diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/drivers/include/mce.h b/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/drivers/include/mce.h
index 825f81f..6065692 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/drivers/include/mce.h
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/drivers/include/mce.h
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@
 int mce_update_gsc_tzdram(void);
 int mce_update_gsc_tzram(void);
 __dead2 void mce_enter_ccplex_state(uint32_t state_idx);
+void mce_verify_firmware_version(void);
 
 /* declarations for ARI/NVG handler functions */
 int ari_enter_cstate(uint32_t ari_base, uint32_t state, uint32_t wake_time);
diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/drivers/mce/mce.c b/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/drivers/mce/mce.c
index d105e36..0e550f5 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/drivers/mce/mce.c
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/drivers/mce/mce.c
@@ -447,3 +447,46 @@
 
 	panic();
 }
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Handler to read the MCE firmware version and check if it is compatible
+ * with interface header the BL3-1 was compiled against
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void mce_verify_firmware_version(void)
+{
+	arch_mce_ops_t *ops;
+	uint32_t cpu_ari_base;
+	uint64_t version;
+	uint32_t major, minor;
+
+	/* get a pointer to the CPU's arch_mce_ops_t struct */
+	ops = mce_get_curr_cpu_ops();
+
+	/* get the CPU's ARI base address */
+	cpu_ari_base = mce_get_curr_cpu_ari_base();
+
+	/*
+	 * Read the MCE firmware version and extract the major and minor
+	 * version fields
+	 */
+	version = ops->call_enum_misc(cpu_ari_base, TEGRA_ARI_MISC_VERSION, 0);
+	major = (uint32_t)version;
+	minor = (uint32_t)(version >> 32);
+
+	INFO("MCE Version - HW=%d:%d, SW=%d:%d\n", major, minor,
+		TEGRA_ARI_VERSION_MAJOR, TEGRA_ARI_VERSION_MINOR);
+
+	/*
+	 * Verify that the MCE firmware version and the interface header
+	 * match
+	 */
+	if (major != TEGRA_ARI_VERSION_MAJOR) {
+		ERROR("ARI major version mismatch\n");
+		panic();
+	}
+
+	if (minor < TEGRA_ARI_VERSION_MINOR) {
+		ERROR("ARI minor version mismatch\n");
+		panic();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/plat_setup.c b/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/plat_setup.c
index b37bdad..49f4589 100644
--- a/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/plat_setup.c
+++ b/plat/nvidia/tegra/soc/t186/plat_setup.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <debug.h>
 #include <denver.h>
 #include <interrupt_mgmt.h>
+#include <mce.h>
 #include <platform.h>
 #include <tegra_def.h>
 #include <tegra_private.h>
@@ -170,3 +171,11 @@
 	if (sizeof(tegra186_sec_irqs) > 0)
 		tegra_fiq_handler_setup();
 }
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Handler for early platform setup
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void plat_early_platform_setup(void)
+{
+	mce_verify_firmware_version();
+}