diff --git a/spm/common/sp_helpers.c b/spm/common/sp_helpers.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <debug.h>
+#include <mmio.h>
+#include <platform_def.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+uintptr_t bound_rand(uintptr_t min, uintptr_t max)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This is not ideal as some numbers will never be generated because of
+	 * the integer arithmetic rounding.
+	 */
+	return ((rand() * (UINT64_MAX/RAND_MAX)) % (max - min)) + min;
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Test framework helpers
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+void expect(int expr, int expected)
+{
+	if (expr != expected) {
+		ERROR("Expected value %i, got %i\n", expected, expr);
+		while (1)
+			continue;
+	}
+}
+
+void announce_test_section_start(const char *test_sect_desc)
+{
+	INFO("========================================\n");
+	INFO("Starting %s tests\n", test_sect_desc);
+	INFO("========================================\n");
+}
+void announce_test_section_end(const char *test_sect_desc)
+{
+	INFO("========================================\n");
+	INFO("End of %s tests\n", test_sect_desc);
+	INFO("========================================\n");
+}
+
+void announce_test_start(const char *test_desc)
+{
+	INFO("[+] %s\n", test_desc);
+}
+
+void announce_test_end(const char *test_desc)
+{
+	INFO("Test \"%s\" passed.\n", test_desc);
+}
+
+void sp_sleep(uint32_t duration_sec)
+{
+	uint32_t timer_freq = mmio_read_32(SYS_CNT_CONTROL_BASE + CNTFID_OFF);
+	VERBOSE("%s: Timer frequency = %u\n", __func__, timer_freq);
+
+	INFO("%s: Sleeping for %u seconds...\n", __func__, duration_sec);
+	uint64_t time1 = mmio_read_64(SYS_CNT_READ_BASE);
+	volatile uint64_t time2 = time1;
+	while ((time2 - time1) < duration_sec * timer_freq) {
+		time2 = mmio_read_64(SYS_CNT_READ_BASE);
+	}
+
+	INFO("%s: Done\n", __func__);
+}