diff --git a/plat/arm/board/diphda/common/diphda_trusted_boot.c b/plat/arm/board/diphda/common/diphda_trusted_boot.c
index da8b87c6da3aae003cfaa1b831012b7db97d2c24..ddb41faa6b9c61af0ebae665b447d946bb045707 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/diphda/common/diphda_trusted_boot.c
+++ b/plat/arm/board/diphda/common/diphda_trusted_boot.c
@@ -30,3 +30,24 @@ int plat_get_rotpk_info(void *cookie, void **key_ptr, unsigned int *key_len,
 {
 	return arm_get_rotpk_info(cookie, key_ptr, key_len, flags);
 }
+
+/*
+ * STUB overriding the non-volatile counter reading.
+ * NV counters are not implemented at this stage of development.
+ * Return: 0 = success
+ */
+int plat_get_nv_ctr(void *cookie, unsigned int *nv_ctr)
+{
+    *nv_ctr = DIPHDA_FW_NVCTR_VAL;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * STUB overriding the non-volatile counter updating.
+ * NV counters are not implemented at this stage of development.
+ * Return: 0 = success
+ */
+int plat_set_nv_ctr(void *cookie, unsigned int nv_ctr)
+{
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/diphda/platform.mk b/plat/arm/board/diphda/platform.mk
index 62d7184a31d4e051aa9148b0c11cb86eb7662d0f..5ff08620c091ee6208e5760c01f7c6f1d4923ef1 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/diphda/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/arm/board/diphda/platform.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ PLAT_INCLUDES		:=	-Iplat/arm/board/diphda/common/include	\
 				-Iinclude/plat/arm/common			\
 				-Iinclude/plat/arm/css/common/aarch64
 
+
+DIPHDA_FW_NVCTR_VAL	:=	255
+TFW_NVCTR_VAL		:=	${DIPHDA_FW_NVCTR_VAL}
+NTFW_NVCTR_VAL		:=	${DIPHDA_FW_NVCTR_VAL}
+
 override NEED_BL1	:=	no
 
 override NEED_BL2	:=	yes
@@ -64,5 +69,8 @@ $(eval $(call TOOL_ADD_PAYLOAD,${DIPHDA_TOS_FW_CONFIG},--tos-fw-config,${DIPHDA_
 # Adding TARGET_PLATFORM as a GCC define (-D option)
 $(eval $(call add_define,TARGET_PLATFORM_$(call uppercase,${TARGET_PLATFORM})))
 
+# Adding DIPHDA_FW_NVCTR_VAL as a GCC define (-D option)
+$(eval $(call add_define,DIPHDA_FW_NVCTR_VAL))
+
 include plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk
 include plat/arm/board/common/board_common.mk