diff --git a/docs/getting_started/porting-guide.rst b/docs/getting_started/porting-guide.rst
index 5786dd38495f69323dd3ff6ee4a9ee5c9a8c4ce3..97ed1fa43a107667702765a2070010c2ffd77fd3 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/porting-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started/porting-guide.rst
@@ -546,6 +546,13 @@ optionally be defined:
    PLAT_PARTITION_MAX_ENTRIES := 12
    $(eval $(call add_define,PLAT_PARTITION_MAX_ENTRIES))
 
+-  **PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE**
+   The size of partition block. It could be either 512 bytes or 4096 bytes.
+   The default value is 512.
+   `For example, define the build flag in platform.mk`_:
+   PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE := 4096
+   $(eval $(call add_define,PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE))
+
 The following constant is optional. It should be defined to override the default
 behaviour of the ``assert()`` function (for example, to save memory).
 
diff --git a/drivers/partition/gpt.c b/drivers/partition/gpt.c
index 4577f06a20bf468e359e9eba31fe4bde9b9eb32c..1b804deef6d8e2b43d7dff874f4620a4d08e5717 100644
--- a/drivers/partition/gpt.c
+++ b/drivers/partition/gpt.c
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ int parse_gpt_entry(gpt_entry_t *gpt_entry, partition_entry_t *entry)
 	if (result != 0) {
 		return result;
 	}
-	entry->start = (uint64_t)gpt_entry->first_lba * PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE;
+	entry->start = (uint64_t)gpt_entry->first_lba *
+		       PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE;
 	entry->length = (uint64_t)(gpt_entry->last_lba -
 				   gpt_entry->first_lba + 1) *
-			PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE;
+			PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/partition/partition.c b/drivers/partition/partition.c
index 7fdbf5385aa7fe10ea62422133094d6abdf26ffc..68133eaf4f1b7951c33e11b4c23ebfdc79598ec0 100644
--- a/drivers/partition/partition.c
+++ b/drivers/partition/partition.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <drivers/partition/mbr.h>
 #include <plat/common/platform.h>
 
-static uint8_t mbr_sector[PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE];
+static uint8_t mbr_sector[PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE];
 static partition_entry_list_t list;
 
 #if LOG_LEVEL >= LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ static int load_mbr_header(uintptr_t image_handle, mbr_entry_t *mbr_entry)
 		return result;
 	}
 	result = io_read(image_handle, (uintptr_t)&mbr_sector,
-			 PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE, &bytes_read);
+			 PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE, &bytes_read);
 	if (result != 0) {
 		WARN("Failed to read data (%i)\n", result);
 		return result;
 	}
 
 	/* Check MBR boot signature. */
-	if ((mbr_sector[PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE - 2] != MBR_SIGNATURE_FIRST) ||
-	    (mbr_sector[PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1] != MBR_SIGNATURE_SECOND)) {
+	if ((mbr_sector[LEGACY_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE - 2] != MBR_SIGNATURE_FIRST) ||
+	    (mbr_sector[LEGACY_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1] != MBR_SIGNATURE_SECOND)) {
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 	offset = (uintptr_t)&mbr_sector + MBR_PRIMARY_ENTRY_OFFSET;
@@ -120,15 +120,15 @@ static int load_mbr_entry(uintptr_t image_handle, mbr_entry_t *mbr_entry,
 		return result;
 	}
 	result = io_read(image_handle, (uintptr_t)&mbr_sector,
-			 PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE, &bytes_read);
+			 PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE, &bytes_read);
 	if (result != 0) {
 		WARN("Failed to read data (%i)\n", result);
 		return result;
 	}
 
 	/* Check MBR boot signature. */
-	if ((mbr_sector[PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE - 2] != MBR_SIGNATURE_FIRST) ||
-	    (mbr_sector[PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1] != MBR_SIGNATURE_SECOND)) {
+	if ((mbr_sector[LEGACY_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE - 2] != MBR_SIGNATURE_FIRST) ||
+	    (mbr_sector[LEGACY_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE - 1] != MBR_SIGNATURE_SECOND)) {
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 	offset = (uintptr_t)&mbr_sector +
diff --git a/include/drivers/partition/gpt.h b/include/drivers/partition/gpt.h
index 3ae160fdc1e1bd28465c0f072c13748bd67d6b0f..d923e9535f3771de647256368fc3c86d3db3e3b2 100644
--- a/include/drivers/partition/gpt.h
+++ b/include/drivers/partition/gpt.h
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 #include <drivers/partition/partition.h>
 
