diff --git a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg.dec b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg.dec
index 7ab2405b88..791b45bf50 100644
--- a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg.dec
+++ b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg.dec
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
   #
   gArmVirtualizationTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDeviceTreeInitialBaseAddress|0x0|UINT64|0x00000001
 
+  #
+  # Padding in bytes to add to the device tree allocation, so that the DTB can
+  # be modified in place (default: 256 bytes)
+  #
+  gArmVirtualizationTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDeviceTreeAllocationPadding|256|UINT32|0x00000002
+
 [PcdsDynamic, PcdsFixedAtBuild]
   #
   # ARM PSCI function invocations can be done either through hypervisor
diff --git a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/Library/PlatformPeiLib/PlatformPeiLib.c b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/Library/PlatformPeiLib/PlatformPeiLib.c
index c500d5964b..bdf2b57fcb 100644
--- a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/Library/PlatformPeiLib/PlatformPeiLib.c
+++ b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/Library/PlatformPeiLib/PlatformPeiLib.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ PlatformPeim (
   VOID               *Base;
   VOID               *NewBase;
   UINTN              FdtSize;
+  UINTN              FdtPages;
   UINT64             *FdtHobData;
   UINT64             *UartHobData;
   INT32              Node, Prev;
@@ -47,10 +48,11 @@ PlatformPeim (
   ASSERT (Base != NULL);
   ASSERT (fdt_check_header (Base) == 0);
 
-  FdtSize = fdt_totalsize (Base);
-  NewBase = AllocatePages (EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (FdtSize));
+  FdtSize = fdt_totalsize (Base) + PcdGet32 (PcdDeviceTreeAllocationPadding);
+  FdtPages = EFI_SIZE_TO_PAGES (FdtSize);
+  NewBase = AllocatePages (FdtPages);
   ASSERT (NewBase != NULL);
-  CopyMem (NewBase, Base, FdtSize);
+  fdt_open_into (Base, NewBase, EFI_PAGES_TO_SIZE (FdtPages));
 
   FdtHobData = BuildGuidHob (&gFdtHobGuid, sizeof *FdtHobData);
   ASSERT (FdtHobData != NULL);
diff --git a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/Library/PlatformPeiLib/PlatformPeiLib.inf b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/Library/PlatformPeiLib/PlatformPeiLib.inf
index 96019e4009..6675a1f915 100644
--- a/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/Library/PlatformPeiLib/PlatformPeiLib.inf
+++ b/ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVirtualizationPkg/Library/PlatformPeiLib/PlatformPeiLib.inf
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
   gArmTokenSpaceGuid.PcdFvBaseAddress
   gArmTokenSpaceGuid.PcdFvSize
   gArmVirtualizationTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDeviceTreeInitialBaseAddress
+  gArmVirtualizationTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDeviceTreeAllocationPadding
 
 [Guids]
   gEarlyPL011BaseAddressGuid