diff --git a/patches/arm-trusted-firmware/v2.7/dont-require-git-repo.patch b/patches/arm-trusted-firmware/v2.7/dont-require-git-repo.patch
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+++ b/patches/arm-trusted-firmware/v2.7/dont-require-git-repo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Index: arm-trusted-firmware-v2.7/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
+===================================================================
+--- arm-trusted-firmware-v2.7.orig/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
++++ arm-trusted-firmware-v2.7/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
+@@ -31,5 +31,4 @@ $(MV_DDR_LIB): FORCE
+ #	Do not remove! Following checks are required to ensure correct TF-A builds, removing these checks leads to broken TF-A builds
+ 	$(if $(value MV_DDR_PATH),,$(error "Platform '$(PLAT)' for BLE requires MV_DDR_PATH. Please set MV_DDR_PATH to point to the right directory"))
+ 	$(if $(wildcard $(value MV_DDR_PATH)/*),,$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' directory does not exist"))
+-	$(if $(shell git -C $(value MV_DDR_PATH) rev-parse --show-cdup 2>&1),$(error "'MV_DDR_PATH=$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' was specified, but '$(value MV_DDR_PATH)' does not contain valid mv-ddr-marvell git repository"))
+ 	@+make -C $(MV_DDR_PATH) --no-print-directory PLAT_INCLUDES="$(MV_DDR_INCLUDES)" PLATFORM=$(PLAT) ARCH=AARCH64 OBJ_DIR=$(BUILD_PLAT)/ble