diff --git a/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_def.h b/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_def.h
index 49ab601..64ca380 100644
--- a/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_def.h
+++ b/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_def.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  * enable dynamic memory mapping.
  */
 #if defined(IMAGE_BL31) || defined(IMAGE_BL32)
-# define PLAT_ARM_MMAP_ENTRIES		6
+# define PLAT_ARM_MMAP_ENTRIES		7
 # define MAX_XLAT_TABLES		5
 #else
 # define PLAT_ARM_MMAP_ENTRIES		11
diff --git a/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h b/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
index 4e589c0..33d951c 100644
--- a/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
+++ b/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 int arm_validate_power_state(unsigned int power_state,
 			    psci_power_state_t *req_state);
 int arm_validate_ns_entrypoint(uintptr_t entrypoint);
+void arm_system_pwr_domain_save(void);
 void arm_system_pwr_domain_resume(void);
 void arm_program_trusted_mailbox(uintptr_t address);
 int arm_psci_read_mem_protect(int *val);
@@ -183,6 +184,8 @@
 void plat_arm_gic_redistif_on(void);
 void plat_arm_gic_redistif_off(void);
 void plat_arm_gic_pcpu_init(void);
+void plat_arm_gic_save(void);
+void plat_arm_gic_resume(void);
 void plat_arm_security_setup(void);
 void plat_arm_pwrc_setup(void);
 void plat_arm_interconnect_init(void);
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_common.c b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_common.c
index 7015ac0..57cc3d5 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_common.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_common.c
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 #ifdef IMAGE_BL31
 const mmap_region_t plat_arm_mmap[] = {
 	ARM_MAP_SHARED_RAM,
+	ARM_MAP_EL3_TZC_DRAM,
 	V2M_MAP_IOFPGA,
 	MAP_DEVICE0,
 	MAP_DEVICE1,
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c
index dad3a79..faeb1b7 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <debug.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <gicv3.h>
 #include <mmio.h>
 #include <plat_arm.h>
 #include <platform.h>
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@
 	/* State-id - 0x22 */
 	arm_make_pwrstate_lvl1(ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF, ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF,
 			ARM_PWR_LVL1, PSTATE_TYPE_POWERDOWN),
+	/* State-id - 0x222 */
+	arm_make_pwrstate_lvl2(ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF, ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF,
+		ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF, ARM_PWR_LVL2, PSTATE_TYPE_POWERDOWN),
 	0,
 };
 #endif
@@ -63,6 +67,18 @@
 	fvp_pwrc_write_pcoffr(mpidr);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Empty implementation of these hooks avoid setting the GICR_WAKER.Sleep bit
+ * on ARM GICv3 implementations on FVP. This is required, because FVP does not
+ * support SYSTEM_SUSPEND and it is `faked` in firmware. Hence, for wake up
+ * from `fake` system suspend the GIC must not be powered off.
+ */
+void arm_gicv3_distif_pre_save(unsigned int proc_num)
+{}
+
+void arm_gicv3_distif_post_restore(unsigned int proc_num)
+{}
+
 static void fvp_power_domain_on_finish_common(const psci_power_state_t *target_state)
 {
 	unsigned long mpidr;
@@ -90,6 +106,10 @@
 		/* Enable coherency if this cluster was off */
 		fvp_interconnect_enable();
 	}
+	/* Perform the common system specific operations */
+	if (target_state->pwr_domain_state[ARM_PWR_LVL2] ==
+						ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF)
+		arm_system_pwr_domain_resume();
 
 	/*
 	 * Clear PWKUPR.WEN bit to ensure interrupts do not interfere
@@ -201,13 +221,18 @@
 	 * register context.
 	 */
 
