diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_console.c b/plat/qemu/qemu_console.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+#include <console.h>
+#include <pl011.h>
+#include <platform_def.h>
+
+static console_pl011_t console;
+static console_pl011_t crash_console;
+
+void qemu_console_init(void)
+{
+#if MULTI_CONSOLE_API
+	(void)console_pl011_register(PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_BASE,
+			       PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
+			       PLAT_QEMU_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE, &console);
+#else
+	console_init(PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_BASE,
+		     PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
+		     PLAT_QEMU_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
+#endif /* MULTI_CONSOLE_API */
+}
+
+void qemu_crash_console_init(void)
+{
+#if MULTI_CONSOLE_API
+	(void)console_pl011_register(PLAT_QEMU_CRASH_UART_BASE,
+			       PLAT_QEMU_CRASH_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
+			       PLAT_QEMU_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE, &crash_console);
+#else
+	console_core_init(PLAT_QEMU_CRASH_UART_BASE,
+			  PLAT_QEMU_CRASH_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
+			  PLAT_QEMU_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
+#endif /* MULTI_CONSOLE_API */
+}