diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/ppc-clobbered-registers-O2.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/ppc-clobbered-registers-O2.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/ppc-clobbered-registers-O2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+unsigned * __attribute__((noinline))
+start_sequence (unsigned * x, unsigned * y)
+{
+	return (unsigned *)0xdeadbeef;
+};
+
+unsigned __attribute__((noinline))
+gen_movsd (unsigned * operand0, unsigned * operand1)
+{
+	return *start_sequence(operand0, operand1);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  unsigned x, y;
+
+  x = 13;
+  y = 14;
+  return (int)gen_movsd (&x, &y);
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/ppc-clobbered-registers-O2.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/ppc-clobbered-registers-O2.exp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.arch/ppc-clobbered-registers-O2.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+#
+# This file is part of the gdb testsuite.
+
+# Test displaying call clobbered registers in optimized binaries for ppc.
+# GDB should not show incorrect values.
+
+if ![istarget "powerpc*-*"] then {
+    verbose "Skipping powerpc* call clobbered registers testing."
+    return
+}
+
+set testfile "ppc-clobbered-registers-O2"
+set srcfile ${testfile}.c
+set binfile [standard_output_file ${testfile}]
+set compile_flags "debug additional_flags=-O2"
+
+if { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable ${compile_flags}] != "" } {
+    unsupported "Testcase compile failed."
+    return -1
+}
+
+gdb_exit
+gdb_start
+gdb_reinitialize_dir $srcdir/$subdir
+gdb_load ${binfile}
+
+if ![runto_main] then {
+    perror "Couldn't run to breakpoint"
+    continue
+}
+
+gdb_test "b start_sequence" ".*Breakpoint 2 at.*line 6.*" \
+  "Insert breakpoint at problematic function"
+
+gdb_test continue ".*Breakpoint 2.*in start_sequence.*" \
+  "Run until problematic function"
+
+gdb_test backtrace ".*operand0=<value optimized out>.*operand1=<value optimized out>.*" \
+  "Check value of call clobbered registers"
