diff --git a/script/tf-coverity/tf-cov-make b/script/tf-coverity/tf-cov-make
index fa3a68e..44078a2 100755
--- a/script/tf-coverity/tf-cov-make
+++ b/script/tf-coverity/tf-cov-make
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 clean_build $fvp_common_flags ${ARM_TBB_OPTIONS} MEASURED_BOOT=1
 
 # CoT descriptors in device tree
-clean_build $fvp_common_flags ${ARM_TBB_OPTIONS} COT_DESC_IN_DTB=1
+clean_build $fvp_common_flags ${ARM_TBB_OPTIONS} COT_DESC_IN_DTB=1 USE_ROMLIB=1
 
 #
 # Juno platform