diff --git a/plat/rpi3/platform.mk b/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
index e201cee..2cb7a15 100644
--- a/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
@@ -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
 #
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 # Enable new version of image loading
 LOAD_IMAGE_V2			:= 1
 
+# Use multi console API
+MULTI_CONSOLE_API		:= 1
+
 # Platform build flags
 # --------------------
 
@@ -110,6 +113,10 @@
   $(error Error: rpi3 needs LOAD_IMAGE_V2=1)
 endif
 
+ifneq (${MULTI_CONSOLE_API}, 1)
+  $(error Error: rpi3 needs MULTI_CONSOLE_API=1)
+endif
+
 ifeq (${ARCH},aarch32)
   $(error Error: AArch32 not supported on rpi3)
 endif