diff --git a/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/Kconfig b/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/Kconfig
index eaf6a243290..e01c775a46a 100644
--- a/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/Kconfig
+++ b/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ config IMR_DATA_ADDR
 	  Location to place .data contents in IMR memory during
 	  bootloader linkage.
 
+config ADSP_TRACE_SIMCALL
+	bool "Emit SIMCALL output in addition to window tracing"
+	help
+	  When true, the trace_out layer will also use a SIMCALL
+	  instruction to emit the passed data to the standard output
+	  of an enclosing simulator process.  All window contents will
+	  remain identical.
+
 # Select SoC Part No. and configuration options
 source "soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/*/Kconfig.soc"
 
diff --git a/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/common/trace_out.c b/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/common/trace_out.c
index 7430bb1a16d..2db7936df19 100644
--- a/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/common/trace_out.c
+++ b/soc/xtensa/intel_adsp/common/trace_out.c
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ void intel_adsp_trace_out(int8_t *str, size_t len)
 		return;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ADSP_TRACE_SIMCALL
+	register int a2 __asm__("a2") = 4; /* SYS_write */
+	register int a3 __asm__("a3") = 1; /* fd 1 == stdout */
+	register int a4 __asm__("a4") = (int)str;
+	register int a5 __asm__("a5") = len;
+
+	__asm__ volatile("simcall" : "+r"(a2), "+r"(a3)
+			 : "r"(a4), "r"(a5)  : "memory");
+#endif
+
 	k_spinlock_key_t key = k_spin_lock((void *)&data->lock);
 
 	if (!data->initialized) {