 #define PARTITION_TYPE_GPT		0xee
-#define GPT_HEADER_OFFSET		PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE
+#define GPT_HEADER_OFFSET		PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE
 #define GPT_ENTRY_OFFSET		(GPT_HEADER_OFFSET +		\
-					 PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE)
+					 PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE)
 #define GUID_LEN			16
 
 #define GPT_SIGNATURE			"EFI PART"
diff --git a/include/drivers/partition/partition.h b/include/drivers/partition/partition.h
index d94c7824a63f6cba6c233e7195c736be982566fa..5f6483373f3da2ab55b7ed5cc00e6e01952a4172 100644
--- a/include/drivers/partition/partition.h
+++ b/include/drivers/partition/partition.h
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@
 
 CASSERT(PLAT_PARTITION_MAX_ENTRIES <= 128, assert_plat_partition_max_entries);
 
-#define PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE		512
+#if !PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE
+# define PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE	512
+#endif /* PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE */
+
+CASSERT((PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE == 512) ||
+	(PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE == 4096),
+	assert_plat_partition_block_size);
+
+#define LEGACY_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE	512
 
 #define EFI_NAMELEN			36
 
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_bl2_setup.c b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_bl2_setup.c
index 2f96efcdb3853591201005facc5ecaf4c25d6970..96136ec126f0f822df1dc684d6c3dc17b0edf74e 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_bl2_setup.c
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_bl2_setup.c
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ uint32_t hikey_get_spsr_for_bl33_entry(void)
 }
 #endif /* __aarch64__ */
 
+int bl2_plat_handle_pre_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
+{
+	return hikey_set_fip_addr(image_id, "fastboot");
+}
+
 int hikey_bl2_handle_post_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
 {
 	int err = 0;
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_io_storage.c b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_io_storage.c
index 11dd97334c4e54022b8a7214cf75a7932b9e0063..fd610d8c0c667a24451bbbcc8b164aa8e89875f7 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_io_storage.c
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_io_storage.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <drivers/io/io_memmap.h>
 #include <drivers/io/io_storage.h>
 #include <drivers/mmc.h>
+#include <drivers/partition/partition.h>
 #include <lib/mmio.h>
 #include <lib/semihosting.h>
 #include <tools_share/firmware_image_package.h>
@@ -43,9 +44,12 @@ static uintptr_t fip_dev_handle;
 static int check_emmc(const uintptr_t spec);
 static int check_fip(const uintptr_t spec);
 
-static const io_block_spec_t emmc_fip_spec = {
-	.offset		= HIKEY_FIP_BASE,
-	.length		= HIKEY_FIP_MAX_SIZE,
+static io_block_spec_t emmc_fip_spec;
+
+static const io_block_spec_t emmc_gpt_spec = {
+	.offset		= 0,
+	.length		= PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE *
+			  (PLAT_PARTITION_MAX_ENTRIES / 4 + 2),
 };
 
 static const io_block_dev_spec_t emmc_dev_spec = {
@@ -213,6 +217,11 @@ static const struct plat_io_policy policies[] = {
 		check_fip
 	},
 #endif /* TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT */
+	[GPT_IMAGE_ID] = {
+		&emmc_dev_handle,
+		(uintptr_t)&emmc_gpt_spec,
+		check_emmc
+	},
 };
 
 static int check_emmc(const uintptr_t spec)
@@ -267,6 +276,23 @@ void hikey_io_setup(void)
 	(void)result;
 }
 
