diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b1f47c..a9be6a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@
 	ENABLE_CONSOLE_GETC \
 	INIT_UNUSED_NS_EL2	\
 	PLATFORM_REPORT_CTX_MEM_USE \
+	EARLY_CONSOLE \
 )))
 
 # Numeric_Flags
@@ -1394,6 +1395,7 @@
 	ENABLE_CONSOLE_GETC \
 	INIT_UNUSED_NS_EL2	\
 	PLATFORM_REPORT_CTX_MEM_USE \
+	EARLY_CONSOLE \
 )))
 
 ifeq (${PLATFORM_REPORT_CTX_MEM_USE}, 1)
diff --git a/bl1/bl1_main.c b/bl1/bl1_main.c
index 6fe5511..657366b 100644
--- a/bl1/bl1_main.c
+++ b/bl1/bl1_main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2024, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 void bl1_setup(void)
 {
+	/* Enable early console if EARLY_CONSOLE flag is enabled */
+	plat_setup_early_console();
+
 	/* Perform early platform-specific setup */
 	bl1_early_platform_setup();
 
diff --git a/bl2/bl2_main.c b/bl2/bl2_main.c
index 923a554..3df0bfa 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2_main.c
+++ b/bl2/bl2_main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2024, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 void bl2_el3_setup(u_register_t arg0, u_register_t arg1, u_register_t arg2,
 		   u_register_t arg3)
 {
+	/* Enable early console if EARLY_CONSOLE flag is enabled */
+	plat_setup_early_console();
+
 	/* Perform early platform-specific setup */
 	bl2_el3_early_platform_setup(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
 
@@ -63,6 +66,9 @@
 void bl2_setup(u_register_t arg0, u_register_t arg1, u_register_t arg2,
 	       u_register_t arg3)
 {
+	/* Enable early console if EARLY_CONSOLE flag is enabled */
+	plat_setup_early_console();
+
 	/* Perform early platform-specific setup */
 	bl2_early_platform_setup2(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
 
diff --git a/bl31/bl31_main.c b/bl31/bl31_main.c
index 9807817..cfa07b1 100644
--- a/bl31/bl31_main.c
+++ b/bl31/bl31_main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2024, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
 void bl31_setup(u_register_t arg0, u_register_t arg1, u_register_t arg2,
 		u_register_t arg3)
 {
+	/* Enable early console if EARLY_CONSOLE flag is enabled */
+	plat_setup_early_console();
+
 	/* Perform early platform-specific setup */
 	bl31_early_platform_setup2(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
 
diff --git a/bl32/sp_min/sp_min_main.c b/bl32/sp_min/sp_min_main.c
index 1c7e960..39dfa71 100644
--- a/bl32/sp_min/sp_min_main.c
+++ b/bl32/sp_min/sp_min_main.c
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@
 void sp_min_setup(u_register_t arg0, u_register_t arg1, u_register_t arg2,
 		  u_register_t arg3)
 {
+	/* Enable early console if EARLY_CONSOLE flag is enabled */
+	plat_setup_early_console();
+
 	/* Perform early platform-specific setup */
 	sp_min_early_platform_setup2(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
 	sp_min_plat_arch_setup();
diff --git a/bl32/tsp/tsp_common.c b/bl32/tsp/tsp_common.c
index 908b4ff..3a6c9d9 100644
--- a/bl32/tsp/tsp_common.c
+++ b/bl32/tsp/tsp_common.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2024, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 void tsp_setup(void)
 {
+	/* Enable early console if EARLY_CONSOLE flag is enabled */
+	plat_setup_early_console();
+
 	/* Perform early platform-specific setup. */
 	tsp_early_platform_setup();
 
diff --git a/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst b/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
index c18c155..2892dc6 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started/build-options.rst
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@
    contributions are still expected to build with ``W=0`` and ``E=1`` (the
    default).
 
+-  ``EARLY_CONSOLE``: This option is used to enable early traces before default
+   console is properly setup. It introduces EARLY_* traces macros, that will
+   use the non-EARLY traces macros if the flag is enabled, or do nothing
+   otherwise. To use this feature, platforms will have to create the function
+   plat_setup_early_console().
+   Default is 0 (disabled)
+
 -  ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``: This option enables booting an EL3 payload instead of
    the normal boot flow. It must specify the entry point address of the EL3
    payload. Please refer to the "Booting an EL3 payload" section for more
diff --git a/docs/porting-guide.rst b/docs/porting-guide.rst
index 7c66d11..59023c0 100644
--- a/docs/porting-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/porting-guide.rst
@@ -3274,6 +3274,17 @@
 data on the designated crash console. It should only use general purpose
 registers x0 through x5 to do its work.
 
+Function : plat_setup_early_console [optional]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+::
+
+    Argument : void
+    Return   : void
+
+This API is used to setup the early console, it is required only if the flag
+``EARLY_CONSOLE`` is enabled.
+
 .. _External Abort handling and RAS Support:
 
 External Abort handling and RAS Support
@@ -3560,7 +3571,7 @@
 
 --------------
 
-*Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
+*Copyright (c) 2013-2024, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
 
 .. _PSCI: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0022/latest/
 .. _Arm Generic Interrupt Controller version 2.0 (GICv2): http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0048b/index.html
diff --git a/include/common/debug.h b/include/common/debug.h
index 5ea541d..0ddb400 100644
--- a/include/common/debug.h
+++ b/include/common/debug.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2024, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@
 # define VERBOSE(...)	no_tf_log(LOG_MARKER_VERBOSE __VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
+#if EARLY_CONSOLE
+#define EARLY_ERROR(...)	ERROR(__VA_ARGS__)
+#else /* !EARLY_CONSOLE */
+#define EARLY_ERROR(...)	no_tf_log(LOG_MARKER_ERROR __VA_ARGS__)
+#endif /* EARLY_CONSOLE */
+
 const char *get_el_str(unsigned int el);
 
 #if ENABLE_BACKTRACE
diff --git a/include/plat/common/platform.h b/include/plat/common/platform.h
index 4fe3620..d4db778 100644
--- a/include/plat/common/platform.h
+++ b/include/plat/common/platform.h
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@
 }
 #endif /* MEASURED_BOOT */
 
+#if EARLY_CONSOLE
+void plat_setup_early_console(void);
+#else
+static inline void plat_setup_early_console(void)
+{
+}
+#endif /* EARLY_CONSOLE */
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Mandatory BL1 functions
  ******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/make_helpers/defaults.mk b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
index 26d2a00..b9ea810 100644
--- a/make_helpers/defaults.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2024, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -392,3 +392,6 @@
 
 # Enable context memory usage reporting during BL31 setup.
 PLATFORM_REPORT_CTX_MEM_USE	:= 0
+
+# Enable early console
+EARLY_CONSOLE			:= 0