diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5306ddf..892c2c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -861,8 +861,12 @@
     $(info FEATURE_DETECTION is an experimental feature)
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS), 0)
-    $(info ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS is an experimental feature)
+ifneq ($(ENABLE_SME2_FOR_NS), 0)
+    ifeq (${ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS}, 0)
+        $(warning "ENABLE_SME2_FOR_NS requires ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS also to be set")
+        $(warning "Forced ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS=1")
+        override ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS	:= 1
+    endif
 endif
 
 ifeq (${ARM_XLAT_TABLES_LIB_V1}, 1)
@@ -884,6 +888,7 @@
     ifneq (${ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS},0)
         $(error "ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS cannot be used with ARCH=aarch32")
     endif
+
     ifeq (${ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS},1)
         # Warning instead of error due to CI dependency on this
         $(error "ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS cannot be used with ARCH=aarch32")
@@ -925,6 +930,7 @@
     ifneq (${ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS},0)
         $(error "ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS cannot be used with CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS")
     endif
+
     ifeq (${ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS},1)
         # Warning instead of error due to CI dependency on this
         $(warning "ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS cannot be used with CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS")
@@ -1196,6 +1202,7 @@
         ENABLE_SPE_FOR_NS \
         ENABLE_SYS_REG_TRACE_FOR_NS \
         ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS \
+        ENABLE_SME2_FOR_NS \
         ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS \
         ENABLE_TRF_FOR_NS \
         FW_ENC_STATUS \
@@ -1251,6 +1258,7 @@
         ENABLE_RME \
         ENABLE_RUNTIME_INSTRUMENTATION \
         ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS \
+        ENABLE_SME2_FOR_NS \
         ENABLE_SME_FOR_SWD \
         ENABLE_SPE_FOR_NS \
         ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS \