diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a9abbc1..b8076f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@
 certtool: ${CRTTOOL}
 
 ${CRTTOOL}: FORCE
-	${Q}${MAKE} PLAT=${PLAT} USE_TBBR_DEFS=${USE_TBBR_DEFS} COT=${COT} OPENSSL_DIR=${OPENSSL_DIR} CRTTOOL=${CRTTOOL} --no-print-directory -C ${CRTTOOLPATH}
+	${Q}${MAKE} PLAT=${PLAT} USE_TBBR_DEFS=${USE_TBBR_DEFS} COT=${COT} OPENSSL_DIR=${OPENSSL_DIR} CRTTOOL=${CRTTOOL} DEBUG=${DEBUG} V=${V} --no-print-directory -C ${CRTTOOLPATH}
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
@@ -1512,7 +1512,7 @@
 
 ${FIPTOOL}: FORCE
 ifdef UNIX_MK
-	${Q}${MAKE} CPPFLAGS="-DVERSION='\"${VERSION_STRING}\"'" FIPTOOL=${FIPTOOL} OPENSSL_DIR=${OPENSSL_DIR} --no-print-directory -C ${FIPTOOLPATH}
+	${Q}${MAKE} CPPFLAGS="-DVERSION='\"${VERSION_STRING}\"'" FIPTOOL=${FIPTOOL} OPENSSL_DIR=${OPENSSL_DIR} DEBUG=${DEBUG} V=${V} --no-print-directory -C ${FIPTOOLPATH}
 else
 # Clear the MAKEFLAGS as we do not want
 # to pass the gnumake flags to nmake.
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@
 enctool: ${ENCTOOL}
 
 ${ENCTOOL}: FORCE
-	${Q}${MAKE} PLAT=${PLAT} BUILD_INFO=0 OPENSSL_DIR=${OPENSSL_DIR} ENCTOOL=${ENCTOOL} --no-print-directory -C ${ENCTOOLPATH}
+	${Q}${MAKE} PLAT=${PLAT} BUILD_INFO=0 OPENSSL_DIR=${OPENSSL_DIR} ENCTOOL=${ENCTOOL} DEBUG=${DEBUG} V=${V} --no-print-directory -C ${ENCTOOLPATH}
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
diff --git a/docs/getting_started/prerequisites.rst b/docs/getting_started/prerequisites.rst
index 65a66b6..1e8fe41 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/prerequisites.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started/prerequisites.rst
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@
 The following libraries must be available to build one or more components or
 supporting tools:
 
-- OpenSSL >= 3.0
+- OpenSSL >= 1.1.1 (v3.0.0 to v3.0.6 highly discouraged due to security issues)
 
-   Required to build the cert_create tool.
+   Required to build the cert_create, encrypt_fw, and fiptool tools.
 
    .. note::
 
-    OpenSSL 3.0 has to be built from source code, as it's not available in
-    the default package repositories in recent Ubuntu versions. Please refer
-    to the OpenSSL project documentation for more information.
+    If using OpenSSL 3, older Linux versions may require it to be built from
+    source code, as it may not be available in the default package repositories.
+    Please refer to the OpenSSL project documentation for more information.
 
 The following libraries are required for Trusted Board Boot and Measured Boot
 support:
diff --git a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
index abdd4d0..426e344 100644
--- a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -238,6 +238,20 @@
 	$(check_$(1)_cmd)
 endef
 
+# SELECT_OPENSSL_API_VERSION selects the OpenSSL API version to be used to
+# build the host tools by checking the version of OpenSSL located under
+# the path defined by the OPENSSL_DIR variable. It receives no parameters.
+define SELECT_OPENSSL_API_VERSION
+    # Set default value for USING_OPENSSL3 macro to 0
+    $(eval USING_OPENSSL3 = 0)
+    # Obtain the OpenSSL version for the build located under OPENSSL_DIR
+    $(eval OPENSSL_INFO := $(shell LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${OPENSSL_DIR}:${OPENSSL_DIR}/lib ${OPENSSL_BIN_PATH}/openssl version))
+    $(eval OPENSSL_CURRENT_VER = $(word 2, ${OPENSSL_INFO}))
+    $(eval OPENSSL_CURRENT_VER_MAJOR = $(firstword $(subst ., ,$(OPENSSL_CURRENT_VER))))
+    # If OpenSSL version is 3.x, then set USING_OPENSSL3 flag to 1
+    $(if $(filter 3,$(OPENSSL_CURRENT_VER_MAJOR)), $(eval USING_OPENSSL3 = 1))
+endef
+
 ################################################################################
 # Generic image processing filters
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/make_helpers/defaults.mk b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
index 65ceb7f..496032f 100644
--- a/make_helpers/defaults.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 # Build option to create cot descriptors using fconf
 COT_DESC_IN_DTB			:= 0
 
