diff --git a/lib/xlat_tables_v2/ro_xlat_tables.mk b/lib/xlat_tables_v2/ro_xlat_tables.mk
index 7991e1afd..fb8a426bf 100644
--- a/lib/xlat_tables_v2/ro_xlat_tables.mk
+++ b/lib/xlat_tables_v2/ro_xlat_tables.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020, ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2020-2022, ARM Limited. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ else # if AArch64
                  attributes, which is not possible once the translation tables \
                  have been made read-only.")
     endif
+    ifeq (${SPMC_AT_EL3},1)
+        $(error "EL3 SPMC requires functionality from the dynamic translation \
+                 library and is incompatible with ALLOW_RO_XLAT_TABLES.")
+    endif
 endif