diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83d6b7ea4..1f59af0df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ $(eval $(call assert_boolean,SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,USE_COHERENT_MEM))
+$(eval $(call assert_boolean,USE_TBBR_DEFS))
 $(eval $(call assert_boolean,WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY))
 
 $(eval $(call assert_numeric,ARM_ARCH_MAJOR))
@@ -483,6 +484,7 @@ $(eval $(call add_define,SPD_${SPD}))
 $(eval $(call add_define,SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT))
 $(eval $(call add_define,TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT))
 $(eval $(call add_define,USE_COHERENT_MEM))
+$(eval $(call add_define,USE_TBBR_DEFS))
 $(eval $(call add_define,WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY))
 
 # Define the EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE flag only if it is provided.
@@ -606,7 +608,7 @@ certtool: ${CRTTOOL}
 
 .PHONY: ${CRTTOOL}
 ${CRTTOOL}:
-	${Q}${MAKE} PLAT=${PLAT} --no-print-directory -C ${CRTTOOLPATH}
+	${Q}${MAKE} PLAT=${PLAT} USE_TBBR_DEFS=${USE_TBBR_DEFS} --no-print-directory -C ${CRTTOOLPATH}
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 	@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md
index 9135d89bf..97d0f66b8 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -914,7 +914,11 @@ section), but it can also be built separately with the following command:
 
     make PLAT=<platform> [DEBUG=1] [V=1] certtool
 
-Specifying the platform is mandatory since the tool is platform specific.
+For platforms that do not require their own IDs in certificate files,
+the generic 'cert_create' tool can be built with the following command:
+
+    make USE_TBBR_DEFS=1 [DEBUG=1] [V=1] certtool
+
 `DEBUG=1` builds the tool in debug mode. `V=1` makes the build process more
 verbose. The following command should be used to obtain help about the tool:
 
diff --git a/drivers/auth/tbbr/tbbr_cot.c b/drivers/auth/tbbr/tbbr_cot.c
index 8b6ca23b7..e88c7c26d 100644
--- a/drivers/auth/tbbr/tbbr_cot.c
+++ b/drivers/auth/tbbr/tbbr_cot.c
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
 #include <auth_mod.h>
 #include <platform_def.h>
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
 #include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_oid.h b/include/tools_share/tbbr_oid.h
similarity index 90%
rename from include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_oid.h
rename to include/tools_share/tbbr_oid.h
index fc6cd7925..7a3408782 100644
--- a/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_oid.h
+++ b/include/tools_share/tbbr_oid.h
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
-#ifndef __BOARD_ARM_OID_H__
-#define __BOARD_ARM_OID_H__
+#ifndef __TBBR_OID_H__
+#define __TBBR_OID_H__
 
 /*
  * The following is a list of OID values defined and reserved by ARM, which
  * are used to define the extension fields of the certificate structure, as
  * defined in the Trusted Board Boot Requirements (TBBR) specification,
  * ARM DEN0006C-1.
- *
- * Non-ARM platform owners that wish to align with the TBBR should define
- * constants with the same name in their own platform port(s), using their
- * own OIDs obtained from the ITU-T.
  */
 
 
@@ -140,4 +136,4 @@
 /* NonTrustedWorldBootloaderHash - BL33 */
 #define NON_TRUSTED_WORLD_BOOTLOADER_HASH_OID	"1.3.6.1.4.1.4128.2100.1201"
 
-#endif /* __BOARD_ARM_OID_H__ */
+#endif /* __TBBR_OID_H__ */
diff --git a/make_helpers/defaults.mk b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
index 18c41e052..a31e59c0f 100644
--- a/make_helpers/defaults.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT		:= 0
 # Build option to choose whether Trusted firmware uses Coherent memory or not.
 USE_COHERENT_MEM		:= 1
 
+# Use tbbr_oid.h instead of platform_oid.h
+USE_TBBR_DEFS			= $(ERROR_DEPRECATED)
+
 # Build verbosity
 V				:= 0
 
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_oid.h b/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_oid.h
index 5ef1580b5..c64155fe2 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_oid.h
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_oid.h
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
-#include "../../../../../include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_oid.h"
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
 
