diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
index 5240fbb2bb..9cf46ac809 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ CPPFLAGS_common += -Isrc/soc/mediatek/common/dp/include
 
 MT8196_BLOB_DIR := 3rdparty/blobs/soc/mediatek/mt8196
 
+BL31_LIB := $(top)/$(MT8196_BLOB_DIR)/libbl31.a
+
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(BL31_LIB)),)
+BL31_MAKEARGS += MTKLIB_PATH=$(BL31_LIB)
+endif
+
 PI_IMG := $(MT8196_BLOB_DIR)/$(call strip_quotes,$(CONFIG_PI_IMG_FIRMWARE))
 
 .PHONY: check_pi_img