diff --git a/tools/sptool/Makefile b/tools/sptool/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY := ../../make_helpers/
+include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_macros.mk
+include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_env.mk
+
+PROJECT := sptool${BIN_EXT}
+OBJECTS := sptool.o
+V ?= 0
+
+override CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700
+HOSTCCFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -pedantic -std=c99
+ifeq (${DEBUG},1)
+  HOSTCCFLAGS += -g -O0 -DDEBUG
+else
+  HOSTCCFLAGS += -O2
+endif
+
+ifeq (${V},0)
+  Q := @
+else
+  Q :=
+endif
+
+INCLUDE_PATHS := -I../../include/tools_share
+
+HOSTCC ?= gcc
+
+.PHONY: all clean distclean
+
+all: ${PROJECT}
+
+${PROJECT}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
+	@echo "  HOSTLD  $@"
+	${Q}${HOSTCC} ${OBJECTS} -o $@ ${LDLIBS}
+	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
+	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
+	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
+
+%.o: %.c Makefile
+	@echo "  HOSTCC  $<"
+	${Q}${HOSTCC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${HOSTCCFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS})