diff --git a/scripts/common.make b/scripts/common.make
index e88506b308..18dd29d2ed 100644
--- a/scripts/common.make
+++ b/scripts/common.make
@@ -46,13 +46,15 @@ LOCAL_LDFLAGS = ${MBEDTLS_TEST_OBJS} 		\
 		-lpsaclient \
 		-lmbedtls$(SHARED_SUFFIX)	\
 		-lmbedx509$(SHARED_SUFFIX)	\
-		-lmbedcrypto$(SHARED_SUFFIX)
+		-lmbedcrypto$(SHARED_SUFFIX)    \
+		$(TF_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 else
 LOCAL_LDFLAGS = ${MBEDTLS_TEST_OBJS} 		\
 		-L$(MBEDTLS_PATH)/library			\
 		-lmbedtls$(SHARED_SUFFIX)	\
 		-lmbedx509$(SHARED_SUFFIX)	\
-		-lmbedcrypto$(SHARED_SUFFIX)
+		-lmbedcrypto$(SHARED_SUFFIX)    \
+		$(TF_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 endif
 
 ifdef PSASIM
diff --git a/scripts/crypto-common.make b/scripts/crypto-common.make
index 85da8d802a..c944cc528b 100644
--- a/scripts/crypto-common.make
+++ b/scripts/crypto-common.make
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ TF_PSA_CRYPTO_LIBRARY_PRIVATE_INCLUDE = \
 	-I$(TF_PSA_CRYPTO_PATH)/core \
 	-I$(TF_PSA_CRYPTO_PATH)/drivers/builtin/src
 
+# Extra linker flags required by the crypto library or the platform
+TF_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTRA_LDFLAGS =
+
 ## Usage: $(call remove_enabled_options_crypto,PREPROCESSOR_INPUT)
 ## Remove the preprocessor symbols that are set in the current configuration
 ## from PREPROCESSOR_INPUT. Also normalize whitespace.
@@ -91,6 +94,6 @@ ifndef WINDOWS_BUILD
   #$(info THREADING = $(THREADING))
 
   ifeq ($(THREADING),pthread)
-    LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -lpthread
+    TF_PSA_CRYPTO_EXTRA_LDFLAGS += -lpthread
   endif
 endif