diff --git a/components/common/libc/src/exit.c b/components/common/libc/src/exit.c
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/common/libc/src/exit.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2018, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static void (*exitfun)(void);
+
+void exit(int status)
+{
+	if (exitfun != NULL)
+		(*exitfun)();
+	for (;;)
+		;
+}
+
+int atexit(void (*fun)(void))
+{
+	if (exitfun != NULL)
+		return -1;
+	exitfun = fun;
+
+	return 0;
+}