diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-simd.md b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-simd.md
index b63c1fe154362cdf31b2965d48f599be60387056..de2b738374918844cec8fe085c5fb1a847e8e937 100644
--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-simd.md
+++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-simd.md
@@ -1083,6 +1083,20 @@
   [(set_attr "type" "neon_ins<q>, neon_from_gp<q>, neon_load1_one_lane<q>")]
 )
 
+(define_insn "aarch64_simd_vec_set_zero<mode>"
+  [(set (match_operand:VALL_F16 0 "register_operand" "=w")
+	(vec_merge:VALL_F16
+	    (match_operand:VALL_F16 1 "aarch64_simd_imm_zero" "")
+	    (match_operand:VALL_F16 3 "register_operand" "0")
+	    (match_operand:SI 2 "immediate_operand" "i")))]
+  "TARGET_SIMD && exact_log2 (INTVAL (operands[2])) >= 0"
+  {
+    int elt = ENDIAN_LANE_N (<nunits>, exact_log2 (INTVAL (operands[2])));
+    operands[2] = GEN_INT ((HOST_WIDE_INT) 1 << elt);
+    return "ins\\t%0.<Vetype>[%p2], <vwcore>zr";
+  }
+)
+
 (define_insn "@aarch64_simd_vec_copy_lane<mode>"
   [(set (match_operand:VALL_F16 0 "register_operand" "=w")
 	(vec_merge:VALL_F16
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/vec-set-zero.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/vec-set-zero.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b34b902cf27bbfd9616c854b80181659706cf962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/vec-set-zero.c
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2" } */
+
+#include "arm_neon.h"
+
+#define FOO(type) \
+type f_##type(type v) \
+{ \
+  v[1] = 0; \
+  return v; \
+}
+
+FOO(int8x8_t)
+FOO(int16x4_t)
+FOO(int32x2_t)
+
+FOO(int8x16_t)
+FOO(int16x8_t)
+FOO(int32x4_t)
+FOO(int64x2_t)
+
+FOO(float16x4_t)
+FOO(float32x2_t)
+
+FOO(float16x8_t)
+FOO(float32x4_t)
+FOO(float64x2_t)
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.b\[1\], wzr} 2 { target aarch64_little_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.h\[1\], wzr} 4 { target aarch64_little_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.s\[1\], wzr} 4 { target aarch64_little_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.d\[1\], xzr} 2 { target aarch64_little_endian } } } */
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.b\[6\], wzr} 1 { target aarch64_big_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.b\[14\], wzr} 1 { target aarch64_big_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.h\[2\], wzr} 2 { target aarch64_big_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.h\[6\], wzr} 2 { target aarch64_big_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.s\[0\], wzr} 2 { target aarch64_big_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.s\[2\], wzr} 2 { target aarch64_big_endian } } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-times {ins\tv[0-9]+\.d\[0\], xzr} 2 { target aarch64_big_endian } } } */