-# Build option to provide openssl directory path
+# Build option to provide OpenSSL directory path
 OPENSSL_DIR			:= /usr
 
 # Select the openssl binary provided in OPENSSL_DIR variable
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/Makefile b/tools/cert_create/Makefile
index d951286..042e844 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/Makefile
+++ b/tools/cert_create/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 DEBUG		:= 0
 CRTTOOL		?= cert_create${BIN_EXT}
 BINARY		:= $(notdir ${CRTTOOL})
-OPENSSL_DIR	:= /usr
 COT		:= tbbr
 
 MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY := ../../make_helpers/
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_macros.mk
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_env.mk
+include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}defaults.mk
 
 ifneq (${PLAT},none)
 TF_PLATFORM_ROOT	:=	../../plat/
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 include ${PLAT_CERT_CREATE_HELPER_MK}
 endif
 
+# Select OpenSSL version flag according to the OpenSSL build selected
+# from setting the OPENSSL_DIR path.
+$(eval $(call SELECT_OPENSSL_API_VERSION))
+
 HOSTCCFLAGS := -Wall -std=c99
 
 ifeq (${DEBUG},1)
@@ -60,6 +64,9 @@
 endif
 
 HOSTCCFLAGS += ${DEFINES}
+# USING_OPENSSL3 flag will be added to the HOSTCCFLAGS variable with the proper
+# computed value.
+HOSTCCFLAGS += -DUSING_OPENSSL3=$(USING_OPENSSL3)
 
 # Make soft links and include from local directory otherwise wrong headers
 # could get pulled in from firmware tree.
@@ -76,11 +83,11 @@
 
 HOSTCC ?= gcc
 
-.PHONY: all clean realclean
+.PHONY: all clean realclean --openssl
 
 all: ${BINARY}
 
-${BINARY}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
+${BINARY}: --openssl ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
 	@echo 'const char build_msg[] = "Built : "__TIME__", "__DATE__; \
                 const char platform_msg[] = "${PLAT_MSG}";' | \
@@ -91,6 +98,11 @@
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
 	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INC_DIR} $< -o $@
 
+--openssl:
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
+	@echo "Selected OpenSSL version: ${OPENSSL_CURRENT_VER}"
+endif
+
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, src/build_msg.o ${OBJECTS})
 
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/include/cert.h b/tools/cert_create/include/cert.h
index e63b474..5d39a88 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/include/cert.h
+++ b/tools/cert_create/include/cert.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 	int days,
 	int ca,
 	STACK_OF(X509_EXTENSION) * sk);
+void cert_cleanup(void);
 
 /* Macro to register the certificates used in the CoT */
 #define REGISTER_COT(_certs) \
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/include/ext.h b/tools/cert_create/include/ext.h
index e900a6d..0e7f3be 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/include/ext.h
+++ b/tools/cert_create/include/ext.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 		unsigned char *buf, size_t len);
 X509_EXTENSION *ext_new_nvcounter(int nid, int crit, int value);
 X509_EXTENSION *ext_new_key(int nid, int crit, EVP_PKEY *k);
+void ext_cleanup(void);
 
 /* Macro to register the extensions used in the CoT */
 #define REGISTER_EXTENSIONS(_ext) \
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/include/key.h b/tools/cert_create/include/key.h
index 128e7f7..0ef046b 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/include/key.h
+++ b/tools/cert_create/include/key.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -66,10 +66,13 @@
 /* Exported API */
 int key_init(void);
 key_t *key_get_by_opt(const char *opt);
+#if !USING_OPENSSL3
 int key_new(key_t *key);
+#endif
 int key_create(key_t *key, int type, int key_bits);
 int key_load(key_t *key, unsigned int *err_code);
 int key_store(key_t *key);
+void key_cleanup(void);
 
