diff --git a/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst b/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
index ab787a7..d41a145 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@
     cmake -DRMM_CONFIG=fvp_defcfg -S ${RMM_SOURCE_DIR} -B ${RMM_BUILD_DIR}
     cmake --build ${RMM_BUILD_DIR} -- checkincludes-codebase
 
+14.  Perform unit tests on development host:
+
+Build and run unit tests on host platform. It is recommended to do the Debug
+build of RMM.
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    cmake -DRMM_CONFIG=host_defcfg -DHOST_VARIANT=host_test -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -S ${RMM_SOURCE_DIR} -B ${RMM_BUILD_DIR}
+    cmake --build ${RMM_BUILD_DIR} -- run-unittests
+
 .. _build_options_table:
 
 ###################
@@ -198,6 +208,7 @@
    MBEDTLS_ECP_MAX_OPS		,248 -			,1000			,"Number of max operations per ECC signing iteration"
    RMM_FPU_USE_AT_REL2		,ON | OFF		,OFF(fake_host) ON(aarch64),"Enable FPU/SIMD usage in RMM."
    RMM_MAX_GRANULES		,			,0			,"Maximum number of memory granules available to the system"
+   HOST_VARIANT			,host_build | host_test	,host_build		, "Variant to build for the host platform. Only available when RMM_PLATFORM=host"