diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk b/plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk
index 015e454..b1aa428 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
 # Enable new version of image loading on ARM platforms
 LOAD_IMAGE_V2			:=	1
 
+# Use the multi console API, which is only available for AArch64 for now
+ifeq (${ARCH}, aarch64)
+  MULTI_CONSOLE_API		:=	1
+endif
+
 # Use generic OID definition (tbbr_oid.h)
 USE_TBBR_DEFS			:=	1
 
@@ -120,7 +125,8 @@
 endif
 
 PLAT_BL_COMMON_SOURCES	+=	plat/arm/common/${ARCH}/arm_helpers.S		\
-				plat/arm/common/arm_common.c
+				plat/arm/common/arm_common.c			\
+				plat/arm/common/arm_console.c
 
 ifeq (${ARM_XLAT_TABLES_LIB_V1}, 1)
 PLAT_BL_COMMON_SOURCES	+=	lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_common.c		\