 /* Macro to register the keys used in the CoT */
 #define REGISTER_KEYS(_keys) \
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c b/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
index 67ae1d6..2513213 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@
 	if (!btmp)
 		return 0;
 
+#if USING_OPENSSL3
 	if (!BN_rand(btmp, SERIAL_RAND_BITS, 0, 0))
+#else
+	if (!BN_pseudo_rand(btmp, SERIAL_RAND_BITS, 0, 0))
+#endif
 		goto error;
 	if (ai && !BN_to_ASN1_INTEGER(btmp, ai))
 		goto error;
@@ -272,3 +276,19 @@
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+void cert_cleanup(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_certs; i++) {
+		if (certs[i].fn != NULL) {
+			void *ptr = (void *)certs[i].fn;
+
+			certs[i].fn = NULL;
+			free(ptr);
+		}
+	}
+	free(certs);
+}
+
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/ext.c b/tools/cert_create/src/ext.c
index 2882123..acf57a4 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/ext.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/ext.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -315,3 +315,20 @@
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+void ext_cleanup(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_extensions; i++) {
+		if (extensions[i].arg != NULL) {
+			void *ptr = (void *)extensions[i].arg;
+
+			extensions[i].arg = NULL;
+			free(ptr);
+		}
+	}
+	free(extensions);
+	X509V3_EXT_cleanup();
+}
+
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/key.c b/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
index 2857a3b..0061b8a 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 key_t *keys;
 unsigned int num_keys;
 
+#if !USING_OPENSSL3
 /*
  * Create a new key container
  */
@@ -37,9 +38,11 @@
 
 	return 1;
 }
+#endif
 
 static int key_create_rsa(key_t *key, int key_bits)
 {
+#if USING_OPENSSL3
 	EVP_PKEY *rsa = EVP_RSA_gen(key_bits);
 	if (rsa == NULL) {
 		printf("Cannot generate RSA key\n");
@@ -47,11 +50,52 @@
 	}
 	key->key = rsa;
 	return 1;
+#else
+	BIGNUM *e;
+	RSA *rsa = NULL;
+
+	e = BN_new();
+	if (e == NULL) {
+		printf("Cannot create RSA exponent\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!BN_set_word(e, RSA_F4)) {
+		printf("Cannot assign RSA exponent\n");
+		goto err2;
+	}
+
+	rsa = RSA_new();
+	if (rsa == NULL) {
+		printf("Cannot create RSA key\n");
+		goto err2;
+	}
+
+	if (!RSA_generate_key_ex(rsa, key_bits, e, NULL)) {
+		printf("Cannot generate RSA key\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (!EVP_PKEY_assign_RSA(key->key, rsa)) {
+		printf("Cannot assign RSA key\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	BN_free(e);
+	return 1;
+
+err:
+	RSA_free(rsa);
+err2:
+	BN_free(e);
+	return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_EC
 static int key_create_ecdsa(key_t *key, int key_bits)
 {
+#if USING_OPENSSL3
 	EVP_PKEY *ec = EVP_EC_gen("prime256v1");
 	if (ec == NULL) {
 		printf("Cannot generate EC key\n");
@@ -59,6 +103,31 @@
 	}
 	key->key = ec;
 	return 1;
+#else
+	EC_KEY *ec;
+
+	ec = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(NID_X9_62_prime256v1);
+	if (ec == NULL) {
+		printf("Cannot create EC key\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (!EC_KEY_generate_key(ec)) {
+		printf("Cannot generate EC key\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+	EC_KEY_set_flags(ec, EC_PKEY_NO_PARAMETERS);
+	EC_KEY_set_asn1_flag(ec, OPENSSL_EC_NAMED_CURVE);
+	if (!EVP_PKEY_assign_EC_KEY(key->key, ec)) {
+		printf("Cannot assign EC key\n");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+
+err:
+	EC_KEY_free(ec);
+	return 0;
+#endif
 }
 #endif /* OPENSSL_NO_EC */
 
