diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/opt.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/opt.cpp
index 077fb6d6660132..ddf1449adb9d59 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/opt.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/npuw/partitioning/patterns/opt.cpp
@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ DQMatMulCWi::DQMatMulCWi() {
 
         auto qcoeff_shape = matched_qcoeff->output(0).get_shape();
 
-        if (ov::element::i4 == matched_qweight->get_element_type() && qcoeff_shape[1] == 1 &&
-            !matched_matmul->get_transpose_a() && matched_matmul->get_transpose_b()) {
+        if ((ov::element::i4 == matched_qweight->get_element_type() ||
+             ov::element::i8 == matched_qweight->get_element_type()) &&
+            qcoeff_shape[1] == 1 && !matched_matmul->get_transpose_a() && matched_matmul->get_transpose_b()) {
             auto matched_node_cvtw = node_to_output.at(qcvtw).get_node_shared_ptr();
             auto matched_node_cvtm = node_to_output.at(qcvtm).get_node_shared_ptr();
             auto matched_node_muls = node_to_output.at(qmuls).get_node_shared_ptr();