diff --git a/bl1/bl1.ld.S b/bl1/bl1.ld.S
index b20859b5bbfdcfa7d972dd78d1fc38c3fe0b9be4..e65ab90044b8e0c1d0edc0dca9cae67df7f9d738 100644
--- a/bl1/bl1.ld.S
+++ b/bl1/bl1.ld.S
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
 #include <platform_def.h>
 
+#include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
 #include <lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_defs.h>
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(PLATFORM_LINKER_FORMAT)
@@ -148,15 +149,7 @@ SECTIONS
         __BSS_END__ = .;
     } >RAM
 
-    /*
-     * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
-     * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
-     * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
-     * tables library.
-     */
-    xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {
-        *(xlat_table)
-    } >RAM
+    XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >RAM
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
     /*
diff --git a/bl2/bl2.ld.S b/bl2/bl2.ld.S
index c1338e22d34302fc3b9701fbb66d40eb1b80c032..d08b046e9cd1454f316be2a6927c9226e4678253 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2.ld.S
+++ b/bl2/bl2.ld.S
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <platform_def.h>
 
+#include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
 #include <lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_defs.h>
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(PLATFORM_LINKER_FORMAT)
@@ -125,15 +126,7 @@ SECTIONS
         __BSS_END__ = .;
     } >RAM
 
-    /*
-     * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
-     * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
-     * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
-     * tables library.
-     */
-    xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {
-        *(xlat_table)
-    } >RAM
+    XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >RAM
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
     /*
diff --git a/bl2/bl2_el3.ld.S b/bl2/bl2_el3.ld.S
index b6570ee3e2745dc6781ff6e555e3eb77f1181c0f..a72818c995c5c1a60f6ddcded73ac4a5a20d9572 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2_el3.ld.S
+++ b/bl2/bl2_el3.ld.S
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
 #include <platform_def.h>
 
+#include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
 #include <lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_defs.h>
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(PLATFORM_LINKER_FORMAT)
@@ -188,15 +189,7 @@ SECTIONS
         __BSS_END__ = .;
     } >RAM
 
-    /*
-     * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
-     * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
-     * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
-     * tables library.
-     */
-    xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {
-        *(xlat_table)
-    } >RAM
+    XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >RAM
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
     /*
diff --git a/bl2u/bl2u.ld.S b/bl2u/bl2u.ld.S
index 8d257cee934b649fe72fde925420f69f41d7accb..96545a3abad92c14b8fd31df8442d5a66da51d38 100644
--- a/bl2u/bl2u.ld.S
+++ b/bl2u/bl2u.ld.S
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
 #include <platform_def.h>
 
+#include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
 #include <lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_defs.h>
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(PLATFORM_LINKER_FORMAT)
@@ -102,15 +103,7 @@ SECTIONS
         __BSS_END__ = .;
     } >RAM
 
-    /*
-     * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
-     * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
-     * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
-     * tables library.
-     */
-    xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {
-        *(xlat_table)
-    } >RAM
+    XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >RAM
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
     /*
diff --git a/bl31/bl31.ld.S b/bl31/bl31.ld.S
index 4a1c5f31017591c3956c0221876878bc7eba74f5..e0138acbb4cb858080b2a551cc839c2a830f81e3 100644
--- a/bl31/bl31.ld.S
+++ b/bl31/bl31.ld.S
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <platform_def.h>
 
+#include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
 #include <lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_defs.h>
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(PLATFORM_LINKER_FORMAT)
@@ -287,15 +288,7 @@ SECTIONS
         __BSS_END__ = .;
     } >NOBITS
 
-    /*
-     * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
-     * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
-     * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
-     * tables library.
-     */
-    xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {
-        *(xlat_table)
-    } >NOBITS
+    XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >NOBITS
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
     /*
diff --git a/bl32/sp_min/sp_min.ld.S b/bl32/sp_min/sp_min.ld.S
index 6997a7fdbd6678b6600c461be58376f344268407..3b1ca1b58b9a9c63b954e97befeea4ea64e124cc 100644
--- a/bl32/sp_min/sp_min.ld.S
+++ b/bl32/sp_min/sp_min.ld.S
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
 #include <platform_def.h>
 
+#include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
 #include <lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_defs.h>
 
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-littlearm)
@@ -196,15 +197,7 @@ SECTIONS
         __BSS_END__ = .;
     } >RAM
 
-    /*
-     * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
-     * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
-     * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
-     * tables library.
-     */
-    xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {
-        *(xlat_table)
-    } >RAM
+    XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >RAM
 
      __BSS_SIZE__ = SIZEOF(.bss);
 
diff --git a/bl32/tsp/tsp.ld.S b/bl32/tsp/tsp.ld.S
index 592e24557629d6076293db2aeb7a12b3187947cf..da60c63a79cc55c3cb7cc4de21509714a118c2f3 100644
--- a/bl32/tsp/tsp.ld.S
+++ b/bl32/tsp/tsp.ld.S
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
+#include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
 #include <lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_defs.h>
 #include <platform_def.h>
 
@@ -125,15 +126,7 @@ SECTIONS
         __BSS_END__ = .;
     } >RAM
 
-    /*
-     * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
-     * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
-     * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
-     * tables library.
-     */
-    xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {
-        *(xlat_table)
-    } >RAM
+    XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >RAM
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
     /*
diff --git a/include/common/bl_common.ld.h b/include/common/bl_common.ld.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..32c54b4d2758b9abf4951c0a5f3e02cc15c8d8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/common/bl_common.ld.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef BL_COMMON_LD_H
+#define BL_COMMON_LD_H
+
+/*
+ * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
+ * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
+ * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
+ * tables library.
+ */
+#define XLAT_TABLE_SECTION				\
+	xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {				\
+		*(xlat_table)				\
+	}
+
+#endif /* BL_COMMON_LD_H */
diff --git a/plat/mediatek/mt6795/bl31.ld.S b/plat/mediatek/mt6795/bl31.ld.S
index cf68b711ed7b4cd586d63243128dca76a26c9af9..0fd38664ce211c7941fd04b33f6a6a31893e0c72 100644
--- a/plat/mediatek/mt6795/bl31.ld.S
+++ b/plat/mediatek/mt6795/bl31.ld.S
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
+#include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
 #include <lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_defs.h>
 #include <platform_def.h>
 
@@ -131,15 +132,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
     ASSERT(. <= BL31_LIMIT, "BL3-1 image has exceeded its limit.")
 
-    /*
-     * The xlat_table section is for full, aligned page tables (4K).
-     * Removing them from .bss avoids forcing 4K alignment on
-     * the .bss section. The tables are initialized to zero by the translation
-     * tables library.
-     */
-    xlat_table (NOLOAD) : {
-        *(xlat_table)
-    } >RAM2
+    XLAT_TABLE_SECTION >RAM2
 
 #if USE_COHERENT_MEM
     /*