diff --git a/plat/intel/soc/agilex/bl31_plat_setup.c b/plat/intel/soc/agilex/bl31_plat_setup.c
index 436538b..168236b 100644
--- a/plat/intel/soc/agilex/bl31_plat_setup.c
+++ b/plat/intel/soc/agilex/bl31_plat_setup.c
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 void bl31_platform_setup(void)
 {
+	socfpga_delay_timer_init();
+
 	/* Initialize the gic cpu and distributor interfaces */
 	gicv2_driver_init(&plat_gicv2_gic_data);
 	gicv2_distif_init();
diff --git a/plat/intel/soc/agilex/platform.mk b/plat/intel/soc/agilex/platform.mk
index 814d9c6..bf5cc14 100644
--- a/plat/intel/soc/agilex/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/intel/soc/agilex/platform.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 			lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c 		\
 			lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_common.c 		\
 			plat/intel/soc/common/aarch64/platform_common.c \
-			plat/intel/soc/common/aarch64/plat_helpers.S
+			plat/intel/soc/common/aarch64/plat_helpers.S	\
+			plat/intel/soc/common/socfpga_delay_timer.c
 
 BL2_SOURCES     +=	\
 		common/desc_image_load.c				\
@@ -44,7 +45,6 @@
 		plat/intel/soc/agilex/soc/agilex_mmc.c			\
 		plat/intel/soc/agilex/soc/agilex_pinmux.c		\
                 plat/intel/soc/common/bl2_plat_mem_params_desc.c	\
-		plat/intel/soc/common/socfpga_delay_timer.c		\
 		plat/intel/soc/common/socfpga_image_load.c		\
 		plat/intel/soc/common/socfpga_storage.c			\
 		plat/intel/soc/common/soc/socfpga_emac.c		\