diff --git a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index d1349c5f8..d9fba6aca 100644
--- a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@ function (build_core TARGET_CORE KDIR TSUFFIX KERNEL_DEFINITIONS)
       set(USE_TRMM true)
     endif ()
 
+    set(USE_DIRECT_SGEMM false)
+    if (X86_64)
+       set(USE_DIRECT_SGEMM true)
+    endif()
+
+    if (USE_DIRECT_SGEMM)
+	    #	    if (NOT DEFINED SGEMMDIRECTKERNEL)
+	  set (SGEMMDIRECTKERNEL sgemm_direct_skylakex.c)
+	  set (SGEMMDIRECTPERFORMANT sgemm_direct_performant.c)
+	  # endif()
+	  GenerateNamedObjects("${KERNELDIR}/${SGEMMDIRECTKERNEL}" "" "gemm_direct" false "" "" false SINGLE)
+	  GenerateNamedObjects("${KERNELDIR}/${SGEMMDIRECTPERFORMANT}" "" "gemm_direct_performant" false "" "" false  SINGLE)
+    endif()
+
     foreach (float_type SINGLE DOUBLE HALF)
       string(SUBSTRING ${float_type} 0 1 float_char)
       if (${float_type} STREQUAL "HALF")