diff --git a/StableDiffusion.NET/Backends/Backends.cs b/StableDiffusion.NET/Backends/Backends.cs
index 150befb..2ce6607 100644
--- a/StableDiffusion.NET/Backends/Backends.cs
+++ b/StableDiffusion.NET/Backends/Backends.cs
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ public static class Backends
     public static CpuBackend CpuBackend { get; } = new();
     public static CudaBackend CudaBackend { get; } = new();
     public static RocmBackend RocmBackend { get; } = new();
+    public static SyclBackend SyclBackend { get; } = new();
 
     private static readonly List<IBackend> CUSTOM_BACKENDS = [];
     public static IReadOnlyList<IBackend> CustomBackends => CUSTOM_BACKENDS.AsReadOnly();
 
-    public static IEnumerable<IBackend> RegisteredBackends => [CpuBackend, CudaBackend, RocmBackend, .. CUSTOM_BACKENDS];
+    public static IEnumerable<IBackend> RegisteredBackends => [CpuBackend, CudaBackend, RocmBackend, SyclBackend, .. CUSTOM_BACKENDS];
     public static IEnumerable<IBackend> AvailableBackends => RegisteredBackends.Where(x => x.IsAvailable);
     public static IEnumerable<IBackend> ActiveBackends => AvailableBackends.Where(x => x.IsEnabled);
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public static class Backends
 
     public static bool RegisterBackend(IBackend backend)
     {
-        if (backend is NET.CpuBackend or NET.CudaBackend or NET.RocmBackend)
+        if (backend is NET.CpuBackend or NET.CudaBackend or NET.RocmBackend or NET.SyclBackend)
             throw new ArgumentException("Default backends can't be registered again.");
 
         if (CUSTOM_BACKENDS.Contains(backend))
diff --git a/StableDiffusion.NET/Backends/SyclBackend.cs b/StableDiffusion.NET/Backends/SyclBackend.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80e0b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/StableDiffusion.NET/Backends/SyclBackend.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+
+namespace StableDiffusion.NET;
+
+[PublicAPI]
+public class SyclBackend : IBackend
+{
+    #region Properties & Fields
+
+    //TODO DarthAffe 10.08.2024: tbh I'm not really sure how to detect a sycl-compatible system so for now it's disabled by default
+    public bool IsEnabled { get; set; } = false;
+
+    public int Priority => 5;
+
+    public bool IsAvailable => (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+                             || RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Linux))
+                            && (RuntimeInformation.OSArchitecture == Architecture.X64);
+
+    public string PathPart => "sycl";
+
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Constructors
+
+    internal SyclBackend()
+    { }
+
+    #endregion
+}
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