diff --git a/docs/porting-guide.md b/docs/porting-guide.md
index 2f71d80..ba550f0 100644
--- a/docs/porting-guide.md
+++ b/docs/porting-guide.md
@@ -1182,6 +1182,10 @@
 implementation of this function will invoke `console_uninit()` which will
 suppress any BL31 runtime logs.
 
+In ARM Standard platforms, this function will initialize the BL31 runtime
+console which will cause all further BL31 logs to be output to the
+runtime console.
+
 
 ### Function : bl31_get_next_image_info() [mandatory]
 
diff --git a/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_css_def.h b/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_css_def.h
index 2e32b41..975f1fc 100644
--- a/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_css_def.h
+++ b/include/plat/arm/board/common/board_css_def.h
@@ -74,8 +74,11 @@
 #define PLAT_ARM_BOOT_UART_BASE			SOC_CSS_UART0_BASE
 #define PLAT_ARM_BOOT_UART_CLK_IN_HZ		SOC_CSS_UART0_CLK_IN_HZ
 
-#define PLAT_ARM_CRASH_UART_BASE		SOC_CSS_UART1_BASE
-#define PLAT_ARM_CRASH_UART_CLK_IN_HZ		SOC_CSS_UART1_CLK_IN_HZ
+#define PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_BASE		SOC_CSS_UART1_BASE
+#define PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_CLK_IN_HZ	SOC_CSS_UART1_CLK_IN_HZ
+
+#define PLAT_ARM_CRASH_UART_BASE		PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_BASE
+#define PLAT_ARM_CRASH_UART_CLK_IN_HZ		PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_CLK_IN_HZ
 
 #define PLAT_ARM_TSP_UART_BASE			V2M_IOFPGA_UART0_BASE
 #define PLAT_ARM_TSP_UART_CLK_IN_HZ		V2M_IOFPGA_UART0_CLK_IN_HZ
diff --git a/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h b/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
index aadf58d..ed65d05 100644
--- a/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
+++ b/include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
 void arm_bl31_early_platform_setup(bl31_params_t *from_bl2,
 				void *plat_params_from_bl2);
 void arm_bl31_platform_setup(void);
+void arm_bl31_plat_runtime_setup(void);
 void arm_bl31_plat_arch_setup(void);
 
 /* TSP utility functions */
diff --git a/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_def.h b/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_def.h
index 9ada6b2..203f7b7 100644
--- a/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_def.h
+++ b/plat/arm/board/fvp/include/platform_def.h
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@
 #define PLAT_ARM_BOOT_UART_BASE		V2M_IOFPGA_UART0_BASE
 #define PLAT_ARM_BOOT_UART_CLK_IN_HZ	V2M_IOFPGA_UART0_CLK_IN_HZ
 
-#define PLAT_ARM_CRASH_UART_BASE	V2M_IOFPGA_UART1_BASE
-#define PLAT_ARM_CRASH_UART_CLK_IN_HZ	V2M_IOFPGA_UART1_CLK_IN_HZ
+#define PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_BASE		V2M_IOFPGA_UART1_BASE
+#define PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_CLK_IN_HZ	V2M_IOFPGA_UART1_CLK_IN_HZ
+
+#define PLAT_ARM_CRASH_UART_BASE	PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_BASE
+#define PLAT_ARM_CRASH_UART_CLK_IN_HZ	PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_CLK_IN_HZ
 
 #define PLAT_ARM_TSP_UART_BASE		V2M_IOFPGA_UART2_BASE
 #define PLAT_ARM_TSP_UART_CLK_IN_HZ	V2M_IOFPGA_UART2_CLK_IN_HZ
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_bl31_setup.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_bl31_setup.c
index 8682fd1..2826825 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_bl31_setup.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_bl31_setup.c
@@ -224,11 +224,27 @@
 	plat_arm_pwrc_setup();
 }
 
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Perform any BL3-1 platform runtime setup prior to BL3-1 exit common to ARM
+ * standard platforms
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void arm_bl31_plat_runtime_setup(void)
+{
+	/* Initialize the runtime console */
+	console_init(PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_BASE, PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
+			ARM_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
+}
+
 void bl31_platform_setup(void)
 {
 	arm_bl31_platform_setup();
 }
 
+void bl31_plat_runtime_setup(void)
+{
+	arm_bl31_plat_runtime_setup();
+}
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Perform the very early platform specific architectural setup here. At the
  * moment this is only intializes the mmu in a quick and dirty way.
diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
index cae6597..679dd6b 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 void arm_system_pwr_domain_resume(void)
 {
-	console_init(PLAT_ARM_BOOT_UART_BASE, PLAT_ARM_BOOT_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
+	console_init(PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_BASE, PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
 						ARM_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
 
 	/* Assert system power domain is available on the platform */