diff --git a/bl2/bl2_image_load_v2.c b/bl2/bl2_image_load_v2.c
index 6517703..ebbad45 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2_image_load_v2.c
+++ b/bl2/bl2_image_load_v2.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+		err = bl2_plat_handle_pre_image_load(bl2_node_info->image_id);
+		if (err) {
+			ERROR("BL2: Failure in pre image load handling (%i)\n", err);
+			plat_error_handler(err);
+		}
+
 		if (!(bl2_node_info->image_info->h.attr & IMAGE_ATTRIB_SKIP_LOADING)) {
 			INFO("BL2: Loading image id %d\n", bl2_node_info->image_id);
 			err = load_auth_image(bl2_node_info->image_id,
diff --git a/docs/porting-guide.rst b/docs/porting-guide.rst
index 7683ded..57da340 100644
--- a/docs/porting-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/porting-guide.rst
@@ -1424,10 +1424,10 @@
 populated with the extents of secure RAM available for BL2 to use. See
 ``bl2_early_platform_setup()`` above.
 
-Following function is required only when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
+Following functions are optionally used only when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
 
-Function : bl2\_plat\_handle\_post\_image\_load() [mandatory]
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Function : bl2\_plat\_handle\_pre\_image\_load() [optional]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 ::
 
@@ -1435,9 +1435,20 @@
     Return   : int
 
 This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
-for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 to handle
-BL image specific information based on the ``image_id`` passed, when
-LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
+for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 before
+loading each image, when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
+
+Function : bl2\_plat\_handle\_post\_image\_load() [optional]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+::
+
+    Argument : unsigned int
+    Return   : int
+
+This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
+for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 after
+loading each image, when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
 
 Following functions are required only when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is disabled.
 
diff --git a/include/plat/common/platform.h b/include/plat/common/platform.h
index 0960105..69a2957 100644
--- a/include/plat/common/platform.h
+++ b/include/plat/common/platform.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
  * This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image
  * information for given `image_id`.
  */
+int bl2_plat_handle_pre_image_load(unsigned int image_id);
 int bl2_plat_handle_post_image_load(unsigned int image_id);
 
 #else /* LOAD_IMAGE_V2 */
diff --git a/plat/common/platform_helpers_default.c b/plat/common/platform_helpers_default.c
index 75c5199..597a585 100644
--- a/plat/common/platform_helpers_default.c
+++ b/plat/common/platform_helpers_default.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 #pragma weak plat_error_handler
 #pragma weak bl2_plat_preload_setup
+#pragma weak bl2_plat_handle_pre_image_load
+#pragma weak bl2_plat_handle_post_image_load
 #pragma weak plat_try_next_boot_source
 
 void __dead2 plat_error_handler(int err)
@@ -25,6 +27,16 @@
 {
 }
 
+int bl2_plat_handle_pre_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int bl2_plat_handle_post_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int plat_try_next_boot_source(void)
 {
 	return 0;