diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
index 08c45b8470..cc1a7eb486 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.target
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ VPATH 		+= $(AARCH64_SRC)
 
 # we don't build any of the ARM tests
 AARCH64_TESTS=$(filter-out $(ARM_TESTS), $(TESTS))
-AARCH64_TESTS+=fcvt
+AARCH64_TESTS+=fcvt sysregs
 TESTS:=$(AARCH64_TESTS)
 
 fcvt: LDFLAGS+=-lm
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/sysregs.c b/tests/tcg/aarch64/sysregs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e11288ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/sysregs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * Check emulated system register access for linux-user mode.
+ *
+ * See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/arm64/cpu-feature-registers.txt
+ */
+
+#include <asm/hwcap.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/auxv.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+int failed_mask_count;
+
+#define get_cpu_reg(id) ({                                      \
+            unsigned long __val = 0xdeadbeef;                   \
+            asm("mrs %0, "#id : "=r" (__val));                  \
+            printf("%-20s: 0x%016lx\n", #id, __val);            \
+            __val;                                               \
+        })
+
+#define get_cpu_reg_check_mask(id, mask) ({                     \
+            unsigned long __cval = get_cpu_reg(id);             \
+            unsigned long __extra = __cval & ~mask;             \
+            if (__extra) {                                      \
+                printf("%-20s: 0x%016lx\n", "  !!extra bits!!", __extra);   \
+                failed_mask_count++;                            \
+            }                                                   \
+})
+
+bool should_fail;
+int should_fail_count;
+int should_not_fail_count;
+uintptr_t failed_pc[10];
+
+void sigill_handler(int signo, siginfo_t *si, void *data)
+{
+    ucontext_t *uc = (ucontext_t *)data;
+
+    if (should_fail) {
+        should_fail_count++;
+    } else {
+        uintptr_t pc = (uintptr_t) uc->uc_mcontext.pc;
+        failed_pc[should_not_fail_count++] =  pc;
+    }
+    uc->uc_mcontext.pc += 4;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    struct sigaction sa;
+
+    /* Hook in a SIGILL handler */
+    memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
+    sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+    sa.sa_sigaction = &sigill_handler;
+    sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+
+    if (sigaction(SIGILL, &sa, 0) != 0) {
+        perror("sigaction");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    /* since 4.12 */
+    printf("Checking CNT registers\n");
+
+    get_cpu_reg(ctr_el0);
+    get_cpu_reg(cntvct_el0);
+    get_cpu_reg(cntfrq_el0);
+
+    /* when (getauxval(AT_HWCAP) & HWCAP_CPUID), since 4.11*/
+    if (!(getauxval(AT_HWCAP) & HWCAP_CPUID)) {
+        printf("CPUID registers unavailable\n");
+        return 1;
+    } else {
+        printf("Checking CPUID registers\n");
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Some registers only expose some bits to user-space. Anything
+     * that is IMDEF is exported as 0 to user-space.
+     */
+    get_cpu_reg_check_mask(id_aa64isar0_el1, 0x000fffffff0ffff0ULL);
+    get_cpu_reg_check_mask(id_aa64isar1_el1, 0x00000000ffffffffULL);
+    get_cpu_reg(id_aa64mmfr0_el1);
+    get_cpu_reg(id_aa64mmfr1_el1);
+    get_cpu_reg_check_mask(id_aa64pfr0_el1, 0x000f000f0ff0000ULL);
+    get_cpu_reg(id_aa64pfr1_el1);
+    get_cpu_reg(id_aa64dfr0_el1);
+    get_cpu_reg(id_aa64dfr1_el1);
+
+    get_cpu_reg_check_mask(midr_el1, 0x00000000ffffffffULL);
+    get_cpu_reg(mpidr_el1);
+    /* REVIDR is all IMPDEF so should be all zeros to user-space */
+    get_cpu_reg_check_mask(revidr_el1, 0x0);
+
+    printf("Remaining registers should fail\n");
+    should_fail = true;
+
+    /* Unexposed register access causes SIGILL */
+    get_cpu_reg(id_mmfr0_el1);
+
+    if (should_not_fail_count > 0) {
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < should_not_fail_count; i++) {
+            uintptr_t pc = failed_pc[i];
+            uint32_t insn = *(uint32_t *) pc;
+            printf("insn %#x @ %#lx unexpected FAIL\n", insn, pc);
+        }
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (failed_mask_count > 0) {
+        printf("Extra information leaked to user-space!\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return should_fail_count == 1 ? 0 : 1;
+}