@@ -194,3 +263,20 @@
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+void key_cleanup(void)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_keys; i++) {
+		EVP_PKEY_free(keys[i].key);
+		if (keys[i].fn != NULL) {
+			void *ptr = keys[i].fn;
+
+			free(ptr);
+			keys[i].fn = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	free(keys);
+}
+
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/main.c b/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
index b39378c..fe386b7 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -430,10 +430,12 @@
 
 	/* Load private keys from files (or generate new ones) */
 	for (i = 0 ; i < num_keys ; i++) {
+#if !USING_OPENSSL3
 		if (!key_new(&keys[i])) {
 			ERROR("Failed to allocate key container\n");
 			exit(1);
 		}
+#endif
 
 		/* First try to load the key from disk */
 		if (key_load(&keys[i], &err_code)) {
@@ -594,9 +596,7 @@
 	/* If we got here, then we must have filled the key array completely.
 	 * We can then safely call free on all of the keys in the array
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < num_keys; i++) {
-		EVP_PKEY_free(keys[i].key);
-	}
+	key_cleanup();
 
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_ENGINE
 	ENGINE_cleanup();
@@ -605,30 +605,10 @@
 
 
 	/* We allocated strings through strdup, so now we have to free them */
-	for (i = 0; i < num_keys; i++) {
-		if (keys[i].fn != NULL) {
-			void *ptr = keys[i].fn;
-
-			keys[i].fn = NULL;
-			free(ptr);
-		}
-	}
-	for (i = 0; i < num_extensions; i++) {
-		if (extensions[i].arg != NULL) {
-			void *ptr = (void *)extensions[i].arg;
 
-			extensions[i].arg = NULL;
-			free(ptr);
-		}
-	}
-	for (i = 0; i < num_certs; i++) {
-		if (certs[i].fn != NULL) {
-			void *ptr = (void *)certs[i].fn;
+	ext_cleanup();
 
-			certs[i].fn = NULL;
-			free(ptr);
-		}
-	}
+	cert_cleanup();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/sha.c b/tools/cert_create/src/sha.c
index 06ef360..bb750d4 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/sha.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/sha.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "key.h"
+#if USING_OPENSSL3
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <openssl/obj_mac.h>
+#else
+#include <openssl/sha.h>
+#endif
 
 #define BUFFER_SIZE	256
 
+#if USING_OPENSSL3
 static int get_algorithm_nid(int hash_alg)
 {
 	int nids[] = {NID_sha256, NID_sha384, NID_sha512};
@@ -20,16 +25,22 @@
 	}
 	return nids[hash_alg];
 }
+#endif
 
 int sha_file(int md_alg, const char *filename, unsigned char *md)
 {
 	FILE *inFile;
+	int bytes;
+	unsigned char data[BUFFER_SIZE];
+#if USING_OPENSSL3
 	EVP_MD_CTX *mdctx;
 	const EVP_MD *md_type;
-	int bytes;
 	int alg_nid;
 	unsigned int total_bytes;
-	unsigned char data[BUFFER_SIZE];
+#else
+	SHA256_CTX shaContext;
+	SHA512_CTX sha512Context;
+#endif
 
 	if ((filename == NULL) || (md == NULL)) {
 		ERROR("%s(): NULL argument\n", __func__);
@@ -42,6 +53,8 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+#if USING_OPENSSL3
+
 	mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
 	if (mdctx == NULL) {
 		fclose(inFile);
@@ -74,5 +87,32 @@
 	fclose(inFile);
 	EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
 	return 0;
+
+#else
+
+	if (md_alg == HASH_ALG_SHA384) {
+		SHA384_Init(&sha512Context);
+		while ((bytes = fread(data, 1, BUFFER_SIZE, inFile)) != 0) {
+			SHA384_Update(&sha512Context, data, bytes);
+		}
+		SHA384_Final(md, &sha512Context);
+	} else if (md_alg == HASH_ALG_SHA512) {
+		SHA512_Init(&sha512Context);
+		while ((bytes = fread(data, 1, BUFFER_SIZE, inFile)) != 0) {
+			SHA512_Update(&sha512Context, data, bytes);
+		}
+		SHA512_Final(md, &sha512Context);
+	} else {
+		SHA256_Init(&shaContext);
+		while ((bytes = fread(data, 1, BUFFER_SIZE, inFile)) != 0) {
+			SHA256_Update(&shaContext, data, bytes);
+		}
+		SHA256_Final(md, &shaContext);
+	}
+
+	fclose(inFile);
+	return 1;
+
+#endif
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/encrypt_fw/Makefile b/tools/encrypt_fw/Makefile
index 60bd8ea..2939b14 100644
--- a/tools/encrypt_fw/Makefile
+++ b/tools/encrypt_fw/Makefile
@@ -11,15 +11,21 @@
 BINARY		:= $(notdir ${ENCTOOL})
 OPENSSL_DIR	:= /usr
 
