diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/d10.exp b/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/d10.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d437281d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/d10.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# Driver for D10V assembler testsuite
+#
+proc run_list_test { name opts } {
+  global srcdir subdir
+  set testname "D10V $name"
+  set file $srcdir/$subdir/$name
+  gas_run ${name}.s $opts ">&dump.out"
+  if {[regexp_diff "dump.out" "${file}.l"] } {
+    fail $testname
+    verbose "output is [file_contents "dump.out"]" 2
+    return
+  }
+  pass $testname
+}
+
+if {[istarget d10v-*-*]} {
+  run_dump_test "inst"
+}
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/inst.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/inst.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae3dafc820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/inst.d
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#objdump: -dr
+#name: D10V basic instruction test output
+#as:
+
+.*: +file format elf32-d10v
+
+Disassembly of section .text:
+
+00000000 <start>:
+   0:	a9 04 c2 29 	sac	r0, a0	<-	sachi	r1, a0
+   4:	a9 06 c2 2d 	rac	r0, a0, -0x2	<-	rachi	r1, a0, -0x2
+   8:	2f 00 32 26 	nop		||	slae	a0, r3
+   c:	f2 11 08 00 	ld	r1, @0x800
+  10:	f3 01 08 00 	ld2w	r0, @0x800
+  14:	f7 01 08 00 	st2w	r0, @0x800
+  18:	f6 11 08 00 	st	r1, @0x800
+  1c:	6f 00 5e 00 	nop		->	nop	
+  20:	6f 00 5e 00 	nop		->	nop	
+  24:	2f 00 5e 00 	nop		||	nop	
+  28:	af 00 5e 00 	nop		<-	nop	
+  2c:	23 11 de 00 	not	r1	||	nop	
+  30:	63 21 de 00 	not	r2	->	nop	
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/inst.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/inst.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a0fa74413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/d10v/inst.s
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# test all instructions. FIXME: many instructions missing.
+
+start:
+	sachi	r1, a0
+	sac	r0, a0
+	#
+	# disassembler test. sachi&sac should not 
+	# be confused with rachi&rac
+	#
+	rachi	r1, a0, -0x2
+	rac	r0, a0, -0x2
+	slae	a0, r3
+	ld	r1, @0x0800
+	ld2w	r0, @0x0800
+	st2w	r0, @0x0800
+	st	r1, @0x0800
+
+# VLIW syntax test
+	nop
+	nop
+	nop	->	nop
+	nop	||	nop
+	nop	<-	nop
+
+# try changing sections
+	not	r1
+	.section .foo
+	add3	r10,r12,6
+	.text
+	not	r2
+	nop