diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e1a3501..5672f00 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 ARCH 			?=	aarch64
 
 # By default, build all platforms available
-PLAT			?=	all
+PLAT			?=	fvp
 # By default, build no SPD component
 SPD			?=	none
 
@@ -85,31 +85,30 @@
 ifeq (${PLAT},)
   $(error "Error: Unknown platform. Please use PLAT=<platform name> to specify the platform.")
 endif
-ifeq ($(findstring ${PLAT},${PLATFORMS} all),)
+ifeq ($(findstring ${PLAT},${PLATFORMS}),)
   $(error "Error: Invalid platform. The following platforms are available: ${PLATFORMS}")
 endif
 
-ifeq (${PLAT},all)
-all: ${PLATFORMS}
-else
-all: msg_start fip
-endif
+all: msg_start
 
 msg_start:
 	@echo "Building ${PLAT}"
 
-${PLATFORMS}:
-	${MAKE} PLAT=$@ all
+include plat/${PLAT}/platform.mk
 
-ifneq (${PLAT},all)
-  $(info Including ${PLAT}/platform.mk)
-  include plat/${PLAT}/platform.mk
-  $(info Including bl1.mk)
-  include bl1/bl1.mk
-  $(info Including bl2.mk)
-  include bl2/bl2.mk
-  $(info Including bl31.mk)
-  include bl31/bl31.mk
+ifdef BL1_SOURCES
+NEED_BL1 := yes
+include bl1/bl1.mk
+endif
+
+ifdef BL2_SOURCES
+NEED_BL2 := yes
+include bl2/bl2.mk
+endif
+
+ifdef BL31_SOURCES
+NEED_BL31 := yes
+include bl31/bl31.mk
 endif
 
 # Include SPD Makefile if one has been specified
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@
   # variable to "yes"
 endif
 
-.PHONY:			all msg_start ${PLATFORMS} clean realclean distclean cscope locate-checkpatch checkcodebase checkpatch fiptool fip locate-bl33
+.PHONY:			all msg_start ${PLATFORMS} clean realclean distclean cscope locate-checkpatch checkcodebase checkpatch fiptool fip
 .SUFFIXES:
 
 
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@
 vpath %.c bl1:bl2:bl31
 vpath %.c bl1/${ARCH}:bl2/${ARCH}:bl31/${ARCH}
 vpath %.S bl1/${ARCH}:bl2/${ARCH}:bl31/${ARCH}
+vpath %.c lib/arch/${ARCH} # One of the missing paths needed for BL_COMMON_SOURCES
 
 
 ifneq (${DEBUG}, 0)
@@ -203,17 +203,6 @@
 endif
 endif
 
-locate-bl33:
-ifndef BL33
-	$(error "Please set BL33 to point to the Normal World binary, eg: BL33=../uefi/FVP_AARCH64_EFI.fd")
-else
-ifeq (,$(wildcard ${BL33}))
-	$(error "The file BL33 points to cannot be found (${BL33})")
-endif
-FIP_DEPS		+= ${BL33}
-endif
-
-
 clean:
 			@echo "  CLEAN"
 			${Q}rm -rf ${BUILD_PLAT}
@@ -381,18 +370,25 @@
 endef
 
 
+ifeq (${NEED_BL1},yes)
 $(eval $(call MAKE_BL,1))
+endif
 
+ifeq (${NEED_BL2},yes)
 $(eval $(call MAKE_BL,2,in_fip))
+endif
 
+ifeq (${NEED_BL31},yes)
 BL31_SOURCES += ${SPD_SOURCES}
 $(eval $(call MAKE_BL,31,in_fip))
+endif
 
 ifeq (${NEED_BL32},yes)
 $(eval $(call MAKE_BL,32,in_fip))
 endif
 
-${BUILD_PLAT}/fip.bin:	locate-bl33 ${FIP_DEPS} ${FIPTOOL}
+${BUILD_PLAT}/fip.bin:	${FIP_DEPS} ${BL33} ${FIPTOOL}
+			$(if ${BL33},,$(error "To build a FIP, please set BL33 to point to the Normal World binary, eg: BL33=../uefi/FVP_AARCH64_EFI.fd"))
 			${Q}${FIPTOOL} --dump \
 				${FIP_ARGS} \
 				--bl33 ${BL33} \
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md
index 01a6d73..39d09c1 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 
         CROSS_COMPILE=<path-to-aarch64-gcc>/bin/aarch64-none-elf- \
         BL33=<path-to>/<bl33_image>                               \
-        make PLAT=fvp
+        make PLAT=fvp all fip
 
     By default this produces a release version of the build. To produce a debug
     version instead, refer to the "Debugging options" section below. UEFI can be
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     either `debug` or `release`. A Firmare Image Package(FIP) will be created as
     part of the build. It contains all boot loader images except for `bl1.bin`.
 
-     *   `build/<platform>/<build-type>/fip.bin`
+    *   `build/<platform>/<build-type>/fip.bin`
 
     For more information on FIPs, see the "Firmware Image Package" section in
     the [Firmware Design].
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 
     CROSS_COMPILE=<path-to-aarch64-gcc>/bin/aarch64-none-elf- \
     BL33=<path-to>/<bl33_image>                               \
-    make PLAT=fvp DEBUG=1 V=1
+    make PLAT=fvp DEBUG=1 V=1 all fip
 
 AArch64 GCC uses DWARF version 4 debugging symbols by default. Some tools (for
 example DS-5) might not support this and may need an older version of DWARF
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
     CFLAGS='-O0 -gdwarf-2'                                    \
     CROSS_COMPILE=<path-to-aarch64-gcc>/bin/aarch64-none-elf- \
     BL33=<path-to>/<bl33_image>                               \
-    make PLAT=fvp DEBUG=1 V=1
+    make PLAT=fvp DEBUG=1 V=1 all fip
 
 
 NOTE: The Foundation FVP does not provide a debugger interface.