diff --git a/include/plat/arm/css/common/css_def.h b/include/plat/arm/css/common/css_def.h
index 2adf11d..7b61484 100644
--- a/include/plat/arm/css/common/css_def.h
+++ b/include/plat/arm/css/common/css_def.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #define SID_REG_BASE			0x2a4a0000
 #define SID_SYSTEM_ID_OFFSET		0x40
 #define SID_SYSTEM_CFG_OFFSET		0x70
+#define SID_NODE_ID_OFFSET		0x60
+#define SID_CHIP_ID_MASK		0xFF
+#define SID_MULTI_CHIP_MODE_MASK	0x100
+#define SID_MULTI_CHIP_MODE_SHIFT	8
 
 /* The slave_bootsecure controls access to GPU, DMC and CS. */
 #define CSS_NIC400_SLAVE_BOOTSECURE	8
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/rde1edge/rde1edge_plat.c b/plat/arm/board/rde1edge/rde1edge_plat.c
index 9eccbc4..44d818a 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/rde1edge/rde1edge_plat.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/rde1edge/rde1edge_plat.c
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 	return mmio_read_32(SID_REG_BASE + SID_SYSTEM_CFG_OFFSET);
 }
 
+unsigned int plat_arm_sgi_get_multi_chip_mode(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void bl31_platform_setup(void)
 {
 	sgi_bl31_common_platform_setup();
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/rdn1edge/rdn1edge_plat.c b/plat/arm/board/rdn1edge/rdn1edge_plat.c
index 6f4c83c..f7c7e9b 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/rdn1edge/rdn1edge_plat.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/rdn1edge/rdn1edge_plat.c
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 	return mmio_read_32(SID_REG_BASE + SID_SYSTEM_CFG_OFFSET);
 }
 
+unsigned int plat_arm_sgi_get_multi_chip_mode(void)
+{
+	return (mmio_read_32(SID_REG_BASE + SID_NODE_ID_OFFSET) &
+			SID_MULTI_CHIP_MODE_MASK) >> SID_MULTI_CHIP_MODE_SHIFT;
+}
+
 void bl31_platform_setup(void)
 {
 	sgi_bl31_common_platform_setup();
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/sgi575/sgi575_plat.c b/plat/arm/board/sgi575/sgi575_plat.c
index ab4964a..dc294e6 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/sgi575/sgi575_plat.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/sgi575/sgi575_plat.c
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 			& SSC_VERSION_CONFIG_MASK;
 }
 
+unsigned int plat_arm_sgi_get_multi_chip_mode(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void bl31_platform_setup(void)
 {
 	sgi_bl31_common_platform_setup();
diff --git a/plat/arm/css/sgi/include/sgi_variant.h b/plat/arm/css/sgi/include/sgi_variant.h
index c75f213..b7a1e4a 100644
--- a/plat/arm/css/sgi/include/sgi_variant.h
+++ b/plat/arm/css/sgi/include/sgi_variant.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 typedef struct sgi_platform_info {
 	unsigned int platform_id;	/* Part Number of the platform */
 	unsigned int config_id;		/* Config Id of the platform */
+	unsigned int chip_id;		/* Chip Id or Node number */
+	unsigned int multi_chip_mode;	/* Multi-chip mode availability */
 } sgi_platform_info_t;
 
 extern sgi_platform_info_t sgi_plat_info;
@@ -28,4 +30,7 @@
 /* returns the configuration id of the platform */
 unsigned int plat_arm_sgi_get_config_id(void);
 
+/* returns true if operating in multi-chip configuration */
+unsigned int plat_arm_sgi_get_multi_chip_mode(void);
+
 #endif /* SGI_VARIANT_H */
diff --git a/plat/arm/css/sgi/sgi_bl31_setup.c b/plat/arm/css/sgi/sgi_bl31_setup.c
index a2caf7c..2ff66ac 100644
--- a/plat/arm/css/sgi/sgi_bl31_setup.c
+++ b/plat/arm/css/sgi/sgi_bl31_setup.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 {
 	sgi_plat_info.platform_id = plat_arm_sgi_get_platform_id();
 	sgi_plat_info.config_id = plat_arm_sgi_get_config_id();
+	sgi_plat_info.multi_chip_mode = plat_arm_sgi_get_multi_chip_mode();
 
 	arm_bl31_early_platform_setup((void *)arg0, arg1, arg2, (void *)arg3);
 }