diff --git a/repos/base-tukija/include/spec/64bit/tukija/syscalls.h b/repos/base-tukija/include/spec/64bit/tukija/syscalls.h
index b1edb5630f..72876114dc 100644
--- a/repos/base-tukija/include/spec/64bit/tukija/syscalls.h
+++ b/repos/base-tukija/include/spec/64bit/tukija/syscalls.h
@@ -411,6 +411,11 @@ namespace Tukija {
 		return syscall_5(NOVA_PD_CTRL, Pd_op::PD_DEBUG, pd, limit, usage);
 	}
 
+	ALWAYS_INLINE
+	inline uint8_t cell_ctrl(mword_t pd, Cell_control const op)
+	{
+		return syscall_0(TUKIJA_CELL_CTRL, op, pd);
+	}
 
 	ALWAYS_INLINE
 	inline uint8_t assign_pci(mword_t pd, mword_t mem, mword_t rid)
diff --git a/repos/base-tukija/include/tukija/syscall-generic.h b/repos/base-tukija/include/tukija/syscall-generic.h
index 9189084924..8e0a6cf93a 100644
--- a/repos/base-tukija/include/tukija/syscall-generic.h
+++ b/repos/base-tukija/include/tukija/syscall-generic.h
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ namespace Tukija {
 		NOVA_PD_CTRL    = 0xf,
 		TUKIJA_CREATE_CELL = 0x10,
 		TUKIJA_ALLOCATE	   = 0x11,
+		TUKIJA_CELL_CTRL   = 0x12,
+	};
+
+	/**
+	 * Tukija operations
+	 */
+	enum Cell_control
+	{
+		UPDATE_AFFINITY = 0,
 	};
 
 	/**
diff --git a/repos/base-tukija/src/core/include/cell_component.h b/repos/base-tukija/src/core/include/cell_component.h
index 4f4d795573..8071259e72 100644
--- a/repos/base-tukija/src/core/include/cell_component.h
+++ b/repos/base-tukija/src/core/include/cell_component.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class Ealan::Cell_component : public Genode::Rpc_object<Cell>,
             /* TODO: implement */
             Genode::log("Changing cell's affinity to ", affinity);
             _calculate_mask_for_location(&_cip->cores_reserved, affinity.location());
+            Tukija::cell_ctrl(_native_pd.sel(), Tukija::Cell_control::UPDATE_AFFINITY);
         }
 
         bool is_brick() override {