diff --git a/psrdada_cpp/effelsberg/edd/src/SpectralKurtosisCuda.cu b/psrdada_cpp/effelsberg/edd/src/SpectralKurtosisCuda.cu
index 1bcc668cd60d636721fc9d4c055bdaeacb12a6a2..cb6bc52847074358ce8c7062401e92d93dba4383 100755
--- a/psrdada_cpp/effelsberg/edd/src/SpectralKurtosisCuda.cu
+++ b/psrdada_cpp/effelsberg/edd/src/SpectralKurtosisCuda.cu
@@ -39,6 +39,24 @@ struct check_rfi{
    }
 };
 
+__global__ void compute_sk_kernel(thrust::complex<float> *data, std::size_t sample_size, std::size_t window_size,
+                                  float sk_max, float sk_min, int *rfi_status)
+{
+    std::size_t id = blockIdx.x * blockDim.x + threadIdx.x;
+    float s1, s2, sk;
+
+    int ibegin = id * window_size;
+    int iend = ibegin + window_size;
+    for(std::size_t i = ibegin; i < iend; i++){
+        float power = thrust::abs(data[i]) * thrust::abs(data[i]);
+	float power_sq = power * power;
+	s1 = s1 + power;
+	s2 = s2 + power_sq;
+    }
+    sk = ((window_size + 1) / (window_size - 1)) *(((window_size * s2) / (s1 * s1)) - 1);
+    rfi_status[id] = (int) ((sk < sk_min) || (sk > sk_max));
+}
+
 SpectralKurtosisCuda::SpectralKurtosisCuda(std::size_t nchannels, std::size_t window_size, float sk_min, float sk_max)
     : _nchannels(nchannels),
       _window_size(window_size),
@@ -63,6 +81,7 @@ void SpectralKurtosisCuda::init()
     _nwindows = _sample_size /_window_size;
     _d_s1.resize(_nwindows);
     _d_s2.resize(_nwindows);
+    _rfi_status.resize(_nwindows);
 }
 
 void SpectralKurtosisCuda::compute_sk(const thrust::device_vector<thrust::complex<float>> &data, RFIStatistics &stats){
@@ -93,6 +112,24 @@ void SpectralKurtosisCuda::compute_sk(const thrust::device_vector<thrust::comple
     BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(info) << "RFI fraction: " << stats.rfi_fraction;
     nvtxRangePop();
 }
+
+void SpectralKurtosisCuda::compute_sk_k(thrust::device_vector<thrust::complex<float>> &data, RFIStatistics &stats){
+    nvtxRangePushA("compute_sk_kernel");
+    _sample_size = data.size();
+    BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(debug) << "Computing SK_k for sample_size " << _sample_size
+                             << " and window_size " << _window_size <<".\n";
+    //initializing class variables
+    init();
+
+    thrust::complex<float> *k_data = thrust::raw_pointer_cast(data.data());
+    int *k_rfi_status = thrust::raw_pointer_cast(_rfi_status.data());
+    //compute_sk_kernel<<<1, 1>>> (k_data, _sample_size, _window_size, _sk_max, _sk_min, k_rfi_status);
+    compute_sk_kernel<<<1, _nwindows>>> (k_data, _sample_size, _window_size, _sk_max, _sk_min, k_rfi_status);
+    float rfi_fraction = thrust::reduce(_rfi_status.begin(), _rfi_status.end(), 0.0f) / _nwindows;
+    BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(info) << "RFI fraction: " << rfi_fraction;
+    nvtxRangePop();
+}
+
 } //edd
 } //effelsberg
 } //psrdada_cpp
diff --git a/psrdada_cpp/effelsberg/edd/test/src/SpectralKurtosisCudaTester.cu b/psrdada_cpp/effelsberg/edd/test/src/SpectralKurtosisCudaTester.cu
index 911bf6f03e1ca0a69b0e1036b5278f1f1d741f5f..5076a7bd587895d372a7682318fee233e33d5241 100644
--- a/psrdada_cpp/effelsberg/edd/test/src/SpectralKurtosisCudaTester.cu
+++ b/psrdada_cpp/effelsberg/edd/test/src/SpectralKurtosisCudaTester.cu
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ TEST_F(SpectralKurtosisCudaTester, sk_withRFI)
 
 TEST_F(SpectralKurtosisCudaTester, sk_RFIreplacement)
 {
-    std::size_t sample_size = (1 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) / 8;
+    //std::size_t sample_size = (1 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) / 8;
+    std::size_t sample_size = 1024 * 1024;
+    //std::size_t sample_size = 160000000;
     std::size_t window_size = 1024 * 2;
     //Test vector generation
     std::vector<int> rfi_window_indices{3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 20, 30, 40, 45, 75};
@@ -111,6 +113,27 @@ TEST_F(SpectralKurtosisCudaTester, sk_RFIreplacement)
     EXPECT_EQ(expected_val_after_rfi_replacement, stat.rfi_fraction);
 }
 
+TEST_F(SpectralKurtosisCudaTester, sk_kernel)
+{
+    //std::size_t sample_size = (1 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) / 8;
+    std::size_t sample_size = 1024 * 1024;
+    //std::size_t sample_size = 160000000;
+    std::size_t window_size = 1024 * 2;
+    //Test vector generation
+    std::vector<int> rfi_window_indices{3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 20, 30, 40, 45, 75};
+    std::vector<std::complex<float>> samples;
+    test_vector_generation(sample_size, window_size, 1, 30, 10, rfi_window_indices, samples);
+
+    //SK computation
+    thrust::host_vector<thrust::complex<float>> h_samples(samples);
+    thrust::device_vector<thrust::complex<float>> d_samples(h_samples);
+    float sk_min = 0.8;
+    float sk_max = 1.2;    
+    SpectralKurtosisCuda sk(1, window_size, sk_min, sk_max);
+    RFIStatistics stat;
+    sk.compute_sk_k(d_samples, stat);
+}
+
 } //test
 } //edd
 } //effelsberg