diff --git a/config/optional/architectures/amd64/_config/cli/sid/main/packages b/config/optional/architectures/amd64/_config/cli/sid/main/packages
index add3b3ad811a..82cb5147aab0 100644
--- a/config/optional/architectures/amd64/_config/cli/sid/main/packages
+++ b/config/optional/architectures/amd64/_config/cli/sid/main/packages
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 gpiod
 bolt
 thunderbolt-tools
-firmware-sof-signed
diff --git a/config/optional/architectures/amd64/_config/cli/trixie/main/packages b/config/optional/architectures/amd64/_config/cli/trixie/main/packages
index add3b3ad811a..82cb5147aab0 100644
--- a/config/optional/architectures/amd64/_config/cli/trixie/main/packages
+++ b/config/optional/architectures/amd64/_config/cli/trixie/main/packages
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 gpiod
 bolt
 thunderbolt-tools
-firmware-sof-signed
diff --git a/config/sources/families/include/uefi_common.inc b/config/sources/families/include/uefi_common.inc
index 62e44f8d7f5f..29238482de27 100644
--- a/config/sources/families/include/uefi_common.inc
+++ b/config/sources/families/include/uefi_common.inc
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ declare -g BOARD_FIRMWARE_INSTALL="-full"            # Install full firmware for
 declare -g DISTRO_GENERIC_KERNEL=no
 declare -g POWER_MANAGEMENT_FEATURES=yes             # Suspend and resume might work well in UEFI, elsewhere is disabled by default
 
+# Intel SOF (Sound Open Firmware) DSP blobs for Meteor / Lunar / Panther
+# Lake and friends. Most UEFI x86 laptops route audio through SOF — without
+# the firmware the kernel SOF driver probes, fails to load sof-*.ri, and the
+# analog/speaker path stays silent (HDMI still works). Architecture: all
+# package, so adding it for arm64 UEFI is cheap (~7 MB of unused blobs) and
+# avoids a per-family branch here.
+add_packages_to_image firmware-sof-signed
+
 case "${BRANCH}" in
 
 	ddk)