diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md
index 89c70f4a64e4b37c0d8b862922b069ab5b6dfd3e..510dbffda1d5426c5dfb63f976a6eeb7ca87c7ab 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md
@@ -5524,6 +5524,27 @@
   [(set_attr "length" "8")
    (set_attr "type" "fpload")])
 
+(define_insn_and_split "floatsi<SFDF:mode>2_lfiwax_<QHI:mode>_mem_zext"
+  [(set (match_operand:SFDF 0 "gpc_reg_operand" "=d,<Fv>")
+	(float:SFDF
+	 (zero_extend:SI
+	  (match_operand:QHI 1 "indexed_or_indirect_operand" "Z,Z"))))
+   (clobber (match_scratch:DI 2 "=d,wa"))]
+  "TARGET_HARD_FLOAT && <SI_CONVERT_FP> && TARGET_P9_VECTOR
+   && TARGET_POWERPC64 && TARGET_DIRECT_MOVE"
+  "#"
+  "&& 1"
+  [(pc)]
+{
+  if (GET_CODE (operands[2]) == SCRATCH)
+    operands[2] = gen_reg_rtx (DImode);
+  emit_insn (gen_zero_extendhidi2 (operands[2], operands[1]));
+  emit_insn (gen_floatdi<SFDF:mode>2 (operands[0], operands[2]));
+  DONE;
+}
+  [(set_attr "length" "8")
+   (set_attr "type" "fpload")])
+
 (define_insn "lfiwzx"
   [(set (match_operand:DI 0 "gpc_reg_operand" "=d,wa,wa,wa")
 	(unspec:DI [(match_operand:SI 1 "reg_or_indexed_operand" "Z,Z,r,wa")]
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/p9-fpcvt-3.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/p9-fpcvt-3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..19701c84addb680b59ef74e76c4949956f3a6b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/p9-fpcvt-3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target lp64 } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target powerpc_p9vector_ok } */
+/* { dg-options "-mdejagnu-cpu=power9 -O2" } */
+
+/* Note that for unsigned cases, the differences from those ones in
+   p9-fpcvt-2.c is that they will be converted to int implicitly first
+   and then to floating point.  */
+
+double sc_df (signed char    *p, double df) { return *p + df; }
+double uc_df (unsigned char  *p, double df) { return *p + df; }
+double ss_df (signed short   *p, double df) { return *p + df; }
+double us_df (unsigned short *p, double df) { return *p + df; }
+
+float sc_sf (signed char    *p, float sf) { return *p + sf; }
+float uc_sf (unsigned char  *p, float sf) { return *p + sf; }
+float ss_sf (signed short   *p, float sf) { return *p + sf; }
+float us_sf (unsigned short *p, float sf) { return *p + sf; }
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mlxsibzx\M}  } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mlxsihzx\M}  } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mvextsb2d\M} } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mvextsh2d\M} } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mm[tf]vsr}   } } */