diff --git a/tools/cert_create/Makefile b/tools/cert_create/Makefile
index 989a8e4..8a21649 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/Makefile
+++ b/tools/cert_create/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_macros.mk
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_env.mk
 
+ifeq (${USE_TBBR_DEFS},1)
+# In this case, cert_tool is platform-independent
+PLAT_MSG		:=	TBBR Generic
+PLAT_INCLUDE		:=	../../include/tools_share
+else
+PLAT_MSG		:=	${PLAT}
+
 PLATFORM_ROOT		:=	../../plat/
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}plat_helpers.mk
 
@@ -35,6 +42,7 @@
 ifeq ($(PLAT_INCLUDE),)
   $(error "Error: Invalid platform '${PLAT}' has no include directory.")
 endif
+endif
 
 ifeq (${DEBUG},1)
   CFLAGS += -g -O0 -DDEBUG -DLOG_LEVEL=40
@@ -47,6 +55,9 @@
 	Q :=
 endif
 
+$(eval $(call add_define,USE_TBBR_DEFS))
+CFLAGS += ${DEFINES}
+
 # Make soft links and include from local directory otherwise wrong headers
 # could get pulled in from firmware tree.
 INC_DIR := -I ./include -I ${PLAT_INCLUDE} -I ${OPENSSL_DIR}/include
@@ -62,7 +73,7 @@
 ${BINARY}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  LD      $@"
 	@echo 'const char build_msg[] = "Built : "__TIME__", "__DATE__; \
-                const char platform_msg[] = "${PLAT}";' | \
+                const char platform_msg[] = "${PLAT_MSG}";' | \
                 ${CC} -c ${CFLAGS} -xc - -o src/build_msg.o
 	${Q}${CC} src/build_msg.o ${OBJECTS} ${LIB_DIR} ${LIB} -o $@
 
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c b/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
index 62ff255..80ccfe9 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
 
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
+#include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "cert.h"
 #include "cmd_opt.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "key.h"
-#include "platform_oid.h"
 #include "sha.h"
 
 #define SERIAL_RAND_BITS	64
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/key.c b/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
index a118fbb..c1bde5d 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <openssl/pem.h>
 
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
+#include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "cert.h"
 #include "cmd_opt.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "key.h"
-#include "platform_oid.h"
 #include "sha.h"
 
 #define MAX_FILENAME_LEN		1024
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/main.c b/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
index e0f331c..9923637 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
 
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
+#include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "cert.h"
 #include "cmd_opt.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "ext.h"
 #include "key.h"
-#include "platform_oid.h"
 #include "sha.h"
 #include "tbbr/tbb_ext.h"
 #include "tbbr/tbb_cert.h"
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/tbbr/tbb_ext.c b/tools/cert_create/src/tbbr/tbb_ext.c
index 11d779b..d9a8ea2 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/tbbr/tbb_ext.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/tbbr/tbb_ext.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
+
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
+#include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "ext.h"
-#include "platform_oid.h"
 #include "tbbr/tbb_ext.h"
 #include "tbbr/tbb_key.h"