diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 7572859317..40bba0fc4c 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ S: Maintained
 F: target/tricore/
 F: hw/tricore/
 F: include/hw/tricore/
+F: tests/tcg/tricore/
 
 Multiarch Linux User Tests
 M: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
diff --git a/tests/tcg/tricore/Makefile.softmmu-target b/tests/tcg/tricore/Makefile.softmmu-target
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d64a99b95f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/tricore/Makefile.softmmu-target
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+TESTS_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/tricore
+
+LDFLAGS = -T$(TESTS_PATH)/link.ld
+ASFLAGS =
+
+QEMU_OPTS += -M tricore_testboard -nographic -kernel
+
+%.pS: $(TESTS_PATH)/%.S
+	$(HOST_CC) -E -o $@ $<
+
+%.o: %.pS
+	$(AS) $(ASFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
+%.tst: %.o
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@
diff --git a/tests/tcg/tricore/link.ld b/tests/tcg/tricore/link.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..364bcdc00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/tricore/link.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* Default linker script, for normal executables */
+OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-tricore")
+OUTPUT_ARCH(tricore)
+ENTRY(_start)
+
+/* the internal ram description */
+MEMORY
+{
+  text_ram (rx!p): org = 0x80000000, len = 15K
+  data_ram (w!xp): org = 0xd0000000, len = 130K
+}
+/*
+ * Define the sizes of the user and system stacks.
+ */
+__USTACK_SIZE = DEFINED (__USTACK_SIZE) ? __USTACK_SIZE : 1K ;
+/*
+ * Define the start address and the size of the context save area.
+ */
+__CSA_BEGIN =  0xd0000000 ;
+__CSA_SIZE =  8k ;
+__CSA_END = __CSA_BEGIN + __CSA_SIZE ;
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .text  :
+  {
+    *(.text)
+    . = ALIGN(8);
+  } > text_ram
+
+  .rodata :
+  {
+    *(.rodata)
+    *(.rodata1)
+  } > data_ram
+
+  .data :
+  {
+    . = ALIGN(8) ;
+    *(.data)
+    *(.data.*)
+    . = ALIGN(8) ;
+    __USTACK = . + __USTACK_SIZE -768;
+
+  } > data_ram
+  /*
+   * Allocate space for BSS sections.
+   */
+  .bss  :
+  {
+    BSS_BASE = . ;
+    *(.bss)
+    *(COMMON)
+    . = ALIGN(8) ;
+  } > data_ram
+  /* Make sure CSA, stack and heap addresses are properly aligned.  */
+  _. = ASSERT ((__CSA_BEGIN & 0x3f) == 0 , "illegal CSA start address") ;
+  _. = ASSERT ((__CSA_SIZE & 0x3f) == 0 , "illegal CSA size") ;
+
+}