diff --git a/bl1/aarch64/bl1_exceptions.S b/bl1/aarch64/bl1_exceptions.S
index ca86107c57c87784b5b697d12ef9e9901f0df0af..ef390d46fe987356226dce8da89c0fc53eeec3ad 100644
--- a/bl1/aarch64/bl1_exceptions.S
+++ b/bl1/aarch64/bl1_exceptions.S
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ func smc_handler64
 	bl	disable_mmu_icache_el3
 	tlbi	alle3
 
+	bl	bl1_plat_prepare_exit
+
 	ldp	x6, x7, [x20, #(ENTRY_POINT_INFO_ARGS_OFFSET + 0x30)]
 	ldp	x4, x5, [x20, #(ENTRY_POINT_INFO_ARGS_OFFSET + 0x20)]
 	ldp	x2, x3, [x20, #(ENTRY_POINT_INFO_ARGS_OFFSET + 0x10)]
diff --git a/docs/porting-guide.md b/docs/porting-guide.md
index 50d36ea27d2d0059308988d1a5b8d9c3bbdd99f7..c369844ce803da9a4414fbf5355e4a210feaa3b7 100644
--- a/docs/porting-guide.md
+++ b/docs/porting-guide.md
@@ -788,6 +788,17 @@ the entry point set by loader and also set the security state and SPSR which
 represents the entry point system state for BL2.
 
 
+### Function : bl1_plat_prepare_exit() [optional]
+
+    Argument : void
+    Return   : void
+
+This function is called prior to exiting BL1 in response to the `RUN_IMAGE_SMC`
+request raised by BL2. It should be used to perform platform specific clean up
+or bookkeeping operations before transferring control to the next image. This
+function runs with MMU disabled.
+
+
 3.2 Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2)
 -----------------------------
 
diff --git a/plat/common/aarch64/platform_helpers.S b/plat/common/aarch64/platform_helpers.S
index 9f4b672ab8c7de4ec50466ec36d673108f6d1012..f51d24e6d12f8d18302b07137ec0e091a85c8f0b 100644
--- a/plat/common/aarch64/platform_helpers.S
+++ b/plat/common/aarch64/platform_helpers.S
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 	.weak	plat_crash_console_putc
 	.weak	plat_reset_handler
 	.weak	plat_disable_acp
+	.weak	bl1_plat_prepare_exit
 
 #if !ENABLE_PLAT_COMPAT
 	.globl	platform_get_core_pos
@@ -111,3 +112,12 @@ endfunc plat_reset_handler
 func plat_disable_acp
 	ret
 endfunc plat_disable_acp
+
+	/* -----------------------------------------------------
+	 * void bl1_plat_prepare_exit(void);
+	 * Called before exiting BL1. Default: do nothing
+	 * -----------------------------------------------------
+	 */
+func bl1_plat_prepare_exit
+	ret
+endfunc bl1_plat_prepare_exit