-	/* Program the power controller to power off this cpu. */
-	fvp_pwrc_write_ppoffr(read_mpidr_el1());
-
 	/* Perform the common cluster specific operations */
 	if (target_state->pwr_domain_state[ARM_PWR_LVL1] ==
 					ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF)
 		fvp_cluster_pwrdwn_common();
+
+	/* Perform the common system specific operations */
+	if (target_state->pwr_domain_state[ARM_PWR_LVL2] ==
+						ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF)
+		arm_system_pwr_domain_save();
+
+	/* Program the power controller to power off this cpu. */
+	fvp_pwrc_write_ppoffr(read_mpidr_el1());
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -309,7 +334,57 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * The FVP doesn't truly support power management at SYSTEM power domain. The
+ * SYSTEM_SUSPEND will be down-graded to the cluster level within the platform
+ * layer. The `fake` SYSTEM_SUSPEND allows us to validate some of the driver
+ * save and restore sequences on FVP.
+ */
+void fvp_get_sys_suspend_power_state(psci_power_state_t *req_state)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = ARM_PWR_LVL0; i <= PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL; i++)
+		req_state->pwr_domain_state[i] = ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF;
+}
+
 /*******************************************************************************
+ * Handler to filter PSCI requests.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * The system power domain suspend is only supported only via
+ * PSCI SYSTEM_SUSPEND API. PSCI CPU_SUSPEND request to system power domain
+ * will be downgraded to the lower level.
+ */
+static int fvp_validate_power_state(unsigned int power_state,
+			    psci_power_state_t *req_state)
+{
+	int rc;
+	rc = arm_validate_power_state(power_state, req_state);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that the system power domain level is never suspended
+	 * via PSCI CPU SUSPEND API. Currently system suspend is only
+	 * supported via PSCI SYSTEM SUSPEND API.
+	 */
+	req_state->pwr_domain_state[ARM_PWR_LVL2] = ARM_LOCAL_STATE_RUN;
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Custom `translate_power_state_by_mpidr` handler for FVP. Unlike in the
+ * `fvp_validate_power_state`, we do not downgrade the system power
+ * domain level request in `power_state` as it will be used to query the
+ * PSCI_STAT_COUNT/RESIDENCY at the system power domain level.
+ */
+static int fvp_translate_power_state_by_mpidr(u_register_t mpidr,
+		unsigned int power_state,
+		psci_power_state_t *output_state)
+{
+	return arm_validate_power_state(power_state, output_state);
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
  * Export the platform handlers via plat_arm_psci_pm_ops. The ARM Standard
  * platform layer will take care of registering the handlers with PSCI.
  ******************************************************************************/
@@ -322,9 +397,11 @@
 	.pwr_domain_suspend_finish = fvp_pwr_domain_suspend_finish,
 	.system_off = fvp_system_off,
 	.system_reset = fvp_system_reset,
-	.validate_power_state = arm_validate_power_state,
+	.validate_power_state = fvp_validate_power_state,
 	.validate_ns_entrypoint = arm_validate_ns_entrypoint,
+	.translate_power_state_by_mpidr = fvp_translate_power_state_by_mpidr,
 	.get_node_hw_state = fvp_node_hw_state,
+	.get_sys_suspend_power_state = fvp_get_sys_suspend_power_state,
 /*
  * mem_protect is not supported in RESET_TO_BL31 and RESET_TO_SP_MIN,
  * as that would require mapping in all of NS DRAM into BL31 or BL32.
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_topology.c b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_topology.c
index cf1492b..4a007f4 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_topology.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_topology.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "drivers/pwrc/fvp_pwrc.h"
 
 /* The FVP power domain tree descriptor */
-unsigned char fvp_power_domain_tree_desc[FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT + 1];
+unsigned char fvp_power_domain_tree_desc[FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT + 2];
 
 
 CASSERT(FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT && FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT <= 256, assert_invalid_fvp_cluster_count);
@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 const unsigned char *plat_get_power_domain_tree_desc(void)
 {
-	int i;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	/*
-	 * The FVP power domain tree does not have a single system level power domain
-	 * i.e. a single root node. The first entry in the power domain descriptor
-	 * specifies the number of power domains at the highest power level. For the FVP
-	 * this is the number of cluster power domains.
+	 * The highest level is the system level. The next level is constituted
+	 * by clusters and then cores in clusters.
 	 */
-	fvp_power_domain_tree_desc[0] = FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT;
+	fvp_power_domain_tree_desc[0] = 1;
+	fvp_power_domain_tree_desc[1] = FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT; i++)
-		fvp_power_domain_tree_desc[i + 1] = FVP_MAX_CPUS_PER_CLUSTER;
+		fvp_power_domain_tree_desc[i + 2] = FVP_MAX_CPUS_PER_CLUSTER;
+
 
 	return fvp_power_domain_tree_desc;
 }
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_def.h b/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_def.h
index e4f9425..e3ddc49 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_def.h
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_def.h
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 	(FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT * FVP_MAX_CPUS_PER_CLUSTER * FVP_MAX_PE_PER_CPU)
 
