diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index cf5166718f..6d7c403b5a 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2017-03-20  Richard Earnshaw  <rearnsha@arm.com>
+
+	* config/tc-arm.c (arm_fpus): Add neon-vfpv3 as an alias for neon.
+
 2017-03-16  Rinat Zelig  <rinat@mellanox.com>
 
 	* config/tc-arc.c (assemble_insn): Only handle ".t" and ".nt"
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index a433929ce9..bb2985c782 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -25798,6 +25798,7 @@ static const struct arm_option_fpu_value_table arm_fpus[] =
   {"arm1136jf-s",	FPU_ARCH_VFP_V2},
   {"maverick",		FPU_ARCH_MAVERICK},
   {"neon",              FPU_ARCH_VFP_V3_PLUS_NEON_V1},
+  {"neon-vfpv3",	FPU_ARCH_VFP_V3_PLUS_NEON_V1},
   {"neon-fp16",		FPU_ARCH_NEON_FP16},
   {"vfpv4",		FPU_ARCH_VFP_V4},
   {"vfpv4-d16",		FPU_ARCH_VFP_V4D16},