diff --git a/include/lib/aarch64/arch.h b/include/lib/aarch64/arch.h
index a2c736c..d766490 100644
--- a/include/lib/aarch64/arch.h
+++ b/include/lib/aarch64/arch.h
@@ -419,6 +419,10 @@
 
 #define EC_BITS(x)			(x >> ESR_EC_SHIFT) & ESR_EC_MASK
 
+/* Reset bit inside the Reset management register for EL3 (RMR_EL3) */
+#define RMR_RESET_REQUEST_SHIFT 	0x1u
+#define RMR_WARM_RESET_CPU		(1u << RMR_RESET_REQUEST_SHIFT)
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Definitions of register offsets, fields and macros for CPU system
  * instructions.
diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_pm.c b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_pm.c
index 5376d52..d632926 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_pm.c
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_pm.c
@@ -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.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
 extern uint64_t tegra_console_base;
 
 /*
+ * tegra_fake_system_suspend acts as a boolean var controlling whether
+ * we are going to take fake system suspend code or normal system suspend code
+ * path. This variable is set inside the sip call handlers,when the kernel
+ * requests a SIP call to set the suspend debug flags.
+ */
+uint8_t tegra_fake_system_suspend;
+
+/*
  * The following platform setup functions are weakly defined. They
  * provide typical implementations that will be overridden by a SoC.
  */
@@ -182,14 +190,31 @@
 __dead2 void tegra_pwr_domain_power_down_wfi(const psci_power_state_t
 					     *target_state)
 {
+	uint8_t pwr_state = target_state->pwr_domain_state[PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL];
+	uint64_t rmr_el3 = 0;
+
 	/* call the chip's power down handler */
 	tegra_soc_pwr_domain_power_down_wfi(target_state);
 
-	/* enter power down state */
-	wfi();
+	/*
+	 * If we are in fake system suspend mode, ensure we start doing
+	 * procedures that help in looping back towards system suspend exit
+	 * instead of calling WFI by requesting a warm reset.
+	 * Else, just call WFI to enter low power state.
+	 */
+	if ((tegra_fake_system_suspend != 0U) &&
+	    (pwr_state == (uint8_t)PSTATE_ID_SOC_POWERDN)) {
+
+		/* warm reboot */
+		rmr_el3 = read_rmr_el3();
+		write_rmr_el3(rmr_el3 | RMR_WARM_RESET_CPU);
+
+	} else {
+		/* enter power down state */
+		wfi();
+	}
 
 	/* we can never reach here */
-	ERROR("%s: operation not handled.\n", __func__);
 	panic();
 }
 
diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_sip_calls.c b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_sip_calls.c
index 4dd4353..b01dcb0 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_sip_calls.c
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/common/tegra_sip_calls.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.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <memctrl.h>
 #include <runtime_svc.h>
 #include <tegra_private.h>
+#include <tegra_platform.h>
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Common Tegra SiP SMCs
@@ -44,8 +45,15 @@
 #define TEGRA_SIP_NEW_VIDEOMEM_REGION		0x82000003
 #define TEGRA_SIP_FIQ_NS_ENTRYPOINT		0x82000005
 #define TEGRA_SIP_FIQ_NS_GET_CONTEXT		0x82000006
+#define TEGRA_SIP_ENABLE_FAKE_SYSTEM_SUSPEND	0xC2000007
 
 /*******************************************************************************
+ * Fake system suspend mode control var
+ ******************************************************************************/
+extern uint8_t tegra_fake_system_suspend;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
  * SoC specific SiP handler
  ******************************************************************************/
 #pragma weak plat_sip_handler
@@ -144,6 +152,26 @@
 		SMC_RET0(handle);
 		break;
 
+	case TEGRA_SIP_ENABLE_FAKE_SYSTEM_SUSPEND:
+		/*
+		 * System suspend fake mode is set if we are on VDK and we make
+		 * a debug SIP call. This mode ensures that we excercise debug
+		 * path instead of the regular code path to suit the pre-silicon
+		 * platform needs. These include replacing the call to WFI by
+		 * a warm reset request.
+		 */
+		if (tegra_platform_is_emulation() != 0U) {
+
+			tegra_fake_system_suspend = 1;
+			SMC_RET1(handle, 0);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * We return to the external world as if this SIP is not
+		 * implemented in case, we are not running on VDK.
+		 */
+		break;
+
 	default:
 		ERROR("%s: unhandled SMC (0x%x)\n", __func__, smc_fid);
 		break;
diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/include/tegra_private.h b/plat/nvidia/tegra/include/tegra_private.h
index 39006f6..edd1f65 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/include/tegra_private.h
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/include/tegra_private.h
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
 void tegra_security_setup_videomem(uintptr_t base, uint64_t size);
 
 /* Declarations for tegra_pm.c */
+extern uint8_t tegra_fake_system_suspend;
+
 void tegra_pm_system_suspend_entry(void);
 void tegra_pm_system_suspend_exit(void);
 int tegra_system_suspended(void);