diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5167d2e..42921ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,USE_COHERENT_MEM))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,USE_DEBUGFS))
+$(eval $(call assert_boolean,USE_FCONF_BASED_IO))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,USE_ROMLIB))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,USE_TBBR_DEFS))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY))
@@ -845,6 +846,7 @@
 $(eval $(call add_define,TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT))
 $(eval $(call add_define,USE_COHERENT_MEM))
 $(eval $(call add_define,USE_DEBUGFS))
+$(eval $(call add_define,USE_FCONF_BASED_IO))
 $(eval $(call add_define,USE_ROMLIB))
 $(eval $(call add_define,USE_TBBR_DEFS))
 $(eval $(call add_define,WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY))