diff --git a/docs/tools/transfer-list-compiler.rst b/docs/tools/transfer-list-compiler.rst
index 8ecbab5..fa660dc 100644
--- a/docs/tools/transfer-list-compiler.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/transfer-list-compiler.rst
@@ -275,6 +275,33 @@
 * hob_block
 * hob_list
 
+You can input the attr field of entry_point_info as a string of flag
+names separated by `|`. The names are taken from ep_info_exp.h in TF-A.
+For example:
+
+.. code::
+
+    has_checksum: true
+    max_size: 4096
+    entries:
+    - tag_id: 0x102
+      ep_info:
+        args:
+        - 67112976
+        - 67112960
+        - 0
+        - 0
+        - 0
+        - 0
+        - 0
+        - 0
+        h:
+          attr: EP_NON_SECURE | EP_ST_ENABLE
+          type: 1
+          version: 2
+        pc: 67239936
+        spsr: 965
+
 --------------
 
 *Copyright (c) 2024, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.*
diff --git a/tools/tlc/tests/test_cli.py b/tools/tlc/tests/test_cli.py
index 6d50ab7..99b5816 100644
--- a/tools/tlc/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tools/tlc/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -320,6 +320,29 @@
                 "0x00000000 0x00000000"
             ),
         ),
+        (
+            {
+                "tag_id": 0x102,
+                "ep_info": {
+                    "h": {
+                        "type": 0x01,
+                        "version": 0x02,
+                        "attr": "EP_NON_SECURE | EP_ST_ENABLE",
+                    },
+                    "pc": 67239936,
+                    "spsr": 965,
+                    "args": [67112976, 67112960, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
+                },
+            },
+            (
+                "0x00580201 0x00000005 0x04020000 0x00000000 "
+                "0x000003C5 0x00000000 0x04001010 0x00000000 "
+                "0x04001000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 "
+                "0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 "
+                "0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 "
+                "0x00000000 0x00000000"
+            ),
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_create_from_yaml_check_exact_data(
diff --git a/tools/tlc/tlc/tl.py b/tools/tlc/tlc/tl.py
index eec5db0..3f0065d 100644
--- a/tools/tlc/tlc/tl.py
+++ b/tools/tlc/tlc/tl.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import math
 import struct
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from functools import reduce
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from tlc.te import TransferEntry
@@ -236,13 +237,44 @@
         # size of the entry_point_info struct
         entry_point_size = 88
 
+        attr = header["attr"]
+        if type(attr) is str:
+            # convert string of flags names to an integer
+
+            # bit number  | 0                     | 1                    |
+            # ------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
+            # 0           | secure                | non-secure           |
+            # 1           | little endian         | big-endian           |
+            # 2           | disable secure timer  | enable secure timer  |
+            # 3           | executable            | non-executable       |
+            # 4           | first exe             | not first exe        |
+            #
+            # Bit 5 and bit 0 are used to determine the security state.
+
+            flag_names = {
+                "EP_SECURE": 0x0,
+                "EP_NON_SECURE": 0x1,
+                "EP_REALM": 0x21,
+                "EP_EE_LITTLE": 0x0,
+                "EP_EE_BIG": 0x2,
+                "EP_ST_DISABLE": 0x0,
+                "EP_ST_ENABLE": 0x4,
+                "EP_NON_EXECUTABLE": 0x0,
+                "EP_EXECUTABLE": 0x8,
+                "EP_FIRST_EXE": 0x10,
+            }
+
+            # create list of integer flags, then bitwise-or them together
+            flags = [flag_names[f.strip()] for f in attr.split("|")]
+            attr = reduce(lambda x, y: x | y, flags)
+
         return self.add_transfer_entry_from_struct_format(
             0x102,
             transfer_entry_formats[0x102]["format"],
             header["type"],
             header["version"],
             entry_point_size,
-            header["attr"],
+            attr,
             ep_info["pc"],
             ep_info["spsr"],
             *ep_info["args"],