+int hikey_set_fip_addr(unsigned int image_id, const char *name)
+{
+	const partition_entry_t *entry;
+
+	if (emmc_fip_spec.length == 0) {
+		partition_init(GPT_IMAGE_ID);
+		entry = get_partition_entry(name);
+		if (entry == NULL) {
+			ERROR("Could NOT find the %s partition!\n", name);
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
+		emmc_fip_spec.offset = entry->start;
+		emmc_fip_spec.length = entry->length;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Return an IO device handle and specification which can be used to access
  * an image. Use this to enforce platform load policy
  */
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_private.h b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_private.h
index d82a0794a0c5d6e850a74a89ede6cd9bbc6b022c..b75bc723d7f3cb95fd2eb3572728fd9e68ba32b5 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_private.h
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/hikey_private.h
@@ -72,4 +72,6 @@ int hikey_write_serialno(struct random_serial_num *serialno);
 
 void init_acpu_dvfs(void);
 
+int hikey_set_fip_addr(unsigned int image_id, const char *name);
+
 #endif /* HIKEY_PRIVATE_H */
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/include/hikey_def.h b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/include/hikey_def.h
index 4fb3e56a17b01636111023ffa19e3bad91365d85..590700daf91540400826e2757bded6dcf631a966 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/include/hikey_def.h
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/include/hikey_def.h
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
 #define HIKEY_BL1_MMC_DATA_SIZE		0x0000B000
 
 #define EMMC_BASE			0
-#define HIKEY_FIP_BASE			(EMMC_BASE + (4 << 20))
-#define HIKEY_FIP_MAX_SIZE		(8 << 20)
 #define HIKEY_EMMC_RPMB_BASE		(EMMC_BASE + 0)
 #define HIKEY_EMMC_RPMB_MAX_SIZE	(128 << 10)
 #define HIKEY_EMMC_USERDATA_BASE	(EMMC_BASE + 0)
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/platform.mk b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/platform.mk
index 7fd897cdab134be222c6e9d54de27d0e6b7e6be6..fbf743292753b478cf4c348f415b971d87a2813d 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey/platform.mk
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ BL2_SOURCES		+=	common/desc_image_load.c		\
 				drivers/io/io_fip.c			\
 				drivers/io/io_storage.c			\
 				drivers/mmc/mmc.c			\
+				drivers/partition/gpt.c			\
+				drivers/partition/partition.c		\
 				drivers/synopsys/emmc/dw_mmc.c		\
 				lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a53.S		\
 				plat/hisilicon/hikey/aarch64/hikey_helpers.S \
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_bl2_setup.c b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_bl2_setup.c
index fc9ddab0dfc2c01a304cb15ca015bbbe661b420b..35d76921dc7dbdd253d1da30e9c1cab930b1df8d 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_bl2_setup.c
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_bl2_setup.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <drivers/delay_timer.h>
 #include <drivers/dw_ufs.h>
 #include <drivers/generic_delay_timer.h>
+#include <drivers/partition/partition.h>
 #include <drivers/ufs.h>
 #include <lib/mmio.h>
 #ifdef SPD_opteed
@@ -263,6 +264,11 @@ int hikey960_bl2_handle_post_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
  * This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image
  * information for given `image_id`.
  ******************************************************************************/
+int bl2_plat_handle_pre_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
+{
+	return hikey960_set_fip_addr(image_id, "fip");
+}
+
 int bl2_plat_handle_post_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
 {
 	return hikey960_bl2_handle_post_image_load(image_id);
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_def.h b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_def.h
index 4ea3acd5100f3e763795962823b21de9273410a9..9651d78919e0c50507ad7fc41c02182a16264532 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_def.h
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_def.h
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@
 #define PL011_UART_CLK_IN_HZ		19200000
 
 #define UFS_BASE			0
-/* FIP partition */
-#define HIKEY960_FIP_BASE		(UFS_BASE + 0x1400000)
-#define HIKEY960_FIP_MAX_SIZE		(12 << 20)
 
