diff --git a/bl32/tsp/tsp.mk b/bl32/tsp/tsp.mk
index 4ea3dfb..b1fe7ff 100644
--- a/bl32/tsp/tsp.mk
+++ b/bl32/tsp/tsp.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 
 BL32_LINKERFILE		:=	bl32/tsp/tsp.ld.S
 
+# This flag determines whether pointer authentication is used in the TSP or not
+ifeq ($(ENABLE_PAUTH),1)
+BL32_CFLAGS		+=	-msign-return-address=non-leaf
+endif
+
 # This flag determines if the TSPD initializes BL32 in tspd_init() (synchronous
 # method) or configures BL31 to pass control to BL32 instead of BL33
 # (asynchronous method).