.h interface to set the DSP clock frequency.
 	  Requires implementation of platform/lib/clk.h.
 
+config VIRTUAL_HEAP
+	bool "Use virtual memory heap to allocate a buffers"
+	default y if ACE
+	default n
+	depends on ACE
+	help
+	  Enabling this option will use the virtual memory heap allocator to allocate buffers.
+	  It is based on a set of buffers whose size is predetermined.
 endif
diff --git a/zephyr/include/sof/lib/regions_mm.h b/zephyr/include/sof/lib/regions_mm.h
index 7e9d3a1a40a7..3cc8766f4d78 100644
--- a/zephyr/include/sof/lib/regions_mm.h
+++ b/zephyr/include/sof/lib/regions_mm.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  * either be spanned on specifically configured heap or have
  * individual configs with bigger block sizes.
  */
-#define MAX_MEMORY_ALLOCATORS_COUNT 8
+#define MAX_MEMORY_ALLOCATORS_COUNT 10
 
 /* vmh_get_default_heap_config() function will try to split the region
  * down the given count. Only applicable when API client did not
diff --git a/zephyr/lib/alloc.c b/zephyr/lib/alloc.c
index 4a6ea68cfaad..f525618d7c15 100644
--- a/zephyr/lib/alloc.c
+++ b/zephyr/lib/alloc.c
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@
 #include <sof/trace/trace.h>
 #include <rtos/symbol.h>
 #include <rtos/wait.h>
+#if CONFIG_VIRTUAL_HEAP
+#include <sof/lib/regions_mm.h>
+
+struct vmh_heap *virtual_buffers_heap[CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS];
+struct k_spinlock vmh_lock;
+
+#undef	HEAPMEM_SIZE
+/* Buffers are allocated from virtual space so we can safely reduce the heap size.
+ */
+#define	HEAPMEM_SIZE 0x40000
+#endif /* CONFIG_VIRTUAL_HEAP */
+
 
 /* Zephyr includes */
 #include <zephyr/init.h>
@@ -193,6 +205,89 @@ static void l3_heap_free(struct k_heap *h, void *mem)
 
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_VIRTUAL_HEAP
+static void *virtual_heap_alloc(struct vmh_heap *heap, uint32_t flags, uint32_t caps, size_t bytes,
+				uint32_t align)
+{
+	void *mem = vmh_alloc(heap, bytes);
+
+	if (!mem)
+		return NULL;
+
+	assert(IS_ALIGNED(mem, align));
+
+	if (flags & SOF_MEM_FLAG_COHERENT)
+		return sys_cache_uncached_ptr_get((__sparse_force void __sparse_cache *)mem);
+
+	return mem;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether pointer is from virtual memory range.
+ * @param ptr Pointer to memory being checked.
+ * @return True if pointer falls into virtual memory region, false otherwise.
+ */
+static bool is_virtual_heap_pointer(void *ptr)
+{
+	uintptr_t virtual_heap_start = POINTER_TO_UINT(sys_cache_cached_ptr_get(&heapmem)) +
+				       HEAPMEM_SIZE;
+	uintptr_t virtual_heap_end = CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_BASE + CONFIG_KERNEL_VM_SIZE;
+
+	if (!is_cached(ptr))
+		ptr = (__sparse_force void *)sys_cache_cached_ptr_get(ptr);
+
+	return ((POINTER_TO_UINT(ptr) >= virtual_heap_start) &&
+		(POINTER_TO_UINT(ptr) < virtual_heap_end));
+}
+
+static void virtual_heap_free(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct vmh_heap *const heap = virtual_buffers_heap[cpu_get_id()];
+	int ret;
+
+	ptr = (__sparse_force void *)sys_cache_cached_ptr_get(ptr);
+
+	ret = vmh_free(heap, ptr);
+	if (ret)
+		tr_err(&zephyr_tr, "Unable to free %p! %d", ptr, ret);
+}
+
+static const struct vmh_heap_config static_hp_buffers = {
+	{
+		{ 128, 32},
+		{ 512, 8},
+		{ 1024, 44},
+		{ 2048, 8},
+		{ 4096, 11},
+		{ 8192, 10},
+		{ 65536, 3},
+		{ 131072, 1},
+		{ 524288, 1} /* buffer for kpb */
+	},
+};
+
+static int virtual_heap_init(void)
+{
+	int core;
+
+	k_spinlock_init(&vmh_lock);
+
+	for (core = 0; core < CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS; core++) {
+		struct vmh_heap *heap = vmh_init_heap(&static_hp_buffers, MEM_REG_ATTR_CORE_HEAP,
+						      core, false);
+		if (!heap)
+			tr_err(&zephyr_tr, "Unable to init virtual heap for core %d!", core);
+
+		virtual_buffers_heap[core] = heap;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+SYS_INIT(virtual_heap_init, POST_KERNEL, 1);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_VIRTUAL_HEAP */
+
 static void *heap_alloc_aligned(struct k_heap *h, size_t min_align, size_t bytes)
 {
 	k_spinlock_key_t key;
@@ -384,6 +479,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rzalloc);
 void *rballoc_align(uint32_t flags, uint32_t caps, size_t bytes,
 		    uint32_t align)
 {
+#if CONFIG_VIRTUAL_HEAP
+	struct vmh_heap *virtual_heap;
+#endif
 	struct k_heap *heap;
 
 	/* choose a heap */
@@ -399,6 +497,13 @@ void *rballoc_align(uint32_t flags, uint32_t caps, size_t bytes,
 		heap = &sof_heap;
 	}
 
+#if CONFIG_VIRTUAL_HEAP
+	/* Use virtual heap if it is available */
+	virtual_heap = virtual_buffers_heap[cpu_get_id()];
+	if (virtual_heap)
+		return virtual_heap_alloc(virtual_heap, flags, caps, bytes, align);
+#endif /* CONFIG_VIRTUAL_HEAP */
+
 	if (flags & SOF_MEM_FLAG_COHERENT)
 		return heap_alloc_aligned(heap, align, bytes);
 
@@ -421,6 +526,13 @@ void rfree(void *ptr)
 	}
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_VIRTUAL_HEAP
+	if (is_virtual_heap_pointer(ptr)) {
+		virtual_heap_free(ptr);
+		return;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	heap_free(&sof_heap, ptr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rfree);