diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub.c b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
index 866595b4f1..a8fff2a3d0 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
@@ -195,22 +195,17 @@ static const struct TypeSize vec_lanes[] = {
     { "uint128", 128, 'q', 'u' },
     { "int128", 128, 'q', 's' },
     /* 64 bit */
+    { "ieee_double", 64, 'd', 'f' },
     { "uint64", 64, 'd', 'u' },
     { "int64", 64, 'd', 's' },
-    { "ieee_double", 64, 'd', 'f' },
     /* 32 bit */
+    { "ieee_single", 32, 's', 'f' },
     { "uint32", 32, 's', 'u' },
     { "int32", 32, 's', 's' },
-    { "ieee_single", 32, 's', 'f' },
     /* 16 bit */
+    { "ieee_half", 16, 'h', 'f' },
     { "uint16", 16, 'h', 'u' },
     { "int16", 16, 'h', 's' },
-    /*
-     * TODO: currently there is no reliable way of telling
-     * if the remote gdb actually understands ieee_half so
-     * we don't expose it in the target description for now.
-     * { "ieee_half", 16, 'h', 'f' },
-     */
     /* bytes */
     { "uint8", 8, 'b', 'u' },
     { "int8", 8, 'b', 's' },
@@ -223,17 +218,16 @@ int arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_xml(CPUState *cs, int base_reg)
     GString *s = g_string_new(NULL);
     DynamicGDBXMLInfo *info = &cpu->dyn_svereg_xml;
     g_autoptr(GString) ts = g_string_new("");
-    int i, bits, reg_width = (cpu->sve_max_vq * 128);
+    int i, j, bits, reg_width = (cpu->sve_max_vq * 128);
     info->num = 0;
     g_string_printf(s, "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
     g_string_append_printf(s, "<!DOCTYPE target SYSTEM \"gdb-target.dtd\">");
-    g_string_append_printf(s, "<feature name=\"org.qemu.gdb.aarch64.sve\">");
+    g_string_append_printf(s, "<feature name=\"org.gnu.gdb.aarch64.sve\">");
 
     /* First define types and totals in a whole VL */
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vec_lanes); i++) {
         int count = reg_width / vec_lanes[i].size;
-        g_string_printf(ts, "vq%d%c%c", count,
-                        vec_lanes[i].sz, vec_lanes[i].suffix);
+        g_string_printf(ts, "svev%c%c", vec_lanes[i].sz, vec_lanes[i].suffix);
         g_string_append_printf(s,
                                "<vector id=\"%s\" type=\"%s\" count=\"%d\"/>",
                                ts->str, vec_lanes[i].gdb_type, count);
@@ -243,39 +237,37 @@ int arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_xml(CPUState *cs, int base_reg)
      * signed and potentially float versions of each size from 128 to
      * 8 bits.
      */
-    for (bits = 128; bits >= 8; bits /= 2) {
-        int count = reg_width / bits;
-        g_string_append_printf(s, "<union id=\"vq%dn\">", count);
-        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vec_lanes); i++) {
-            if (vec_lanes[i].size == bits) {
-                g_string_append_printf(s, "<field name=\"%c\" type=\"vq%d%c%c\"/>",
-                                       vec_lanes[i].suffix,
-                                       count,
-                                       vec_lanes[i].sz, vec_lanes[i].suffix);
+    for (bits = 128, i = 0; bits >= 8; bits /= 2, i++) {
+        const char suf[] = { 'q', 'd', 's', 'h', 'b' };
+        g_string_append_printf(s, "<union id=\"svevn%c\">", suf[i]);
+        for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(vec_lanes); j++) {
+            if (vec_lanes[j].size == bits) {
+                g_string_append_printf(s, "<field name=\"%c\" type=\"svev%c%c\"/>",
+                                       vec_lanes[j].suffix,
+                                       vec_lanes[j].sz, vec_lanes[j].suffix);
             }
         }
         g_string_append(s, "</union>");
     }
     /* And now the final union of unions */
-    g_string_append(s, "<union id=\"vq\">");
-    for (bits = 128; bits >= 8; bits /= 2) {
-        int count = reg_width / bits;
-        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vec_lanes); i++) {
-            if (vec_lanes[i].size == bits) {
-                g_string_append_printf(s, "<field name=\"%c\" type=\"vq%dn\"/>",
-                                       vec_lanes[i].sz, count);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
+    g_string_append(s, "<union id=\"svev\">");
+    for (bits = 128, i = 0; bits >= 8; bits /= 2, i++) {
+        const char suf[] = { 'q', 'd', 's', 'h', 'b' };
+        g_string_append_printf(s, "<field name=\"%c\" type=\"svevn%c\"/>",
+                               suf[i], suf[i]);
     }
     g_string_append(s, "</union>");
 
