diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
index a1368905f5..df9747bae8 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ config-cc.mak: Makefile
 
 memory: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1
 
+memory-sve: memory.c $(LINK_SCRIPT) $(CRT_OBJS) $(MINILIB_OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
+
+memory-sve: CFLAGS+=-DCHECK_UNALIGNED=1 -march=armv8.1-a+sve -O3 -fno-tree-loop-distribute-patterns
+
+TESTS+=memory-sve
+
 # Running
 QEMU_BASE_MACHINE=-M virt -cpu max -display none
 QEMU_OPTS+=$(QEMU_BASE_MACHINE) -semihosting-config enable=on,target=native,chardev=output -kernel
diff --git a/tests/tcg/aarch64/system/boot.S b/tests/tcg/aarch64/system/boot.S
index e190b1efa6..f136363d2a 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/aarch64/system/boot.S
+++ b/tests/tcg/aarch64/system/boot.S
@@ -179,12 +179,13 @@ __start:
 	isb
 
 	/*
-	 * Enable FP registers. The standard C pre-amble will be
+	 * Enable FP/SVE registers. The standard C pre-amble will be
 	 * saving these and A-profile compilers will use AdvSIMD
 	 * registers unless we tell it not to.
 	*/
 	mrs	x0, cpacr_el1
 	orr	x0, x0, #(3 << 20)
+	orr	x0, x0, #(3 << 16)
 	msr	cpacr_el1, x0
 
 	/* Setup some stack space and enter the test code.