diff --git a/include/lib/cpus/errata.h b/include/lib/cpus/errata.h
index f9ab520..e8e2d63 100644
--- a/include/lib/cpus/errata.h
+++ b/include/lib/cpus/errata.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2023, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -7,11 +7,45 @@
 #ifndef ERRATA_REPORT_H
 #define ERRATA_REPORT_H
 
+#include <lib/cpus/cpu_ops.h>
+
+
+#define ERRATUM_WA_FUNC_SIZE	CPU_WORD_SIZE
+#define ERRATUM_CHECK_FUNC_SIZE	CPU_WORD_SIZE
+#define ERRATUM_ID_SIZE		4
+#define ERRATUM_CVE_SIZE	2
+#define ERRATUM_CHOSEN_SIZE	1
+#define ERRATUM_MITIGATED_SIZE	1
+
+#define ERRATUM_WA_FUNC		0
+#define ERRATUM_CHECK_FUNC	ERRATUM_WA_FUNC + ERRATUM_WA_FUNC_SIZE
+#define ERRATUM_ID		ERRATUM_CHECK_FUNC + ERRATUM_CHECK_FUNC_SIZE
+#define ERRATUM_CVE		ERRATUM_ID + ERRATUM_ID_SIZE
+#define ERRATUM_CHOSEN		ERRATUM_CVE + ERRATUM_CVE_SIZE
+#define ERRATUM_MITIGATED	ERRATUM_CHOSEN + ERRATUM_CHOSEN_SIZE
+#define ERRATUM_ENTRY_SIZE	ERRATUM_MITIGATED + ERRATUM_MITIGATED_SIZE
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
 
 void print_errata_status(void);
 void errata_print_msg(unsigned int status, const char *cpu, const char *id);
 
+#else
+
+/*
+ * errata framework macro helpers
+ *
+ * NOTE an erratum and CVE id could clash. However, both numbers are very large
+ * and the probablity is minuscule. Working around this makes code very
+ * complicated and extremely difficult to read so it is not considered. In the
+ * unlikely event that this does happen, prepending the CVE id with a 0 should
+ * resolve the conflict
+ */
+#define ERRATUM(id)		0, id
+#define CVE(year, id)		year, id
+#define NO_ISB			1
+#define NO_ASSERT		0
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
 
 /* Errata status */