diff --git a/include/drivers/io/io_storage.h b/include/drivers/io/io_storage.h
index 0e6ffd6..a301ad5 100644
--- a/include/drivers/io/io_storage.h
+++ b/include/drivers/io/io_storage.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 /* UUID specification - used to refer to data accessed using UUIDs (i.e. FIP
  * images) */
 typedef struct io_uuid_spec {
-	const uuid_t uuid;
+	uuid_t uuid;
 } io_uuid_spec_t;
 
 /* Block specification - used to refer to data on a device supporting
diff --git a/include/plat/arm/common/arm_fconf_getter.h b/include/plat/arm/common/arm_fconf_getter.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28913a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/plat/arm/common/arm_fconf_getter.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2020, ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef ARM_FCONF_GETTER
+#define ARM_FCONF_GETTER
+
+#include <lib/fconf/fconf.h>
+
+/* ARM io policies */
+#define arm__io_policies_getter(id)	&policies[id]
+
+struct plat_io_policy {
+	uintptr_t *dev_handle;
+	uintptr_t image_spec;
+	int (*check)(const uintptr_t spec);
+};
+
+extern struct plat_io_policy policies[];
+int fconf_populate_arm_io_policies(uintptr_t config);
+
+#endif /* ARM_FCONF_GETTER */
diff --git a/include/plat/arm/common/arm_fconf_io_storage.h b/include/plat/arm/common/arm_fconf_io_storage.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02ee66c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/plat/arm/common/arm_fconf_io_storage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+#ifndef ARM_FCONF_IO_STORAGE_H
+#define ARM_FCONF_IO_STORAGE_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* IO devices handle */
+extern uintptr_t memmap_dev_handle;
+extern uintptr_t fip_dev_handle;
+
+/* Function declarations */
+int open_fip(const uintptr_t spec);
+int open_memmap(const uintptr_t spec);
+
+#endif /* ARM_FCONF_IO_STORAGE_H */
diff --git a/include/tools_share/uuid.h b/include/tools_share/uuid.h
index 7d00432..36be9ed 100644
--- a/include/tools_share/uuid.h
+++ b/include/tools_share/uuid.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Portions copyright (c) 2014, ARM Limited and Contributors.
+ * Portions copyright (c) 2014-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors.
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
 	uint8_t		node[_UUID_NODE_LEN];
 };
 
+union uuid_helper_t {
+	struct uuid uuid_struct;
+	uint32_t word[4];
+};
+
 /* XXX namespace pollution? */
 typedef struct uuid uuid_t;