diff --git a/tests/.cvsignore b/tests/.cvsignore
index b70d47bd6b..5e5781e20d 100644
--- a/tests/.cvsignore
+++ b/tests/.cvsignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
  gmon.out
  testsig
  hello
+ hello-arm
  sha1.test.c
  sha1.c
  test-i386
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 4b58c197ef..364e397306 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -59,5 +59,12 @@ speed: sha1 sha1-i386
 runcom: runcom.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
+# arm test
+hello-arm: hello-arm.o
+	arm-linux-ld -o $@ $<
+
+hello-arm.o: hello-arm.c
+	arm-linux-gcc -Wall -g -O2 -c -o $@ $<
+
 clean:
 	rm -f *~ *.o $(TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/hello-arm.c b/tests/hello-arm.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f84e6cb368
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hello-arm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#define __NR_SYSCALL_BASE	0x900000
+#define __NR_exit1			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+  1)
+#define __NR_write			(__NR_SYSCALL_BASE+  4)
+
+#define __sys2(x) #x
+#define __sys1(x) __sys2(x)
+
+#ifndef __syscall
+#define __syscall(name) "swi\t" __sys1(__NR_##name) "\n\t"
+#endif
+
+#define __syscall_return(type, res)					\
+do {									\
+	return (type) (res);						\
+} while (0)
+
+#define _syscall0(type,name)						\
+type name(void) {							\
+  long __res;								\
+  __asm__ __volatile__ (						\
+  __syscall(name)							\
+  "mov %0,r0"								\
+  :"=r" (__res) : : "r0","lr");						\
+  __syscall_return(type,__res);						\
+}
+
+#define _syscall1(type,name,type1,arg1)					\
+type name(type1 arg1) {							\
+  long __res;								\
+  __asm__ __volatile__ (						\
+  "mov\tr0,%1\n\t"							\
+  __syscall(name)							\
+  "mov %0,r0"								\
+        : "=r" (__res)							\
+        : "r" ((long)(arg1))						\
+	: "r0","lr");							\
+  __syscall_return(type,__res);						\
+}
+
+#define _syscall2(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2)			\
+type name(type1 arg1,type2 arg2) {					\
+  long __res;								\
+  __asm__ __volatile__ (						\
+  "mov\tr0,%1\n\t"							\
+  "mov\tr1,%2\n\t"							\
+  __syscall(name)							\
+  "mov\t%0,r0"								\
+        : "=r" (__res)							\
+        : "r" ((long)(arg1)),"r" ((long)(arg2))				\
+	: "r0","r1","lr");						\
+  __syscall_return(type,__res);						\
+}
+
+
+#define _syscall3(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2,type3,arg3)		\
+type name(type1 arg1,type2 arg2,type3 arg3) {				\
+  long __res;								\
+  __asm__ __volatile__ (						\
+  "mov\tr0,%1\n\t"							\
+  "mov\tr1,%2\n\t"							\
+  "mov\tr2,%3\n\t"							\
+  __syscall(name)							\
+  "mov\t%0,r0"								\
+        : "=r" (__res)							\
+        : "r" ((long)(arg1)),"r" ((long)(arg2)),"r" ((long)(arg3))	\
+        : "r0","r1","r2","lr");						\
+  __syscall_return(type,__res);						\
+}
+
+
+#define _syscall4(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2,type3,arg3,type4,arg4)		\
+type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3, type4 arg4) {				\
+  long __res;										\
+  __asm__ __volatile__ (								\
+  "mov\tr0,%1\n\t"									\
+  "mov\tr1,%2\n\t"									\
+  "mov\tr2,%3\n\t"									\
+  "mov\tr3,%4\n\t"									\
+  __syscall(name)									\
+  "mov\t%0,r0"										\
+  	: "=r" (__res)									\
+  	: "r" ((long)(arg1)),"r" ((long)(arg2)),"r" ((long)(arg3)),"r" ((long)(arg4))	\
+  	: "r0","r1","r2","r3","lr");							\
+  __syscall_return(type,__res);								\
+}
+  
+
+#define _syscall5(type,name,type1,arg1,type2,arg2,type3,arg3,type4,arg4,type5,arg5)	\
+type name(type1 arg1, type2 arg2, type3 arg3, type4 arg4, type5 arg5) {			\
+  long __res;										\
+  __asm__ __volatile__ (								\
+  "mov\tr0,%1\n\t"									\
+  "mov\tr1,%2\n\t"									\
+  "mov\tr2,%3\n\t"									\
+  "mov\tr3,%4\n\t"									\
+  "mov\tr4,%5\n\t"									\
+  __syscall(name)									\
+  "mov\t%0,r0"										\
+  	: "=r" (__res)									\
+  	: "r" ((long)(arg1)),"r" ((long)(arg2)),"r" ((long)(arg3)),"r" ((long)(arg4)),	\
+	  "r" ((long)(arg5))								\
+	: "r0","r1","r2","r3","r4","lr");						\
+  __syscall_return(type,__res);								\
+}
+
+_syscall1(int,exit1,int,status);
+_syscall3(int,write,int,fd,const char *,buf, int, len);
+
+void _start(void)
+{
+    write(1, "Hello World\n", 12);
+    exit1(0);
+}