diff --git a/components/common/trace/component.cmake b/components/common/trace/component.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c591832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/common/trace/component.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if (NOT DEFINED TGT)
+	message(FATAL_ERROR "mandatory parameter TGT is not defined.")
+endif()
+
+
+target_include_directories(${TGT}
+	PUBLIC
+		"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include"
+	)
+
+target_sources(${TGT} PRIVATE
+	"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/trace.c"
+	)
diff --git a/components/common/trace/include/trace.h b/components/common/trace/include/trace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f89411b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/common/trace/include/trace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef TRACE_H_
+#define TRACE_H_
+
+#include "compiler.h"
+
+#define TRACE_LEVEL_NONE	(0)
+#define TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR	(1)
+#define TRACE_LEVEL_INFO	(2)
+#define TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG	(3)
+
+#ifndef TRACE_LEVEL
+#define TRACE_LEVEL	TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR
+#endif /* TRACE_LEVEL */
+
+/**
+ * no_trace_printf will be optimized out becase of the 'if (0)' but all the
+ * checks will still run against the format string and the parameters.
+ */
+#define no_trace_printf(func, line, level, fmt, ...)				\
+	do {									\
+		if (0) {							\
+			trace_printf(func, line, level, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
+		}								\
+	} while (0)
+
+void trace_puts(const char *str);
+void trace_printf(const char *func, int line, int level, const char *fmt, ...) __printf(4, 5);
+
+#if TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR
+#define EMSG(...)	trace_printf(__func__, __LINE__, TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR, __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define EMSG(...)	no_trace_printf(__func__, __LINE__, TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR, __VA_ARGS__)
+#endif /* TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR */
+
+#if TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_INFO
+#define IMSG(...)	trace_printf(__func__, __LINE__, TRACE_LEVEL_INFO, __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define IMSG(...)	no_trace_printf(__func__, __LINE__, TRACE_LEVEL_INFO, __VA_ARGS__)
+#endif /* TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_INFO */
+
+#if TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG
+#define DMSG(...)	trace_printf(__func__, __LINE__, TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define DMSG(...)	no_trace_printf(__func__, __LINE__, TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG, __VA_ARGS__)
+#endif /* TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG */
+
+#endif /* TRACE_H_ */
diff --git a/components/common/trace/trace.c b/components/common/trace/trace.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc7f0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/common/trace/trace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "trace.h"
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#if TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR
+#ifndef TRACE_PREFIX
+#error TRACE_PREFIX must be defined
+#endif /* TRACE_PREFIX */
+
+void trace_printf(const char *func, int line, int level, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	char buffer[256];
+	char level_char = 0;
+	int offset = 0;
+	va_list ap;
+	static const char levels[] = {'E', 'I', 'D'};
+
+	if (TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR <= level && TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG >= level)
+		level_char = levels[level - TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR];
+	else
+		level_char = '?';
+
+	offset = snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%c/" TRACE_PREFIX ": %s:%d ",
+			  level_char, func, line);
+
+	if (offset < sizeof(buffer)) {
+		va_start(ap, fmt);
+		vsnprintf(buffer + offset, sizeof(buffer) - offset, fmt, ap);
+		va_end(ap);
+	}
+
+	trace_puts(buffer);
+}
+#endif