+    /* Finally the sve prefix type */
+    g_string_append_printf(s,
+                           "<vector id=\"svep\" type=\"uint8\" count=\"%d\"/>",
+                           reg_width / 8);
+
     /* Then define each register in parts for each vq */
     for (i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
         g_string_append_printf(s,
                                "<reg name=\"z%d\" bitsize=\"%d\""
-                               " regnum=\"%d\" group=\"vector\""
-                               " type=\"vq\"/>",
+                               " regnum=\"%d\" type=\"svev\"/>",
                                i, reg_width, base_reg++);
         info->num++;
     }
@@ -287,31 +279,22 @@ int arm_gen_dynamic_svereg_xml(CPUState *cs, int base_reg)
                            " regnum=\"%d\" group=\"float\""
                            " type=\"int\"/>", base_reg++);
     info->num += 2;
-    /*
-     * Predicate registers aren't so big they are worth splitting up
-     * but we do need to define a type to hold the array of quad
-     * references.
-     */
-    g_string_append_printf(s,
-                           "<vector id=\"vqp\" type=\"uint16\" count=\"%d\"/>",
-                           cpu->sve_max_vq);
+
     for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
         g_string_append_printf(s,
                                "<reg name=\"p%d\" bitsize=\"%d\""
-                               " regnum=\"%d\" group=\"vector\""
-                               " type=\"vqp\"/>",
+                               " regnum=\"%d\" type=\"svep\"/>",
                                i, cpu->sve_max_vq * 16, base_reg++);
         info->num++;
     }
     g_string_append_printf(s,
                            "<reg name=\"ffr\" bitsize=\"%d\""
                            " regnum=\"%d\" group=\"vector\""
-                           " type=\"vqp\"/>",
+                           " type=\"svep\"/>",
                            cpu->sve_max_vq * 16, base_reg++);
     g_string_append_printf(s,
                            "<reg name=\"vg\" bitsize=\"64\""
-                           " regnum=\"%d\" group=\"vector\""
-                           " type=\"uint32\"/>",
+                           " regnum=\"%d\" type=\"int\"/>",
                            base_reg++);
     info->num += 2;
     g_string_append_printf(s, "</feature>");
diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index 5ab3f5ace3..8a492465d6 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int arm_gdb_get_svereg(CPUARMState *env, GByteArray *buf, int reg)
          * while the ZCR works in Vector Quads (VQ) which is 128bit chunks.
          */
         int vq = sve_zcr_len_for_el(env, arm_current_el(env)) + 1;
-        return gdb_get_reg32(buf, vq * 2);
+        return gdb_get_reg64(buf, vq * 2);
     }
     default:
         /* gdbstub asked for something out our range */
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-sve-ioctl.py b/tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-sve-ioctl.py
index 972cf73c31..b9ef169c1a 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-sve-ioctl.py
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/gdbstub/test-sve-ioctl.py
@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ class TestBreakpoint(gdb.Breakpoint):
         except gdb.error:
             report(False, "checking zregs (out of range)")
 
+        # Check the aliased V registers are set and GDB has correctly
+        # created them for us having recognised and handled SVE.
+        try:
+            for i in range(0, 16):
+                val_z = gdb.parse_and_eval("$z0.b.u[%d]" % i)
+                val_v = gdb.parse_and_eval("$v0.b.u[%d]" % i)
+                report(int(val_z) == int(val_v),
+                       "v0.b.u[%d] == z0.b.u[%d]" % (i, i))
+        except gdb.error:
+            report(False, "checking vregs (out of range)")
+
 
 def run_test():
     "Run through the tests one by one"
