diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f9c89d383..4ece189ab2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ tools/cert_create/src/**/*.o
 tools/cert_create/cert_create
 tools/cert_create/cert_create.exe
 
-# Ignore header files copied.
-tools/fiptool/firmware_image_package.h
-tools/fiptool/uuid.h
-
 # GNU GLOBAL files
 GPATH
 GRTAGS
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b644b20186..83d6b7ea48 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ INCLUDES		+=	-Iinclude/bl1				\
 				-Iinclude/plat/common			\
 				-Iinclude/services			\
 				${PLAT_INCLUDES}			\
-				${SPD_INCLUDES}
+				${SPD_INCLUDES}				\
+				-Iinclude/tools_share
 
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/include/common/firmware_image_package.h b/include/tools_share/firmware_image_package.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/common/firmware_image_package.h
rename to include/tools_share/firmware_image_package.h
diff --git a/include/lib/stdlib/sys/uuid.h b/include/tools_share/uuid.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/lib/stdlib/sys/uuid.h
rename to include/tools_share/uuid.h
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/Makefile b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
index 0a46ad7c66..29eac2a790 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/fiptool/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2014-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ include ${MAKE_HELPERS_DIRECTORY}build_env.mk
 PROJECT := fiptool${BIN_EXT}
 OBJECTS := fiptool.o tbbr_config.o
 V := 0
-COPIED_H_FILES := uuid.h firmware_image_package.h
 
 override CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700
 CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -pedantic -std=c99
@@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ else
   Q :=
 endif
 
-# Only include from local directory (see comment below).
-INCLUDE_PATHS := -I.
+INCLUDE_PATHS := -I. -I../../include/tools_share
 
 CC := gcc
 
@@ -48,24 +46,9 @@ fip_create: fip_create.sh
 	${Q}mkdir -p ../fip_create
 	${Q}install -m 755 fip_create.sh ../fip_create/fip_create
 
-%.o: %.c %.h ${COPIED_H_FILES} Makefile
+%.o: %.c %.h Makefile
 	@echo "  CC      $<"
 	${Q}${CC} -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${INCLUDE_PATHS} $< -o $@
 
-#
-# Copy required library headers to a local directory so they can be included
-# by this project without adding the library directories to the system include
-# path. This avoids conflicts with definitions in the compiler standard
-# include path.
-#
-uuid.h : ../../include/lib/stdlib/sys/uuid.h
-	$(call SHELL_COPY,$<,$@)
-
-firmware_image_package.h : ../../include/common/firmware_image_package.h
-	$(call SHELL_COPY,$<,$@)
-
 clean:
 	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${PROJECT} ${OBJECTS} fip_create)
-
-distclean: clean
-	$(call SHELL_DELETE_ALL, ${COPIED_H_FILES})
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/fiptool.c b/tools/fiptool/fiptool.c
index 7bfd2720e2..4d80f2f166 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/fiptool.c
+++ b/tools/fiptool/fiptool.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
  */
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
 
 #include <openssl/sha.h>
 
+#include <firmware_image_package.h>
+
 #include "fiptool.h"
-#include "firmware_image_package.h"
 #include "tbbr_config.h"
 
 #define OPT_TOC_ENTRY 0
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/fiptool.h b/tools/fiptool/fiptool.h
index 81453e0d06..4b5cdd91f2 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/fiptool.h
+++ b/tools/fiptool/fiptool.h
@@ -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
  */
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "firmware_image_package.h"
-#include "uuid.h"
+#include <firmware_image_package.h>
+#include <uuid.h>
 
 #define NELEM(x) (sizeof (x) / sizeof *(x))
 
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/tbbr_config.c b/tools/fiptool/tbbr_config.c
index 4662083298..7c6c24be4f 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/tbbr_config.c
+++ b/tools/fiptool/tbbr_config.c
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /*
- * 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
  */
 
 #include <stddef.h>
 
-#include "firmware_image_package.h"
+#include <firmware_image_package.h>
+
 #include "tbbr_config.h"
 
 /* The images used depends on the platform. */
diff --git a/tools/fiptool/tbbr_config.h b/tools/fiptool/tbbr_config.h
index a5155c8b12..bad757db57 100644
--- a/tools/fiptool/tbbr_config.h
+++ b/tools/fiptool/tbbr_config.h
@@ -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
  */
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include "uuid.h"
+#include <uuid.h>
 
 /* TODO: Update this number as required */
 #define TOC_HEADER_SERIAL_NUMBER 0x12345678