 /*
  * Required platform OIDs
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/juno/include/platform_oid.h b/plat/arm/board/juno/include/platform_oid.h
index 5ef1580b5..c64155fe2 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/juno/include/platform_oid.h
+++ b/plat/arm/board/juno/include/platform_oid.h
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
-#include "../../../../../include/plat/arm/board/common/board_arm_oid.h"
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
 
 /*
  * Required platform OIDs
diff --git a/plat/common/tbbr/plat_tbbr.c b/plat/common/tbbr/plat_tbbr.c
index 4aa9457dc..f5a4f315c 100644
--- a/plat/common/tbbr/plat_tbbr.c
+++ b/plat/common/tbbr/plat_tbbr.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <auth/auth_mod.h>
 #include <platform.h>
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
 #include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
 #include <string.h>
 
 /*
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/Makefile b/tools/cert_create/Makefile
index 989a8e4dc..8a216495b 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/Makefile
+++ b/tools/cert_create/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY := ../../make_helpers/
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_macros.mk
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_env.mk
 
+ifeq (${USE_TBBR_DEFS},1)
+# In this case, cert_tool is platform-independent
+PLAT_MSG		:=	TBBR Generic
+PLAT_INCLUDE		:=	../../include/tools_share
+else
+PLAT_MSG		:=	${PLAT}
+
 PLATFORM_ROOT		:=	../../plat/
 include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}plat_helpers.mk
 
@@ -35,6 +42,7 @@ PLAT_INCLUDE		:=	$(wildcard ${PLAT_DIR}include)
 ifeq ($(PLAT_INCLUDE),)
   $(error "Error: Invalid platform '${PLAT}' has no include directory.")
 endif
+endif
 
 ifeq (${DEBUG},1)
   CFLAGS += -g -O0 -DDEBUG -DLOG_LEVEL=40
@@ -47,6 +55,9 @@ else
 	Q :=
 endif
 
+$(eval $(call add_define,USE_TBBR_DEFS))
+CFLAGS += ${DEFINES}
+
 # Make soft links and include from local directory otherwise wrong headers
 # could get pulled in from firmware tree.
 INC_DIR := -I ./include -I ${PLAT_INCLUDE} -I ${OPENSSL_DIR}/include
@@ -62,7 +73,7 @@ all: clean ${BINARY}
 ${BINARY}: ${OBJECTS} Makefile
 	@echo "  LD      $@"
 	@echo 'const char build_msg[] = "Built : "__TIME__", "__DATE__; \
-                const char platform_msg[] = "${PLAT}";' | \
+                const char platform_msg[] = "${PLAT_MSG}";' | \
                 ${CC} -c ${CFLAGS} -xc - -o src/build_msg.o
 	${Q}${CC} src/build_msg.o ${OBJECTS} ${LIB_DIR} ${LIB} -o $@
 
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c b/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
index 62ff2555b..80ccfe931 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/cert.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
 
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
+#include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "cert.h"
 #include "cmd_opt.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "key.h"
-#include "platform_oid.h"
 #include "sha.h"
 
 #define SERIAL_RAND_BITS	64
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/key.c b/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
index a118fbbb8..c1bde5dea 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/key.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 #include <openssl/pem.h>
 
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
+#include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "cert.h"
 #include "cmd_opt.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "key.h"
-#include "platform_oid.h"
 #include "sha.h"
 
 #define MAX_FILENAME_LEN		1024
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/main.c b/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
index e0f331c21..99236370c 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/main.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -18,12 +18,17 @@
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
 
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
+#include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "cert.h"
 #include "cmd_opt.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "ext.h"
 #include "key.h"
-#include "platform_oid.h"
 #include "sha.h"
 #include "tbbr/tbb_ext.h"
 #include "tbbr/tbb_cert.h"
diff --git a/tools/cert_create/src/tbbr/tbb_ext.c b/tools/cert_create/src/tbbr/tbb_ext.c
index 11d779b09..d9a8ea265 100644
--- a/tools/cert_create/src/tbbr/tbb_ext.c
+++ b/tools/cert_create/src/tbbr/tbb_ext.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -8,8 +8,14 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <openssl/err.h>
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>
+
+#if USE_TBBR_DEFS
+#include <tbbr_oid.h>
+#else
+#include <platform_oid.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "ext.h"
-#include "platform_oid.h"
 #include "tbbr/tbb_ext.h"
 #include "tbbr/tbb_key.h"