diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/bfloat16.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/bfloat16.hpp
index ed21bf39201bf..3c97bda5b4e90 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/bfloat16.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/bfloat16.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #include <CL/__spirv/spirv_ops.hpp>
 #include <sycl/half_type.hpp>
 
+#if !defined(__SYCL_DEVICE_ONLY__)
+#include <cmath>
+#endif
+
 namespace sycl {
 __SYCL_INLINE_VER_NAMESPACE(_V1) {
 namespace ext {
@@ -35,9 +39,17 @@ class bfloat16 {
     return __spirv_ConvertFToBF16INTEL(a);
 #endif
 #else
-    (void)a;
-    throw exception{errc::feature_not_supported,
-                    "Bfloat16 conversion is not supported on host device"};
+    // In case of float value is nan - propagate bfloat16's qnan
+    if (std::isnan(a))
+      return 0xffc1;
+    union {
+      uint32_t intStorage;
+      float floatValue;
+    };
+    floatValue = a;
+    // Do RNE and truncate
+    uint32_t roundingBias = ((intStorage >> 16) & 0x1) + 0x00007FFF;
+    return static_cast<uint16_t>((intStorage + roundingBias) >> 16);
 #endif
   }
   static float to_float(const storage_t &a) {
@@ -51,9 +63,10 @@ class bfloat16 {
     return __spirv_ConvertBF16ToFINTEL(a);
 #endif
 #else
-    (void)a;
-    throw exception{errc::feature_not_supported,
-                    "Bfloat16 conversion is not supported on host device"};
+    // Shift temporary variable to silence the warning
+    uint32_t bits = a;
+    bits <<= 16;
+    return static_cast<float>(bits);
 #endif
   }
 
diff --git a/sycl/test/extensions/bfloat16_host.cpp b/sycl/test/extensions/bfloat16_host.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e3cfb71abb558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sycl/test/extensions/bfloat16_host.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+//==------------ bfloat16_host.cpp - SYCL vectors test ---------------------==//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl %s -o %t.out
+// RUN: %RUN_ON_HOST %t.out
+#include <sycl/ext/oneapi/experimental/bfloat16.hpp>
+#include <sycl/sycl.hpp>
+
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <limits>
+#include <string>
+
+// Helper to convert the expected bits to float value to compare with the result
+typedef union {
+  float Value;
+  struct {
+    uint32_t Mantissa : 23;
+    uint32_t Exponent : 8;
+    uint32_t Sign : 1;
+  } RawData;
+} floatConvHelper;
+
+float bitsToFloatConv(std::string Bits) {
+  floatConvHelper Helper;
+  Helper.RawData.Sign = static_cast<uint32_t>(Bits[0] - '0');
+  uint32_t Exponent = 0;
+  for (size_t I = 1; I != 9; ++I)
+    Exponent = Exponent + static_cast<uint32_t>(Bits[I] - '0') * pow(2, 8 - I);
+  Helper.RawData.Exponent = Exponent;
+  uint32_t Mantissa = 0;
+  for (size_t I = 9; I != 32; ++I)
+    Mantissa = Mantissa + static_cast<uint32_t>(Bits[I] - '0') * pow(2, 31 - I);
+  Helper.RawData.Mantissa = Mantissa;
+  return Helper.Value;
+}
+
+bool check_bf16_from_float(float Val, uint16_t Expected) {
+  uint16_t Result = sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::bfloat16::from_float(Val);
+  if (Result != Expected) {
+    std::cout << "from_float check for Val = " << Val << " failed!\n"
+              << "Expected " << Expected << " Got " << Result << "\n";
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool check_bf16_to_float(uint16_t Val, float Expected) {
+  float Result = sycl::ext::oneapi::experimental::bfloat16::to_float(Val);
+  if (Result != Expected) {
+    std::cout << "to_float check for Val = " << Val << " failed!\n"
+              << "Expected " << Expected << " Got " << Result << "\n";
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+int main() {
+  bool Success =
+      check_bf16_from_float(0.0f, std::stoi("0000000000000000", nullptr, 2));
+  Success &=
+      check_bf16_from_float(42.0f, std::stoi("100001000101000", nullptr, 2));
+  Success &= check_bf16_from_float(std::numeric_limits<float>::min(),
+                                   std::stoi("0000000010000000", nullptr, 2));
+  Success &= check_bf16_from_float(std::numeric_limits<float>::max(),
+                                   std::stoi("0111111110000000", nullptr, 2));
+  Success &= check_bf16_from_float(std::numeric_limits<float>::quiet_NaN(),
+                                   std::stoi("1111111111000001", nullptr, 2));
+
+  Success &= check_bf16_to_float(
+      0, bitsToFloatConv(std::string("00000000000000000000000000000000")));
+  Success &= check_bf16_to_float(
+      1, bitsToFloatConv(std::string("01000111100000000000000000000000")));
+  Success &= check_bf16_to_float(
+      42, bitsToFloatConv(std::string("01001010001010000000000000000000")));
+  Success &= check_bf16_to_float(
+      std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max(),
+      bitsToFloatConv(std::string("01001111011111111111111100000000")));
+  if (!Success)
+    return -1;
+  return 0;
+}