diff --git a/.github/workflows/backends.yml b/.github/workflows/backends.yml
index 13b4b0a..f18f253 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backends.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backends.yml
@@ -101,6 +101,51 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
         with:
           name: windows-${{ matrix.build }}
+          path: .\build\bin\stable-diffusion.dll  
+          
+  windows-sycl:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+
+    env:
+      WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL: https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/IRC_NAS/7dff44ba-e3af-4448-841c-0d616c8da6e7/w_BaseKit_p_2024.1.0.595_offline.exe
+      WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL: intel.oneapi.win.cpp-dpcpp-common:intel.oneapi.win.mkl.devel
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        id: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.2
+        with:
+          repository: 'leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp'
+          ref: '${{ github.event.inputs.commit }}'
+          submodules: recursive            
+          
+      - name: Checkout Install Script
+        id: checkoutInstallScript
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.2
+        with:
+          path: scripts
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            Backends/install-oneapi.bat
+            Backends/win-build-sycl.bat
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+        
+      - name: Install Sycl tools
+        id: installSyclCompiler
+        run:  scripts/Backends/install-oneapi.bat $WINDOWS_BASEKIT_URL $WINDOWS_DPCPP_MKL
+          
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build
+        run: scripts/Backends/win-build-sycl.bat
+              
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        id: upload_artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
+        with:
+          name: windows-sycl
           path: .\build\bin\stable-diffusion.dll
 
   linux:
@@ -119,7 +164,9 @@ jobs:
           - build: 'cuda11'
             defines: '-DSD_CUBLAS=ON -DSD_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
           - build: 'cuda12'
-            defines: '-DSD_CUBLAS=ON -DSD_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+            defines: '-DSD_CUBLAS=ON -DSD_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'            
+          - build: 'sycl'
+            defines: '-DSD_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=icx -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icpx -DSD_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
             
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -150,8 +197,32 @@ jobs:
           use-github-cache: false
           use-local-cache: false
    
+      - name: Install Sycl tools
+        id: installSyclCompiler
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'sycl' }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |        
+          cd /tmp
+          wget https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB
+          sudo apt-key add GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB
+          rm GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB
+          sudo add-apt-repository "deb https://apt.repos.intel.com/oneapi all main"
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install intel-oneapi-compiler-dpcpp-cpp intel-oneapi-mkl-devel
+   
+      - name: Build
+        id: cmake_build_sycl
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'sycl' }}
+        run: |
+          source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
+          mkdir build
+          cd build
+          cmake .. ${{ matrix.defines }}
+          cmake --build . --config Release
+   
       - name: Build
         id: cmake_build
+        if: ${{ matrix.build != 'sycl' }}
         run: |
           mkdir build
           cd build
@@ -244,6 +315,7 @@ jobs:
 
     needs:
       - windows
+      - windows-sycl
       - linux
       - linux-hip
       - osx
@@ -276,6 +348,7 @@ jobs:
           nuget pack ./Backends/StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Cuda12.Linux.nuspec -version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
           nuget pack ./Backends/StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Cuda.nuspec -version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
           nuget pack ./Backends/StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Rocm.nuspec -version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          nuget pack ./Backends/StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Sycl.nuspec -version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
           
