diff --git a/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk b/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
index d6d72c1..6ca18fd 100644
--- a/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
+++ b/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:     BSD-3-Clause
 # https://spdx.org/licenses
 
-MV_DDR_PATH		?=	drivers/marvell/mv_ddr
-
 MV_DDR_LIB		=	$(BUILD_PLAT)/ble/mv_ddr_lib.a
 LIBC_LIB		=	$(BUILD_PLAT)/lib/libc.a
 BLE_LIBS		=	$(MV_DDR_LIB) $(LIBC_LIB)
@@ -28,4 +26,7 @@
 BLE_LINKERFILE		:=	$(BLE_PATH)/ble.ld.S
 
 $(MV_DDR_LIB): FORCE
+	$(if $(value MV_DDR_PATH),,$(error "Platform '$(PLAT)' for BLE requires MV_DDR_PATH. Please set MV_DDR_PATH to point to the right directory"))
+	$(if $(wildcard $(value MV_DDR_PATH)/*),,$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' directory does not exist"))
+	$(if $(shell git -C $(value MV_DDR_PATH) rev-parse --show-cdup 2>&1),$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' does not contain valid mv-ddr-marvell git repository"))
 	@+make -C $(MV_DDR_PATH) --no-print-directory PLAT_INCLUDES="$(PLAT_INCLUDES)" PLATFORM=$(PLAT) ARCH=AARCH64 OBJ_DIR=$(BUILD_PLAT)/ble