diff --git a/make_helpers/defaults.mk b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
index fc39819..0b93dfc 100644
--- a/make_helpers/defaults.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
 # Build flag to treat usage of deprecated platform and framework APIs as error.
 ERROR_DEPRECATED		:= 0
 
+# Byte alignment that each component in FIP is aligned to
+FIP_ALIGN			:= 0
+
 # Default FIP file name
 FIP_NAME			:= fip.bin