diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk b/plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk
index a8df5ba..276f780 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_common.mk
@@ -273,3 +273,14 @@
     include ${IMG_PARSER_LIB_MK}
 
 endif
+
+# RECLAIM_INIT_CODE can only be set when LOAD_IMAGE_V2=2 and xlat tables v2
+# are used
+ifeq (${RECLAIM_INIT_CODE}, 1)
+    ifeq (${LOAD_IMAGE_V2}, 0)
+        $(error "LOAD_IMAGE_V2 must be enabled to use RECLAIM_INIT_CODE")
+    endif
+    ifeq (${ARM_XLAT_TABLES_LIB_V1}, 1)
+        $(error "To reclaim init code xlat tables v2 must be used")
+    endif
+endif