diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/data-intrinsics-armv6.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/data-intrinsics-armv6.c
index 988ecac3787..6dc8c55e2f9 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/data-intrinsics-armv6.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/data-intrinsics-armv6.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* { dg-do run } */
-/* { dg-require-effective-target arm_arch_v6t2_ok } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target arm_arch_v6t2_hw_ok } */
 /* { dg-add-options arm_arch_v6t2 } */
 
 #include "arm_acle.h"
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/data-intrinsics-rbit.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/data-intrinsics-rbit.c
index d1fe274b5ce..b01c4219a7e 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/data-intrinsics-rbit.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/data-intrinsics-rbit.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Test the ACLE data intrinsics existence for specific instruction.  */
 /* { dg-do run } */
-/* { dg-require-effective-target arm_arch_v6t2_ok } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target arm_arch_v6t2_hw_ok } */
 /* { dg-additional-options "--save-temps -O1" } */
 /* { dg-add-options arm_arch_v6t2 } */
 /* { dg-final { check-function-bodies "**" "" "" } } */
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp b/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
index 1a7bea96c1e..d414cddf4dc 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp
@@ -5590,6 +5590,24 @@ proc check_effective_target_arm_thumb1_cbz_ok {} {
     }
 }
 
+# Return 1 if this is an Arm target which supports the Armv6t2 extensions.
+# This can be either in Arm state or in Thumb state.
+
+proc check_effective_target_arm_arch_v6t2_hw_ok {} {
+    if [check_effective_target_arm_thumb1_ok] {
+	return [check_no_compiler_messages arm_movt object {
+	    int
+	    main (void)
+	    {
+	      asm ("bfc r0, #1, #2");
+	      return 0;
+	    }
+	} [add_options_for_arm_arch_v6t2 ""]]
+    } else {
+	return 0
+    }
+}
+
 # Return 1 if this is an ARM target where ARMv8-M Security Extensions is
 # available.