       - name: Upload artifacts
         id: upload_artifacts
diff --git a/Backends/StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Sycl.nuspec b/Backends/StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Sycl.nuspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..639baaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backends/StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Sycl.nuspec
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<package>
+  <metadata>
+    <id>StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Sycl</id>
+    <version>$version$</version>
+    <title>StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Sycl</title>
+    <authors>Darth Affe &amp; stable-diffusion.cpp Authors</authors>
+    <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
+    <license type="expression">MIT</license>
+    <icon>sd_net_sycl.png</icon>
+    <projectUrl>https://github.com/DarthAffe/StableDiffusion.NET</projectUrl>
+    <description>SYCL-Backend for StableDiffusion.NET.</description>
+    <releaseNotes></releaseNotes>
+    <copyright>Copyright © Darth Affe 2024</copyright>
+    <readme>readme.md</readme>
+  </metadata>
+
+  <files>
+    <file src="StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.props" target="build/net8.0/StableDiffusion.NET.Backend.Sycl.props" />
+
+    <file src="windows-sycl/stable-diffusion.dll" target="runtimes\win-x64\native\sycl\stable-diffusion.dll" />
+    
+    <file src="linux-sycl/libstable-diffusion.so" target="runtimes\linux-x64\native\sycl\libstable-diffusion.so" />
+    
+    <file src="sd_net_sycl.png" target="sd_net_sycl.png" />
+    <file src="readme.md" target="readme.md" />
+    <file src="ggml.txt" target="ggml.txt" />
+    <file src="stable-diffusion.cpp.txt" target="stable-diffusion.cpp.txt" />
+  </files>
+</package>
diff --git a/Backends/install-oneapi.bat b/Backends/install-oneapi.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e99bef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backends/install-oneapi.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+::  MIT license
+::  Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+::  SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+
+set URL=%1
+set COMPONENTS=%2
+
+curl.exe --output %TEMP%\webimage.exe --url %URL% --retry 5 --retry-delay 5
+start /b /wait %TEMP%\webimage.exe -s -x -f webimage_extracted --log extract.log
+del %TEMP%\webimage.exe
+if "%COMPONENTS%"=="" (
+  webimage_extracted\bootstrapper.exe -s --action install --eula=accept -p=NEED_VS2017_INTEGRATION=0 -p=NEED_VS2019_INTEGRATION=0 -p=NEED_VS2022_INTEGRATION=0 --log-dir=.
+) else (
+  webimage_extracted\bootstrapper.exe -s --action install --components=%COMPONENTS% --eula=accept -p=NEED_VS2017_INTEGRATION=0 -p=NEED_VS2019_INTEGRATION=0 -p=NEED_VS2022_INTEGRATION=0 --log-dir=.
+)
+set installer_exit_code=%ERRORLEVEL%
+rd /s/q "webimage_extracted"
+exit /b %installer_exit_code%
diff --git a/Backends/sd_net_sycl.png b/Backends/sd_net_sycl.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..850b4d2
Binary files /dev/null and b/Backends/sd_net_sycl.png differ
diff --git a/Backends/win-build-sycl.bat b/Backends/win-build-sycl.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..286a470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Backends/win-build-sycl.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+::  MIT license
+::  Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+::  SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+
+IF not exist build (mkdir build)
+cd build
+if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto ERROR
+
+@call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\oneAPI\setvars.bat" intel64 --force
+if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto ERROR
+
+cmake -G "Ninja" ..  -DGGML_SYCL=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=icx -DSD_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
+if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto ERROR
+
+cmake --build . -j --config Release
+if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto ERROR
+
+cd ..
+exit /B 0
+
+:ERROR
+echo comomand error: %errorlevel%
+exit /B %errorlevel%
diff --git a/Examples/ImageCreationUI/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/Examples/ImageCreationUI/MainWindowViewModel.cs
index f31afb7..be6fae4 100644
--- a/Examples/ImageCreationUI/MainWindowViewModel.cs
+++ b/Examples/ImageCreationUI/MainWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class MainWindowViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
         }
         catch (Exception ex)
         {
-            LogLine($"Failed to load stable-diffussion.cpp libraries!{Environment.NewLine}{ex.Message}");
+            LogLine($"Failed to load stable-diffusion.cpp libraries!{Environment.NewLine}{ex.Message}");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Resources/sd_net_icon.xcf b/Resources/sd_net_icon.xcf
index 0ab00ce..a7d9992 100644
Binary files a/Resources/sd_net_icon.xcf and b/Resources/sd_net_icon.xcf differ
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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