diff --git a/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/ffa.c b/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/ffa.c
index 03431dd..cae246d 100644
--- a/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/ffa.c
+++ b/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/ffa.c
@@ -299,6 +299,22 @@
 	return FFA_OK;
 }
 
+ffa_result ffa_yield(void)
+{
+	struct ffa_params result = {0};
+
+	ffa_svc(FFA_YIELD, FFA_PARAM_MBZ, FFA_PARAM_MBZ, FFA_PARAM_MBZ,
+		FFA_PARAM_MBZ, FFA_PARAM_MBZ, FFA_PARAM_MBZ, FFA_PARAM_MBZ,
+		&result);
+
+	if (result.a0 == FFA_ERROR)
+		return ffa_get_errorcode(&result);
+
+	assert(result.a0 == FFA_RUN);
+
+	return FFA_OK;
+}
+
 static ffa_result ffa_msg_send_direct_req(uint32_t function_id, uint32_t resp_id,
 					  uint16_t source, uint16_t dest,
 					  uint64_t a0, uint64_t a1, uint64_t a2,
diff --git a/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/include/ffa_api.h b/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/include/ffa_api.h
index 2175d8f..bec9009 100644
--- a/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/include/ffa_api.h
+++ b/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/include/ffa_api.h
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@
  */
 ffa_result ffa_msg_wait(struct ffa_direct_msg *msg);
 
+/**
+ * @brief      Yields execution back to the FF-A component that scheduled the SP.
+ *             E.g. SP0 yields execution back to VM0 instead of busy waiting
+ *             for an IO operation to complete.
+ *
+ * @return     The FF-A error status code
+ */
+ffa_result ffa_yield(void);
+
 /** Messaging interfaces */
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/include/sp_messaging.h b/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/include/sp_messaging.h
index c1c5a7a..bea40c4 100644
--- a/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/include/sp_messaging.h
+++ b/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/include/sp_messaging.h
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
 sp_result sp_msg_wait(struct sp_msg *msg);
 
 /**
+ * @brief      Yield execution.
+ *
+ * @return     The SP API result
+ */
+sp_result sp_yield(void);
+
+/**
  * @brief      Sends a request message and waits for the response message
  *             which it returns then.
  *
diff --git a/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/sp_messaging.c b/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/sp_messaging.c
index 67fd7ee..0c26aa7 100644
--- a/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/sp_messaging.c
+++ b/components/messaging/ffa/libsp/sp_messaging.c
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
 	return SP_RESULT_OK;
 }
 
+sp_result sp_yield(void)
+{
+	return SP_RESULT_FFA(ffa_yield());
+}
+
 sp_result sp_msg_send_direct_req(const struct sp_msg *req, struct sp_msg *resp)
 {
 	ffa_result ffa_res = FFA_OK;