diff --git a/script/tf-coverity/tf-cov-make b/script/tf-coverity/tf-cov-make
index 82f2130..c8996f9 100755
--- a/script/tf-coverity/tf-cov-make
+++ b/script/tf-coverity/tf-cov-make
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@
 # SME and HCX features
 clean_build $fvp_common_flags ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS=1 ENABLE_FEAT_HCX=1
 
+# Architectural Feature Detection mechanism
+clean_build $fvp_common_flags FEATURE_DETECTION=1
+
 #
 # Juno platform
 # We'll use the following flags for all Juno builds.