diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Kconfig b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Kconfig
index c934761ffb..984e379f45 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config SOC_MEDIATEK_MT8196
 	select ARCH_VERSTAGE_ARMV8_64
 	select ARCH_ROMSTAGE_ARMV8_64
 	select ARCH_RAMSTAGE_ARMV8_64
+	select ARM64_USE_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE
 	select HAVE_UART_SPECIAL
 	select CACHE_MRC_SETTINGS
 	select MEDIATEK_DRAM_BLOB_FAST_INIT
diff --git a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
index 9d00a2e196..3f76811abc 100644
--- a/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
+++ b/src/soc/mediatek/mt8196/Makefile.mk
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ romstage-y += ../common/memory.c memory.c
 romstage-y += ../common/memory_test.c
 romstage-y += ../common/mmu_operations.c ../common/mmu_cmops.c
 
+ramstage-$(CONFIG_ARM64_USE_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE) += ../common/bl31.c
 ramstage-y += ../common/dpm_v2.c
 ramstage-y += dramc_info.c
 ramstage-y += ../common/early_init.c
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ ramstage-$(CONFIG_PCI) += ../common/pcie.c pcie.c
 ramstage-y += soc.c
 ramstage-y += ../common/usb.c usb.c
 
+BL31_MAKEARGS += PLAT=mt8196
+
 CPPFLAGS_common += -Isrc/soc/mediatek/mt8196/include
 CPPFLAGS_common += -Isrc/soc/mediatek/common/include