diff --git a/plat/arm/css/sgm/sgm-common.mk b/plat/arm/css/sgm/sgm-common.mk
index 34e78b2f4f968379499fbf7433837239a5b923d1..ac34450a7630ed5e363ce014f9e7f3fb61d9a406 100644
--- a/plat/arm/css/sgm/sgm-common.mk
+++ b/plat/arm/css/sgm/sgm-common.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
 
+CSS_USE_SCMI_SDS_DRIVER	:=	1
+
 CSS_SGM_BASE		:=	plat/arm/css/sgm
 
 PLAT_INCLUDES		:=	-I${CSS_SGM_BASE}/include