diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index da2af42..4c4410e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ repository = "https://codeberg.org/tazz4843/whisper-rs"
 whisper-rs-sys = { path = "sys", version = "0.13" }
 log = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
+libc = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 hound = "3.5.0"
@@ -31,8 +32,9 @@ cuda = ["whisper-rs-sys/cuda", "_gpu"]
 hipblas = ["whisper-rs-sys/hipblas", "_gpu"]
 openblas = ["whisper-rs-sys/openblas"]
 metal = ["whisper-rs-sys/metal", "_gpu"]
-vulkan = ["whisper-rs-sys/vulkan", "_gpu"]
+vulkan = ["whisper-rs-sys/vulkan", "_gpu", "dep:libc"]
 openmp = ["whisper-rs-sys/openmp"]
+intel-sycl = ["whisper-rs-sys/intel-sycl", "_gpu"]
 _gpu = []
 test-with-tiny-model = []
 
diff --git a/src/vulkan.rs b/src/vulkan.rs
index 67456d8..8f8e7ca 100644
--- a/src/vulkan.rs
+++ b/src/vulkan.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn list_devices() -> Vec<VkDeviceInfo> {
         (0..n)
             .map(|id| {
                 // 256 bytes is plenty (spec says 128 is enough)
-                let mut tmp = [0i8; 256];
+                let mut tmp: [libc::c_char; 256] = [0; 256];
                 ggml_backend_vk_get_device_description(id as c_int, tmp.as_mut_ptr(), tmp.len());
                 let mut free = 0usize;
                 let mut total = 0usize;
diff --git a/sys/Cargo.toml b/sys/Cargo.toml
index 75a7a0c..853895f 100644
--- a/sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ metal = []
 vulkan = []
 force-debug = []
 openmp = []
+intel-sycl = []
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cmake = "0.1"
diff --git a/sys/build.rs b/sys/build.rs
index 977dd5f..c441ba0 100644
--- a/sys/build.rs
+++ b/sys/build.rs
@@ -267,20 +267,39 @@ fn main() {
         config.define("GGML_OPENMP", "OFF");
     }
 
+    if cfg!(feature = "intel-sycl") {
+        config.define("BUILD_SHARED_LIBS", "ON");
+        config.define("GGML_SYCL", "ON");
+        config.define("GGML_SYCL_TARGET", "INTEL");
+        config.define("CMAKE_C_COMPILER", "icx");
+        config.define("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER", "icpx");
+    }
+
     let destination = config.build();
 
     add_link_search_path(&out.join("build")).unwrap();
 
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native={}", destination.display());
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=whisper");
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml");
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml-base");
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml-cpu");
+    if cfg!(feature = "intel-sycl") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=whisper");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=ggml");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=ggml-base");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=ggml-cpu");
+    } else {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=whisper");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml-base");
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml-cpu");
+    }
     if cfg!(target_os = "macos") || cfg!(feature = "openblas") {
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml-blas");
     }
     if cfg!(feature = "vulkan") {
-        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml-vulkan");
+        if cfg!(feature = "intel-sycl") {
+            println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=ggml-vulkan");
+        } else {
+            println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml-vulkan");
+        }
     }
 
     if cfg!(feature = "hipblas") {
@@ -299,6 +318,10 @@ fn main() {
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=ggml-blas");
     }
 
+    if cfg!(feature = "intel-sycl") {
+        println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=ggml-sycl");
+    }
+
     println!(
         "cargo:WHISPER_CPP_VERSION={}",
         get_whisper_cpp_version(&whisper_root)