diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
index a87bcb298f9e6d7b2f3fd61b4586e291f46b0f81..64253f3814786b302f8fea573fdfc4213da439ce 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
+++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
@@ -33147,6 +33147,22 @@ arm_valid_target_attribute_rec (tree args, struct gcc_options *opts)
 
 	  opts->x_arm_arch_string = xstrndup (arch, strlen (arch));
 	}
+      else if (startswith (q, "branch-protection="))
+	{
+	  char *bp_str = q + strlen ("branch-protection=");
+
+	  opts->x_arm_branch_protection_string
+	    = xstrndup (bp_str, strlen (bp_str));
+
+	  /* Capture values from target attribute.  */
+	  aarch_validate_mbranch_protection
+	    (opts->x_arm_branch_protection_string);
+
+	  /* Init function target attr values.  */
+	  opts->x_aarch_ra_sign_scope = aarch_ra_sign_scope;
+	  opts->x_aarch_enable_bti = aarch_enable_bti;
+
+	}
       else if (q[0] == '+')
 	{
 	  opts->x_arm_arch_string
diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
index eee4c6737bbfa9529fd613a0197d513121d058ec..c605adf665754804735e244006fb39f02705c74e 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
@@ -4767,6 +4767,12 @@ In this example @code{target("+crc+nocrypto")} enables the @code{crc}
 extension and disables the @code{crypto} extension for the function @code{foo}
 without modifying an existing @option{-march=} or @option{-mcpu} option.
 
+@item branch-protection=
+@cindex @code{branch-protection=} function attribute, arm
+Select the function scope on which branch protection will be applied.  The
+behavior and permissible arguments are the same as for the command-line option
+@option{-mbranch-protection=}.  The default value is @code{none}.
+
 @end table
 
 @end table
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/pacbti-m-predef-7.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/pacbti-m-predef-7.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ccf3e1cb9ae6cbed77844142e94641548b75c918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/acle/pacbti-m-predef-7.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* { dg-do run } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target arm_pacbti_hw } */
+/* { dg-additional-options " -mbranch-protection=pac-ret+leaf --save-temps" } */
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "\.eabi_attribute 50, 2" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "\.eabi_attribute 52, 2" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "\.eabi_attribute 74, 0" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "\.eabi_attribute 76, 1" } } */
+
+#if defined (__ARM_FEATURE_BTI_DEFAULT)
+#error "Feature test macro __ARM_FEATURE_BTI_DEFAULT should be undefined."
+#endif
+
+#if !defined (__ARM_FEATURE_PAC_DEFAULT)
+#error "Feature test macro __ARM_FEATURE_PAC_DEFAULT should be defined."
+#endif
+
+__attribute__((target("branch-protection=pac-ret+bti"), noinline))
+void foo ()
+{
+  if (__ARM_FEATURE_PAC_DEFAULT != 5)
+    __builtin_abort ();
+}
+
+int
+main()
+{
+  foo ();
+  return 0;
+}