diff --git a/fpu/softfloat.c b/fpu/softfloat.c
index e0ea599..c8f0370 100644
--- a/fpu/softfloat.c
+++ b/fpu/softfloat.c
@@ -2372,6 +2372,17 @@ float32 float32_muladd(float32 a, float32 b, float32 c, int flags STATUS_PARAM)
             }
         }
         /* Zero plus something non-zero : just return the something */
+        if (flags & float_muladd_halve_result) {
+            if (cExp == 0) {
+                shift32RightJamming(cSig, 1, &cSig);
+            } else if (cExp == 1) {
+                shift32RightJamming(cSig, 1, &cSig);
+                cSig |= (1 << 22);
+                cExp = 0;
+            } else {
+                cExp--;
+            }
+        }
         return packFloat32(cSign ^ signflip, cExp, cSig);
     }
 
@@ -2408,6 +2419,9 @@ float32 float32_muladd(float32 a, float32 b, float32 c, int flags STATUS_PARAM)
             /* Throw out the special case of c being an exact zero now */
             shift64RightJamming(pSig64, 32, &pSig64);
             pSig = pSig64;
+            if (flags & float_muladd_halve_result) {
+                pExp--;
+            }
             return roundAndPackFloat32(zSign, pExp - 1,
                                        pSig STATUS_VAR);
         }
@@ -2472,6 +2486,10 @@ float32 float32_muladd(float32 a, float32 b, float32 c, int flags STATUS_PARAM)
         zSig64 <<= shiftcount;
         zExp -= shiftcount;
     }
+    if (flags & float_muladd_halve_result) {
+        zExp--;
+    }
+
     shift64RightJamming(zSig64, 32, &zSig64);
     return roundAndPackFloat32(zSign, zExp, zSig64 STATUS_VAR);
 }
@@ -4088,6 +4106,17 @@ float64 float64_muladd(float64 a, float64 b, float64 c, int flags STATUS_PARAM)
             }
         }
         /* Zero plus something non-zero : just return the something */
+        if (flags & float_muladd_halve_result) {
+            if (cExp == 0) {
+                shift64RightJamming(cSig, 1, &cSig);
+            } else if (cExp == 1) {
+                shift64RightJamming(cSig, 1, &cSig);
+                cSig |= (1ULL << 51);
+                cExp = 0;
+            } else {
+                cExp--;
+            }
+        }
         return packFloat64(cSign ^ signflip, cExp, cSig);
     }
 
@@ -4123,6 +4152,9 @@ float64 float64_muladd(float64 a, float64 b, float64 c, int flags STATUS_PARAM)
         if (!cSig) {
             /* Throw out the special case of c being an exact zero now */
             shift128RightJamming(pSig0, pSig1, 64, &pSig0, &pSig1);
+            if (flags & float_muladd_halve_result) {
+                pExp--;
+            }
             return roundAndPackFloat64(zSign, pExp - 1,
                                        pSig1 STATUS_VAR);
         }
@@ -4159,6 +4191,9 @@ float64 float64_muladd(float64 a, float64 b, float64 c, int flags STATUS_PARAM)
             zExp--;
         }
         shift128RightJamming(zSig0, zSig1, 64, &zSig0, &zSig1);
+        if (flags & float_muladd_halve_result) {
+            zExp--;
+        }
         return roundAndPackFloat64(zSign, zExp, zSig1 STATUS_VAR);
     } else {
         /* Subtraction */
@@ -4209,6 +4244,9 @@ float64 float64_muladd(float64 a, float64 b, float64 c, int flags STATUS_PARAM)
                 zExp -= (shiftcount + 64);
             }
         }
+        if (flags & float_muladd_halve_result) {
+            zExp--;
+        }
         return roundAndPackFloat64(zSign, zExp, zSig0 STATUS_VAR);
     }
 }
diff --git a/include/fpu/softfloat.h b/include/fpu/softfloat.h
index 806ae13..4b4df88 100644
--- a/include/fpu/softfloat.h
+++ b/include/fpu/softfloat.h
@@ -249,11 +249,14 @@ void float_raise( int8 flags STATUS_PARAM);
 | Using these differs from negating an input or output before calling
 | the muladd function in that this means that a NaN doesn't have its
 | sign bit inverted before it is propagated.
+| We also support halving the result before rounding, as a special
+| case to support the ARM fused-sqrt-step instruction FRSQRTS.
 *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 enum {
     float_muladd_negate_c = 1,
     float_muladd_negate_product = 2,
     float_muladd_negate_result = 4,
+    float_muladd_halve_result = 8,
 };
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