+
+MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY := ../../make_helpers/
+include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_macros.mk
+include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_env.mk
+include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}defaults.mk
+
 OBJECTS := src/encrypt.o \
            src/cmd_opt.o \
            src/main.o
 
 HOSTCCFLAGS := -Wall -std=c99
 
-MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY := ../../make_helpers/
-include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_macros.mk
-include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_env.mk
+# Select OpenSSL version flag according to the OpenSSL build selected
+# from setting the OPENSSL_DIR path.
+$(eval $(call SELECT_OPENSSL_API_VERSION))
 
 ifeq (${DEBUG},1)
   HOSTCCFLAGS += -g -O0 -DDEBUG -DLOG_LEVEL=40
@@ -36,6 +42,12 @@
   Q :=
 endif
 
+HOSTCCFLAGS += ${DEFINES}
+# USING_OPENSSL3 flag will be added to the HOSTCCFLAGS variable with the proper
+# computed value.
+HOSTCCFLAGS += -DUSING_OPENSSL3=$(USING_OPENSSL3)
+
+
 # Make soft links and include from local directory otherwise wrong headers
 # could get pulled in from firmware tree.
 INC_DIR := -I ./include -I ../../include/tools_share -I ${OPENSSL_DIR}/include
@@ -51,11 +63,11 @@
 
 HOSTCC ?= gcc
 
-.PHONY: all clean realclean
+.PHONY: all clean realclean --openssl
 
 all: ${BINARY}
 
-${BINARY}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
+${BINARY}: --openssl ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
 	@echo 'const char build_msg[] = "Built : "__TIME__", "__DATE__;' | \
                 ${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} -xc - -o src/build_msg.o
@@ -65,6 +77,11 @@
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
 	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INC_DIR} $< -o $@
 
+--openssl:
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
+	@echo "Selected OpenSSL version: ${OPENSSL_CURRENT_VER}"
+endif
+
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, src/build_msg.o ${OBJECTS})
 
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/Makefile b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
index e6aeba9..d7e0fe5 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY := ../../make_helpers/
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_macros.mk
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_env.mk
+include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}defaults.mk
 
 FIPTOOL ?= fiptool${BIN_EXT}
 PROJECT := $(notdir ${FIPTOOL})
@@ -23,6 +24,15 @@
   HOSTCCFLAGS += -O2
 endif
 
+# Select OpenSSL version flag according to the OpenSSL build selected
+# from setting the OPENSSL_DIR path.
+$(eval $(call SELECT_OPENSSL_API_VERSION))
+
+HOSTCCFLAGS += ${DEFINES}
+# USING_OPENSSL3 flag will be added to the HOSTCCFLAGS variable with the proper
+# computed value.
+HOSTCCFLAGS += -DUSING_OPENSSL3=$(USING_OPENSSL3)
+
 # Include library directories where OpenSSL library files are located.
 # For a normal installation (i.e.: when ${OPENSSL_DIR} = /usr or
 # /usr/local), binaries are located under the ${OPENSSL_DIR}/lib/
@@ -51,11 +61,11 @@
 include ${PLAT_FIPTOOL_HELPER_MK}
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean distclean
+.PHONY: all clean distclean --openssl
 
 all: ${PROJECT}
 
-${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
+${PROJECT}: --openssl ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
 	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS} -o $@ ${LDLIBS}
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
@@ -66,5 +76,11 @@
 	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
 	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
+--openssl:
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
+	@echo "Selected OpenSSL version: ${OPENSSL_CURRENT_VER}"
+endif
+
+
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS})