diff --git a/deployments/se-proxy/config/corstone1000-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt b/deployments/se-proxy/config/corstone1000-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c0da0e..3e2cef6 100644
--- a/deployments/se-proxy/config/corstone1000-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deployments/se-proxy/config/corstone1000-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 set(SP_FFA_UUID_CANON "${TS_RPC_UUID_CANON}")
 
 set(SP_HEAP_SIZE "32 * 1024" CACHE STRING "SP heap size in bytes")
+set(SP_BOOT_ORDER "1")
 set(TRACE_PREFIX "SEPROXY" CACHE STRING "Trace prefix")
 
 target_include_directories(se-proxy PRIVATE
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@
 export_sp(
 	SP_FFA_UUID_CANON ${SP_FFA_UUID_CANON}
 	SP_BIN_UUID_CANON ${SP_BIN_UUID_CANON}
+	SP_BOOT_ORDER ${SP_BOOT_ORDER}
 	SP_NAME "se-proxy"
 	MK_IN ${TS_ROOT}/environments/opteesp/sp.mk.in
 	DTS_IN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/default_se-proxy.dts.in
diff --git a/deployments/se-proxy/config/corstone1000-opteesp/default_se-proxy.dts.in b/deployments/se-proxy/config/corstone1000-opteesp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
index cc42929..d3added 100644
--- a/deployments/se-proxy/config/corstone1000-opteesp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
+++ b/deployments/se-proxy/config/corstone1000-opteesp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	exception-level = <1>; /* S-EL0 */
 	execution-state = <0>; /* AArch64 */
 	xlat-granule = <0>; /* 4KiB */
+	boot-order = /bits/ 16 <@EXPORT_SP_BOOT_ORDER@>;
 	messaging-method = <3>; /* Direct messaging only */
 	ns-interrupts-action = <2>; /* Non-secure interrupts are signaled */
 	elf-format = <1>;
diff --git a/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt b/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
index 77ea841..a9b1bad 100644
--- a/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-opteesp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 set(SP_FFA_UUID_CANON "${TS_RPC_UUID_CANON}")
 
 set(SP_HEAP_SIZE "32 * 1024" CACHE STRING "SP heap size in bytes")
+set(SP_BOOT_ORDER "2")
 set(TRACE_PREFIX "SEPROXY" CACHE STRING "Trace prefix")
 
 target_include_directories(se-proxy PRIVATE
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
 export_sp(
 	SP_FFA_UUID_CANON ${SP_FFA_UUID_CANON}
 	SP_BIN_UUID_CANON ${SP_BIN_UUID_CANON}
+	SP_BOOT_ORDER ${SP_BOOT_ORDER}
 	SP_NAME "se-proxy"
 	MK_IN ${TS_ROOT}/environments/opteesp/sp.mk.in
 	DTS_IN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/default_se-proxy.dts.in
diff --git a/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-opteesp/default_se-proxy.dts.in b/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-opteesp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
index 902017c..7c2f038 100644
--- a/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-opteesp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
+++ b/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-opteesp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	exception-level = <1>; /* S-EL0 */
 	execution-state = <0>; /* AArch64 */
 	xlat-granule = <0>; /* 4KiB */
+	boot-order = /bits/ 16 <@EXPORT_SP_BOOT_ORDER@>;
 	messaging-method = <3>; /* Direct messaging only */
 	ns-interrupts-action = <2>; /* Non-secure interrupts are signaled */
 	elf-format = <1>;
diff --git a/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-sp/CMakeLists.txt b/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-sp/CMakeLists.txt
index 70d4073..59780b4 100644
--- a/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-sp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-sp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 set(TRACE_PREFIX "SEPROXY" CACHE STRING "Trace prefix")
 set(SP_STACK_SIZE "64 * 1024" CACHE STRING "Stack size")
 set(SP_HEAP_SIZE "32 * 1024" CACHE STRING "Heap size")
+set(SP_BOOT_ORDER "2")
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Components that are specific to deployment in the opteesp environment.
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
 export_sp(
 	SP_FFA_UUID_CANON ${SP_FFA_UUID_CANON}
 	SP_BIN_UUID_CANON ${SP_BIN_UUID_CANON}
+	SP_BOOT_ORDER ${SP_BOOT_ORDER}
 	SP_NAME ${SP_NAME}
 	DTS_IN ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/default_${SP_NAME}.dts.in
 	DTS_MEM_REGIONS ${SP_BIN_UUID_CANON}_memory_regions.dtsi
diff --git a/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-sp/default_se-proxy.dts.in b/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-sp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
index 3b66f92..09f0dc1 100644
--- a/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-sp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
+++ b/deployments/se-proxy/config/default-sp/default_se-proxy.dts.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	exception-level = <1>; /* S-EL0 */
 	execution-state = <0>; /* AArch64 */
 	xlat-granule = <0>; /* 4KiB */
+	boot-order = /bits/ 16 <@EXPORT_SP_BOOT_ORDER@>;
 	messaging-method = <3>; /* Direct messaging only */
 	ns-interrupts-action = <2>; /* Non-secure interrupts are signaled */