diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_bl31_setup.c b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_bl31_setup.c
index 3f92d37..8627c5e 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_bl31_setup.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_bl31_setup.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 	 */
 	fvp_interconnect_enable();
 
+	/* Initialize System level generic or SP804 timer */
+	fvp_timer_init();
+
 	/* On FVP RevC, initialize SMMUv3 */
 	if ((arm_config.flags & ARM_CONFIG_FVP_HAS_SMMUV3) != 0U)
 		smmuv3_init(PLAT_FVP_SMMUV3_BASE);