diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/rhbz1261564-aarch64-watchpoint.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/rhbz1261564-aarch64-watchpoint.c
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/rhbz1261564-aarch64-watchpoint.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2016 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+__attribute__((aligned(16))) struct
+{
+  int var0, var4, var8;
+} aligned;
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  aligned.var0 = 1;
+  aligned.var4 = 2;
+  aligned.var8 = 3;
+
+  aligned.var4 = aligned.var0;
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/rhbz1261564-aarch64-watchpoint.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/rhbz1261564-aarch64-watchpoint.exp
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+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/rhbz1261564-aarch64-watchpoint.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2016 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if { [prepare_for_testing rhbz1261564-aarch64-watchpoint.exp "rhbz1261564-aarch64-watchpoint"] } {
+    return -1
+}
+
+if { ! [ runto main ] } then { return 0 }
+
+set test "rwatch aligned.var4"
+if [istarget "s390*-*-*"] {
+    gdb_test $test {Target does not support this type of hardware watchpoint\.}
+    untested "s390* does not support hw read watchpoint" 
+    return
+}
+gdb_test $test "Hardware read watchpoint \[0-9\]+: aligned.var4"
+
+proc checkvar { address } {
+    global gdb_prompt
+
+    set test "p &aligned.var$address"
+    gdb_test_multiple $test $test {
+	-re " = \\(int \\*\\) 0x\[0-9a-f\]+$address <aligned(\\+\[0-9\]+)?>\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+	    pass $test
+	}
+	-re "\r\n$gdb_prompt $" {
+	    untested "$test (unexpected ELF layout)"
+	    return 0
+	}
+    }
+    return 1
+}
+if ![checkvar "0"] { return }
+if ![checkvar "4"] { return }
+if ![checkvar "8"] { return }
+
+# Assumes: PPC_PTRACE_GETHWDBGINFO::data_bp_alignment == 8
+# 'lwz' does read only 4 bytes but the hw watchpoint is 8 bytes wide.
+setup_xfail "powerpc*-*-*"
+
+gdb_continue_to_end
