diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/memops-watchpoint.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/memops-watchpoint.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0255cfb43404
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+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/memops-watchpoint.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* This test program is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2024 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/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  /* Some targets need 4-byte alignment for hardware watchpoints.  */
+  char s[40] __attribute__ ((aligned (4)))
+    = "This is a relatively long string...";
+  char a[40] __attribute__ ((aligned (4)))
+    = "String to be overwritten with zeroes";
+  char b[40] __attribute__ ((aligned (4)))
+    = "Another string to be memcopied...";
+  char c[40] __attribute__ ((aligned (4)))
+    = "Another string to be memmoved...";
+
+  /* Break here.  */
+  memset (a, 0, sizeof (a));
+
+  memcpy (b, s, sizeof (b));
+
+  memmove (c, s, sizeof (c));
+
+  printf ("b = '%s'\n", b);
+  printf ("c = '%s'\n", c);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/memops-watchpoint.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/memops-watchpoint.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4005b1eecf85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/memops-watchpoint.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# Copyright 2024 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/>.
+
+# Test a binary that uses standard libc memory operation functions.  They are
+# frequently optimized with specialized instructions, so make sure GDB behaves
+# correctly in their presence.
+
+standard_testfile
+set options "-fno-builtin-memset -fno-builtin-memcpy -fno-builtin-memmove"
+if { [prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" ${testfile} ${srcfile} \
+	  [list debug additional_flags=$options]] } {
+    return -1
+}
+
+set linespec ${srcfile}:[gdb_get_line_number "Break here"]
+if ![runto ${linespec}] {
+    return -1
+}
+
+gdb_test "watch -location a\[28\]" \
+    "(Hardware w|W)atchpoint ${decimal}: -location a\\\[28\\\]" \
+    "set watch on a"
+gdb_test "watch -location b\[28\]" \
+    "(Hardware w|W)atchpoint ${decimal}: -location b\\\[28\\\]" \
+    "set watchpoint on b"
+gdb_test "watch -location c\[28\]" \
+    "(Hardware w|W)atchpoint ${decimal}: -location c\\\[28\\\]" \
+    "set watchpoint on c"
+
+# For the tests below, split the pattern matching in two parts: one for the
+# watchpoint trigger, and another for the line showing the function name.
+# This is to allow the tests to work if there's a properly named symbol for
+# the function, even if there's no libc debug info.
+
+set saw_watch_trigger 0
+set saw_function 0
+set is_supported 1
+set message "continue until memset watchpoint hits"
+set watch_trigger \
+	[multi_line \
+	     "Continuing\\." \
+	     "" \
+	     "(Hardware w|W)atchpoint ${decimal}: -location a\\\[28\\\]" \
+	     "" \
+	     "Old value = 104 'h'" \
+	     "New value = 0 '\\\\000'"]
+gdb_test_multiple "continue" $message {
+    -re $watch_trigger {
+	set saw_watch_trigger 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re ".*memset.* \\(\\) at .*:$decimal\r\n" {
+	set saw_function 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re ".*memset.* \\(\\) from .*libc\[^\r\n\]+\r\n" {
+	set saw_function 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re "in \\?\\? \\(\\) from .*libc\[^\r\n\]+\r\n" {
+	set is_supported 0
+	unsupported "symbol for memset not found"
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re "$gdb_prompt $" {
+	if { $is_supported } {
+	    setup_kfail breakpoints/31665 arm*-*-linux*
+	    gdb_assert { $saw_watch_trigger && $saw_function } $message
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+set saw_watch_trigger 0
+set saw_function 0
+set is_supported 1
+set message "continue until memcpy watchpoint hits"
+set watch_trigger \
+	[multi_line \
+	     "Continuing\\." \
+	     "" \
+	     "(Hardware w|W)atchpoint ${decimal}: -location b\\\[28\\\]" \
+	     "" \
+	     "Old value = 101 'e'" \
+	     "New value = 114 'r'"]
+gdb_test_multiple "continue" $message {
+    -re $watch_trigger {
+	set saw_watch_trigger 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re ".*memcpy.* \\(\\) at .*:$decimal\r\n" {
+	set saw_function 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re ".*memcpy.* \\(\\) from .*libc\[^\r\n\]+\r\n" {
+	set saw_function 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re "in \\?\\? \\(\\) from .*libc\[^\r\n\]+\r\n" {
+	set is_supported 0
+	unsupported "symbol for memcpy not found"
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re "$gdb_prompt $" {
+	if { $is_supported } {
+	    setup_kfail breakpoints/31665 arm*-*-linux*
+	    gdb_assert { $saw_watch_trigger && $saw_function } $message
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+# Note: Some architectures use memcpy for memmove.
+set saw_watch_trigger 0
+set saw_function 0
+set is_supported 1
+set message "continue until memmove watchpoint hits"
+set watch_trigger \
+	[multi_line \
+	     "Continuing\\." \
+	     "" \
+	     "(Hardware w|W)atchpoint ${decimal}: -location c\\\[28\\\]" \
+	     "" \
+	     "Old value = 100 'd'" \
+	     "New value = 114 'r'"]
+gdb_test_multiple "continue" $message {
+    -re $watch_trigger {
+	set saw_watch_trigger 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re ".*(memmove|memcpy).* \\(\\) at .*:$decimal\r\n" {
+	set saw_function 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re ".*(memmove|memcpy).* \\(\\) from .*libc\[^\r\n\]+\r\n" {
+	set saw_function 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re "in \\?\\? \\(\\) from .*libc\[^\r\n\]+\r\n" {
+	set is_supported 0
+	unsupported "symbol for memmove not found"
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    -re "$gdb_prompt $" {
+	if { $is_supported } {
+	    setup_kfail breakpoints/31665 arm*-*-linux*
+	    gdb_assert { $saw_watch_trigger && $saw_function } $message
+	}
+    }
+}