 #define PLAT_NUM_PWR_DOMAINS		(FVP_CLUSTER_COUNT + \
-					PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT)
+					PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT) + 1
 
-#define PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL		ARM_PWR_LVL1
+#define PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL		ARM_PWR_LVL2
 
 /*
  * Other platform porting definitions are provided by included headers
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv2.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv2.c
index 521fa8c..9259959 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv2.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv2.c
@@ -87,3 +87,21 @@
 {
 	return;
 }
+
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ * ARM common helper to save & restore the GICv3 on resume from system suspend.
+ * The normal world currently takes care of saving and restoring the GICv2
+ * registers due to legacy reasons. Hence we just initialize the Distributor
+ * on resume from system suspend.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+void plat_arm_gic_save(void)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+void plat_arm_gic_resume(void)
+{
+	gicv2_distif_init();
+	gicv2_pcpu_distif_init();
+}
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3.c
index c9bba09..67d5245 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3.c
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
 };
 
 /*
+ * We save and restore the GICv3 context on system suspend. Allocate the
+ * data in the designated EL3 Secure carve-out memory
+ */
+gicv3_redist_ctx_t rdist_ctx __section("arm_el3_tzc_dram");
+gicv3_dist_ctx_t dist_ctx __section("arm_el3_tzc_dram");
+
+/*
  * MPIDR hashing function for translating MPIDRs read from GICR_TYPER register
  * to core position.
  *
@@ -127,3 +134,58 @@
 {
 	gicv3_rdistif_off(plat_my_core_pos());
 }
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ * ARM common helper to save & restore the GICv3 on resume from system suspend
+ *****************************************************************************/
+void plat_arm_gic_save(void)
+{
+
+	/*
+	 * If an ITS is available, save its context before
+	 * the Redistributor using:
+	 * gicv3_its_save_disable(gits_base, &its_ctx[i])
+	 * Additionnaly, an implementation-defined sequence may
+	 * be required to save the whole ITS state.
+	 */
+
+	/*
+	 * Save the GIC Redistributors and ITS contexts before the
+	 * Distributor context. As we only handle SYSTEM SUSPEND API,
+	 * we only need to save the context of the CPU that is issuing
+	 * the SYSTEM SUSPEND call, i.e. the current CPU.
+	 */
+	gicv3_rdistif_save(plat_my_core_pos(), &rdist_ctx);
+
+	/* Save the GIC Distributor context */
+	gicv3_distif_save(&dist_ctx);
+
+	/*
+	 * From here, all the components of the GIC can be safely powered down
+	 * as long as there is an alternate way to handle wakeup interrupt
+	 * sources.
+	 */
+}
+
+void plat_arm_gic_resume(void)
+{
+	/* Restore the GIC Distributor context */
+	gicv3_distif_init_restore(&dist_ctx);
+
+	/*
+	 * Restore the GIC Redistributor and ITS contexts after the
+	 * Distributor context. As we only handle SYSTEM SUSPEND API,
+	 * we only need to restore the context of the CPU that issued
+	 * the SYSTEM SUSPEND call.
+	 */
+	gicv3_rdistif_init_restore(plat_my_core_pos(), &rdist_ctx);
+
+	/*
+	 * If an ITS is available, restore its context after
+	 * the Redistributor using:
+	 * gicv3_its_restore(gits_base, &its_ctx[i])
+	 * An implementation-defined sequence may be required to
+	 * restore the whole ITS state. The ITS must also be
+	 * re-enabled after this sequence has been executed.
+	 */
+}
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3_legacy.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3_legacy.c
index a014a8e..e19799a 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3_legacy.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_gicv3_legacy.c
@@ -84,3 +84,16 @@
 {
 	return;
 }
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ * ARM common helper to save & restore the GICv3 on resume from system suspend.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+void plat_arm_gic_save(void)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+void plat_arm_gic_resume(void)
+{
+	arm_gic_setup();
+}
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
index cc131a9..5e7e047 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <console.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <plat_arm.h>
+#include <platform.h>
 #include <platform_def.h>
 #include <psci.h>
 
