diff --git a/plat/arm/board/a5ds/aarch32/a5ds_helpers.S b/plat/arm/board/a5ds/aarch32/a5ds_helpers.S
index 23a22d9..ed7ad9c 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/a5ds/aarch32/a5ds_helpers.S
+++ b/plat/arm/board/a5ds/aarch32/a5ds_helpers.S
@@ -12,17 +12,36 @@
 	.globl	plat_get_my_entrypoint
 	.globl	plat_is_my_cpu_primary
 
-	/* --------------------------------------------------------------------
+	/* -----------------------------------------------------
 	 * void plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup (void);
 	 *
-	 * For AArch32, cold-booting secondary CPUs is not yet
-	 * implemented and they panic.
-	 * --------------------------------------------------------------------
+	 * This function performs any platform specific actions
+	 * needed for a secondary cpu after a cold reset e.g
+	 * mark the cpu's presence, mechanism to place it in a
+	 * holding pen etc.
+	 * -----------------------------------------------------
 	 */
 func plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup
-cb_panic:
-	wfi
-	b	cb_panic
+	/* Calculate address of our hold entry */
+	bl	plat_my_core_pos
+	lsl	r0, r0, #A5DS_HOLD_ENTRY_SHIFT
+	mov_imm	r2, A5DS_HOLD_BASE
+	/* Clear the value stored in the hold address for the specific core */
+	mov_imm	r3, A5DS_HOLD_STATE_WAIT
+	str	r3, [r2, r0]
+	dmb	ish
+
+	/* Wait until we have a go */
+poll_mailbox:
+	ldr	r1, [r2, r0]
+	cmp	r1, #A5DS_HOLD_STATE_WAIT
+	beq	1f
+	mov_imm	r0, A5DS_TRUSTED_MAILBOX_BASE
+	ldr	r1, [r0]
+	bx	r1
+1:
+	wfe
+	b	poll_mailbox
 endfunc plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup
 
 	/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -56,3 +75,52 @@
 	movne	r0, #0
 	bx	lr
 endfunc plat_is_my_cpu_primary
+
+	/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	 * Loads MPIDR in r0 and calls plat_arm_calc_core_pos
+	 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	 */
+func plat_my_core_pos
+	ldcopr	r0, MPIDR
+	b	plat_arm_calc_core_pos
+
+endfunc plat_my_core_pos
+
+	/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	 * unsigned int plat_arm_calc_core_pos(u_register_t mpidr)
+	 *
+	 * Function to calculate the core position on A5DS.
+	 *
+	 * (ClusterId * A5DS_MAX_CPUS_PER_CLUSTER * A5DS_MAX_PE_PER_CPU) +
+	 * (CPUId * A5DS_MAX_PE_PER_CPU) +
+	 * ThreadId
+	 *
+	 * which can be simplified as:
+	 *
+	 * ((ClusterId * A5DS_MAX_CPUS_PER_CLUSTER + CPUId) * A5DS_MAX_PE_PER_CPU)
+	 * + ThreadId
+	 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	 */
+func plat_arm_calc_core_pos
+	mov	r3, r0
+
+	/*
+	 * Check for MT bit in MPIDR. If not set, shift MPIDR to left to make it
+	 * look as if in a multi-threaded implementation
+	 */
+	tst	r0, #MPIDR_MT_MASK
+	lsleq	r3, r0, #MPIDR_AFFINITY_BITS
+
+	/* Extract individual affinity fields from MPIDR */
+	ubfx	r0, r3, #MPIDR_AFF0_SHIFT, #MPIDR_AFFINITY_BITS
+	ubfx	r1, r3, #MPIDR_AFF1_SHIFT, #MPIDR_AFFINITY_BITS
+	ubfx	r2, r3, #MPIDR_AFF2_SHIFT, #MPIDR_AFFINITY_BITS
+
+	/* Compute linear position */
+	mov	r3, #A5DS_MAX_CPUS_PER_CLUSTER
+	mla	r1, r2, r3, r1
+	mov	r3, #A5DS_MAX_PE_PER_CPU
+	mla	r0, r1, r3, r0
+
+	bx	lr
+endfunc plat_arm_calc_core_pos
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/a5ds/include/platform_def.h b/plat/arm/board/a5ds/include/platform_def.h
index db65c37..13c1934 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/a5ds/include/platform_def.h
+++ b/plat/arm/board/a5ds/include/platform_def.h
@@ -325,6 +325,14 @@
 
 /* Mailbox base address */
 #define A5DS_TRUSTED_MAILBOX_BASE	A5DS_SHARED_RAM_BASE
+#define A5DS_TRUSTED_MAILBOX_SIZE	(8 + A5DS_HOLD_SIZE)
+#define A5DS_HOLD_BASE		(A5DS_TRUSTED_MAILBOX_BASE + 8)
+#define A5DS_HOLD_SIZE		(PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT * \
+					 A5DS_HOLD_ENTRY_SIZE)
+#define A5DS_HOLD_ENTRY_SHIFT	3
+#define A5DS_HOLD_ENTRY_SIZE	(1 << A5DS_HOLD_ENTRY_SHIFT)
+#define A5DS_HOLD_STATE_WAIT	0
+#define A5DS_HOLD_STATE_GO	1
 
 /*
  * GIC related constants to cater for GICv2