diff --git a/plat/meson/gxl/gxl_thermal.c b/plat/meson/gxl/gxl_thermal.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "gxl_private.h"
+
+static int32_t modules_initialized = -1;
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Unknown commands related to something thermal-related
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void gxbb_thermal_unknown(void)
+{
+	uint16_t ret;
+
+	if (modules_initialized == -1) {
+		scpi_efuse_read(&ret, 0, 2);
+		modules_initialized = ret;
+	}
+
+	scpi_unknown_thermal(10, 2,  /* thermal */
+			     13, 1); /* thermalver */
+}