diff --git a/drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3_main.c b/drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3_main.c
index ac43372..5abaa1c 100644
--- a/drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3_main.c
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
 static const gicv3_driver_data_t *driver_data;
 static unsigned int gicv2_compat;
 
+/*
+ * Redistributor power operations are weakly bound so that they can be
+ * overridden
+ */
+#pragma weak gicv3_rdistif_off
+#pragma weak gicv3_rdistif_on
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  * This function initialises the ARM GICv3 driver in EL3 with provided platform
  * inputs.
@@ -188,6 +195,9 @@
 
 	assert(IS_IN_EL3());
 
+	/* Power on redistributor */
+	gicv3_rdistif_on(proc_num);
+
 	gicr_base = driver_data->rdistif_base_addrs[proc_num];
 
 	/* Set the default attribute of all SGIs and PPIs */
@@ -211,6 +221,19 @@
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
+ * Functions to perform power operations on GIC Redistributor
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void gicv3_rdistif_off(unsigned int proc_num)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+void gicv3_rdistif_on(unsigned int proc_num)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
  * This function enables the GIC CPU interface of the calling CPU using only
  * system register accesses.
  ******************************************************************************/