diff --git a/make_helpers/defaults.mk b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
index 348b3e5..797f75c 100644
--- a/make_helpers/defaults.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@
 # Build option to choose whether Trusted Firmware uses Coherent memory or not.
 USE_COHERENT_MEM		:= 1
 
+# Build option to add debugfs support
+USE_DEBUGFS			:= 0
+
 # Build option to choose whether Trusted Firmware uses library at ROM
 USE_ROMLIB			:= 0