diff --git a/backends/cadence/generic/operators/op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc.cpp b/backends/cadence/generic/operators/op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc.cpp
index d8f0d9e068b..cb4a9616394 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/generic/operators/op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc.cpp
+++ b/backends/cadence/generic/operators/op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <limits>
 
 #include <executorch/backends/cadence/generic/operators/cadence_type_util.h>
diff --git a/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc.cpp b/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69c4a3fbc45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#include <executorch/backends/cadence/hifi/kernels/kernels.h>
+#include <executorch/runtime/kernel/kernel_includes.h>
+#include <xa_nnlib_kernels_api.h>
+
+namespace impl {
+namespace HiFi {
+namespace native {
+
+using ::executorch::aten::IntArrayRef;
+using ::executorch::aten::ScalarType;
+using ::executorch::aten::Tensor;
+using ::executorch::runtime::KernelRuntimeContext;
+
+Tensor& quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc_out(
+    KernelRuntimeContext& ctx,
+    const Tensor& input,
+    IntArrayRef kernel_size,
+    IntArrayRef stride,
+    IntArrayRef padding,
+    IntArrayRef dilation,
+    bool ceil_mode,
+    Tensor& output) {
+  // NHWC layout: [N, H, W, C]
+  const int32_t batch_size = input.size(0);
+  const int32_t in_height = input.size(1);
+  const int32_t in_width = input.size(2);
+  const int32_t channels = input.size(3);
+
+  const int32_t out_height = output.size(1);
+  const int32_t out_width = output.size(2);
+
+  const int32_t kernel_h = kernel_size[0];
+  const int32_t kernel_w = kernel_size[1];
+  const int32_t stride_h = stride[0];
+  const int32_t stride_w = stride[1];
+  const int32_t pad_h = padding[0];
+  const int32_t pad_w = padding[1];
+
+  // Determine NNLIB precision constants based on dtype
+  ScalarType dtype = input.scalar_type();
+  int32_t nnlib_precision;
+  switch (dtype) {
+    case ScalarType::Char: // int8
+      nnlib_precision = PREC_SYM8S;
+      break;
+    case ScalarType::Byte: // uint8
+      nnlib_precision = PREC_ASYM8U;
+      break;
+    default:
+      ET_DCHECK_MSG(
+          false,
+          "Unsupported dtype %s for HiFi quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc",
+          torch::executor::toString(dtype));
+      return output;
+  }
+
+  // Compute scratch buffer size for NNLIB maxpool
+  int32_t scratch_size = xa_nn_maxpool_getsize(
+      channels,
+      nnlib_precision,
+      nnlib_precision,
+      in_height,
+      in_width,
+      kernel_h,
+      kernel_w,
+      stride_w, // x_stride
+      stride_h, // y_stride
+      pad_w, // x_padding
+      pad_h, // y_padding
+      out_height,
+      out_width,
+      0, // inp_data_format: 0 = NHWC
+      0); // out_data_format: 0 = NHWC
+  ET_DCHECK_MSG(scratch_size >= 0, "xa_nn_maxpool_getsize failed");
+
+  // Allocate aligned scratch memory
+  void* p_scratch = kernels::allocate_temp_memory(ctx, scratch_size);
+
+  // Process each batch using NNLIB optimized maxpool kernel
+  for (int32_t n = 0; n < batch_size; ++n) {
+    const int32_t spatial_size = in_height * in_width * channels;
+    const int32_t out_spatial_size = out_height * out_width * channels;
+
+    int32_t ret;
+    if (dtype == ScalarType::Char) {
+      const int8_t* in_batch =
+          input.const_data_ptr<int8_t>() + n * spatial_size;
+      int8_t* out_batch =
+          output.mutable_data_ptr<int8_t>() + n * out_spatial_size;
+
+      ret = xa_nn_maxpool_8(
+          out_batch,
+          in_batch,
+          in_height,
+          in_width,
+          channels,
+          kernel_h,
+          kernel_w,
+          stride_w, // x_stride
+          stride_h, // y_stride
+          pad_w, // x_padding
+          pad_h, // y_padding
+          out_height,
+          out_width,
+          0, // inp_data_format: NHWC
+          0, // out_data_format: NHWC
+          p_scratch);
+    } else {
+      const uint8_t* in_batch =
+          input.const_data_ptr<uint8_t>() + n * spatial_size;
+      uint8_t* out_batch =
+          output.mutable_data_ptr<uint8_t>() + n * out_spatial_size;
+
+      ret = xa_nn_maxpool_asym8(
+          out_batch,
+          in_batch,
+          in_height,
+          in_width,
+          channels,
+          kernel_h,
+          kernel_w,
+          stride_w, // x_stride
+          stride_h, // y_stride
+          pad_w, // x_padding
+          pad_h, // y_padding
+          out_height,
+          out_width,
+          0, // inp_data_format: NHWC
+          0, // out_data_format: NHWC
+          p_scratch);
+    }
+    ET_DCHECK_MSG(ret == 0, "HiFi xa_nn_maxpool failed");
+  }
+
+  return output;
+}
+
+} // namespace native
+} // namespace HiFi
+} // namespace impl
diff --git a/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/targets.bzl b/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/targets.bzl
index 8eaa46d41b7..09b6e8c0938 100644
--- a/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/targets.bzl
+++ b/backends/cadence/hifi/operators/targets.bzl
@@ -636,6 +636,16 @@ def define_common_targets():
         compatible_with = ["ovr_config//cpu:xtensa"],
     )
 
+    runtime.cxx_library(
+        name = "op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc",
+        srcs = ["op_quantized_max_pool2d_nhwc.cpp"],
+        exported_headers = ["operators.h"],
+        platforms = CXX,
+        deps = COMMON_DEPS,
+        visibility = ["PUBLIC"],
+        compatible_with = ["ovr_config//cpu:xtensa"],
+    )
+
     runtime.cxx_library(
         name = "op_quantized_relu_asym8s_asym8s_per_tensor_out",
         srcs = ["op_quantized_relu_asym8s_asym8s_per_tensor_out.cpp"],