 #define HIKEY960_UFS_DESC_BASE		0x20000000
 #define HIKEY960_UFS_DESC_SIZE		0x00200000	/* 2MB */
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_io_storage.c b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_io_storage.c
index a4e83897ededa327860d681aad29c4e0885ef584..e1c5845fbdb1e7f8bc7f69ed50dc88195d9fd097 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_io_storage.c
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_io_storage.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <drivers/io/io_fip.h>
 #include <drivers/io/io_memmap.h>
 #include <drivers/io/io_storage.h>
+#include <drivers/partition/partition.h>
 #include <lib/mmio.h>
 #include <lib/semihosting.h>
 #include <tools_share/firmware_image_package.h>
@@ -36,9 +37,12 @@ static int check_fip(const uintptr_t spec);
 size_t ufs_read_lun3_blks(int lba, uintptr_t buf, size_t size);
 size_t ufs_write_lun3_blks(int lba, const uintptr_t buf, size_t size);
 
-static const io_block_spec_t ufs_fip_spec = {
-	.offset		= HIKEY960_FIP_BASE,
-	.length		= HIKEY960_FIP_MAX_SIZE,
+static io_block_spec_t ufs_fip_spec;
+
+static const io_block_spec_t ufs_gpt_spec = {
+	.offset		= 0,
+	.length		= PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE *
+			  (PLAT_PARTITION_MAX_ENTRIES / 4 + 2),
 };
 
 static const io_block_dev_spec_t ufs_dev_spec = {
@@ -199,6 +203,11 @@ static const struct plat_io_policy policies[] = {
 		check_fip
 	},
 #endif /* TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT */
+	[GPT_IMAGE_ID] = {
+		&ufs_dev_handle,
+		(uintptr_t)&ufs_gpt_spec,
+		check_ufs
+	},
 };
 
 static int check_ufs(const uintptr_t spec)
@@ -253,6 +262,23 @@ void hikey960_io_setup(void)
 	(void)result;
 }
 
+int hikey960_set_fip_addr(unsigned int image_id, const char *name)
+{
+	const partition_entry_t *entry;
+
+	if (ufs_fip_spec.length == 0) {
+		partition_init(GPT_IMAGE_ID);
+		entry = get_partition_entry(name);
+		if (entry == NULL) {
+			ERROR("Could NOT find the %s partition!\n", name);
+			return -ENOENT;
+		}
+		ufs_fip_spec.offset = entry->start;
+		ufs_fip_spec.length = entry->length;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Return an IO device handle and specification which can be used to access
  * an image. Use this to enforce platform load policy
  */
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_private.h b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_private.h
index 9a18dd620c5c0ff31f8cf7b72c3cc54021f40dfd..54bf501341083573850cba91e77ffec9f78c1943 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_private.h
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/hikey960_private.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ void hikey960_init_mmu_el3(unsigned long total_base,
 			unsigned long coh_limit);
 void hikey960_io_setup(void);
 int hikey960_read_boardid(unsigned int *id);
+int hikey960_set_fip_addr(unsigned int image_id, const char *name);
 void hikey960_clk_init(void);
 void hikey960_pmu_init(void);
 void hikey960_regulator_enable(void);
diff --git a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/platform.mk b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/platform.mk
index 4f2c3c699fef0afee85b8418d13e15490ab26d31..6cb53c7b6cb18f3de3287596a44cdee62daf4b53 100644
--- a/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/hisilicon/hikey960/platform.mk
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ COLD_BOOT_SINGLE_CPU		:=	1
 PLAT_PL061_MAX_GPIOS		:=	176
 PROGRAMMABLE_RESET_ADDRESS	:=	1
 ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS		:=	0
+PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE	:=	4096
 
 # Process flags
 $(eval $(call add_define,HIKEY960_TSP_RAM_LOCATION_ID))
 $(eval $(call add_define,CRASH_CONSOLE_BASE))
 $(eval $(call add_define,PLAT_PL061_MAX_GPIOS))
+$(eval $(call add_define,PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE))
 
 # Add the build options to pack Trusted OS Extra1 and Trusted OS Extra2 images
 # in the FIP if the platform requires.
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ BL2_SOURCES		+=	common/desc_image_load.c		\
 				drivers/io/io_block.c			\
 				drivers/io/io_fip.c			\
 				drivers/io/io_storage.c			\
+				drivers/partition/gpt.c			\
+				drivers/partition/partition.c		\
 				drivers/synopsys/ufs/dw_ufs.c		\
 				drivers/ufs/ufs.c			\
 				lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a53.S		\