diff --git a/plat/juno/bl31_plat_setup.c b/plat/juno/bl31_plat_setup.c
index 2eac0fb54d13d37e9e012465dc773451057aa535..9489804ddedddd637d6282e950bce784c9b57b61 100644
--- a/plat/juno/bl31_plat_setup.c
+++ b/plat/juno/bl31_plat_setup.c
@@ -136,11 +136,25 @@ void bl31_early_platform_setup(bl31_params_t *from_bl2,
  ******************************************************************************/
 void bl31_platform_setup(void)
 {
+	unsigned int reg_val;
+
 	mhu_secure_init();
 
 	/* Initialize the gic cpu and distributor interfaces */
 	gic_setup();
 
+	/* Enable and initialize the System level generic timer */
+	mmio_write_32(SYS_CNTCTL_BASE + CNTCR_OFF, CNTCR_FCREQ(0) | CNTCR_EN);
+
+	/* Allow access to the System counter timer module */
+	reg_val = (1 << CNTACR_RPCT_SHIFT) | (1 << CNTACR_RVCT_SHIFT);
+	reg_val |= (1 << CNTACR_RFRQ_SHIFT) | (1 << CNTACR_RVOFF_SHIFT);
+	reg_val |= (1 << CNTACR_RWVT_SHIFT) | (1 << CNTACR_RWPT_SHIFT);
+	mmio_write_32(SYS_TIMCTL_BASE + CNTACR_BASE(1), reg_val);
+
+	reg_val = (1 << CNTNSAR_NS_SHIFT(1));
+	mmio_write_32(SYS_TIMCTL_BASE + CNTNSAR, reg_val);
+
 	/* Topologies are best known to the platform. */
 	plat_setup_topology();
 }
diff --git a/plat/juno/juno_def.h b/plat/juno/juno_def.h
index 6b3ba577b469cddb25d5ed30a0a9248a60b50542..96e16f0c980cf8e1021caa6ad7330d72a91ed59a 100644
--- a/plat/juno/juno_def.h
+++ b/plat/juno/juno_def.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 
 /* Memory mapped Generic timer interfaces  */
 #define SYS_CNTCTL_BASE		0x2a430000
+#define SYS_CNTREAD_BASE	0x2a800000
+#define SYS_TIMCTL_BASE		0x2a810000
 
 /* V2M motherboard system registers & offsets */
 #define VE_SYSREGS_BASE		0x1c010000