diff --git a/include/common/hw_crc32.h b/include/common/hw_crc32.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef HW_CRC32_H
+#define HW_CRC32_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* compute CRC using Arm intrinsic function */
+uint32_t hw_crc32(uint32_t crc, const unsigned char *buf, size_t size);
+
+#endif /* HW_CRC32_H */