diff --git a/environments/opteesp/sp_trace.c b/environments/opteesp/sp_trace.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "trace.h"
+#include "ffa_internal_api.h"
+
+#if TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR
+
+void trace_puts(const char *str)
+{
+	struct ffa_params resp;
+
+	ffa_svc(0xdeadbeef, (uintptr_t)str, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, &resp);
+}
+
+#endif  /* TRACE_LEVEL >= TRACE_LEVEL_ERROR */