@@ -140,6 +141,24 @@
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************
+ * Helper function to save the platform state before a system suspend. Save the
+ * state of the system components which are not in the Always ON power domain.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+void arm_system_pwr_domain_save(void)
+{
+	/* Assert system power domain is available on the platform */
+	assert(PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL >= ARM_PWR_LVL2);
+
+	plat_arm_gic_save();
+
+	/*
+	 * All the other peripheral which are configured by ARM TF are
+	 * re-initialized on resume from system suspend. Hence we
+	 * don't save their state here.
+	 */
+}
+
+/******************************************************************************
  * Helper function to resume the platform from system suspend. Reinitialize
  * the system components which are not in the Always ON power domain.
  * TODO: Unify the platform setup when waking up from cold boot and system
@@ -153,12 +172,8 @@
 	/* Assert system power domain is available on the platform */
 	assert(PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL >= ARM_PWR_LVL2);
 
-	/*
-	 * TODO: On GICv3 systems, figure out whether the core that wakes up
-	 * first from system suspend need to initialize the re-distributor
-	 * interface of all the other suspended cores.
-	 */
-	plat_arm_gic_init();
+	plat_arm_gic_resume();
+
 	plat_arm_security_setup();
 	arm_configure_sys_timer();
 }
diff --git a/plat/arm/css/common/css_pm.c b/plat/arm/css/common/css_pm.c
index 93d51fe..cf4e666 100644
--- a/plat/arm/css/common/css_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/css/common/css_pm.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
 {
 	assert(CSS_CORE_PWR_STATE(target_state) == ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF);
 
+	/* Enable the gic cpu interface */
+	plat_arm_gic_cpuif_enable();
+
 	/*
 	 * Perform the common cluster specific operations i.e enable coherency
 	 * if this cluster was off.
@@ -95,13 +98,10 @@
 	/* Assert that the system power domain need not be initialized */
 	assert(CSS_SYSTEM_PWR_STATE(target_state) == ARM_LOCAL_STATE_RUN);
 
-	css_pwr_domain_on_finisher_common(target_state);
-
 	/* Program the gic per-cpu distributor or re-distributor interface */
 	plat_arm_gic_pcpu_init();
 
-	/* Enable the gic cpu interface */
-	plat_arm_gic_cpuif_enable();
+	css_pwr_domain_on_finisher_common(target_state);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
@@ -144,8 +144,18 @@
 	if (CSS_CORE_PWR_STATE(target_state) == ARM_LOCAL_STATE_RET)
 		return;
 
+
 	assert(CSS_CORE_PWR_STATE(target_state) == ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF);
 	css_power_down_common(target_state);
+
+	/* Perform system domain state saving if issuing system suspend */
+	if (CSS_SYSTEM_PWR_STATE(target_state) == ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF) {
+		arm_system_pwr_domain_save();
+
+		/* Power off the Redistributor after having saved its context */
+		plat_arm_gic_redistif_off();
+	}
+
 	css_scp_suspend(target_state);
 }
 
@@ -165,10 +175,12 @@
 
 	/* Perform system domain restore if woken up from system suspend */
 	if (CSS_SYSTEM_PWR_STATE(target_state) == ARM_LOCAL_STATE_OFF)
+		/*
+		 * At this point, the Distributor must be powered on to be ready
+		 * to have its state restored. The Redistributor will be powered
+		 * on as part of gicv3_rdistif_init_restore.
+		 */
 		arm_system_pwr_domain_resume();
-	else
-		/* Enable the gic cpu interface */
-		plat_arm_gic_cpuif_enable();
 
 	css_pwr_domain_on_finisher_common(target_state);
 }