diff --git a/bfd/cpu-arm.c b/bfd/cpu-arm.c
index 76a8f9a4a9a9f02365c4fb77806eca4c1dee379a..73eef18c234bffdbca029d27770474925c01671a 100644
--- a/bfd/cpu-arm.c
+++ b/bfd/cpu-arm.c
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ processors[] =
   { bfd_mach_arm_8,	  "cortex-a77"	    },
   { bfd_mach_arm_8,	  "cortex-a78"	    },
   { bfd_mach_arm_8,	  "cortex-a78ae"    },
+  { bfd_mach_arm_8,	  "cortex-a78c"     },
   { bfd_mach_arm_6SM,	  "cortex-m0"	    },
   { bfd_mach_arm_6SM,	  "cortex-m0plus"   },
   { bfd_mach_arm_6SM,	  "cortex-m1"	    },
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index 71d826b05dab93a01ac4d7fd9634c3c11678a76c..e471e45f41e59e12ec5ed2ebb6b947e727ea4532 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -31554,6 +31554,9 @@ static const struct arm_cpu_option_table arm_cpus[] =
   ARM_CPU_OPT ("cortex-a78ae",   "Cortex-A78AE",	   ARM_ARCH_V8_2A,
 	       ARM_FEATURE_CORE_HIGH (ARM_EXT2_FP16_INST | ARM_EXT2_SB),
 	       FPU_ARCH_DOTPROD_NEON_VFP_ARMV8),
+  ARM_CPU_OPT ("cortex-a78c",   "Cortex-A78C",	   ARM_ARCH_V8_2A,
+	       ARM_FEATURE_CORE_HIGH (ARM_EXT2_FP16_INST | ARM_EXT2_SB),
+	       FPU_ARCH_DOTPROD_NEON_VFP_ARMV8),
   ARM_CPU_OPT ("ares",    "Ares",	       ARM_ARCH_V8_2A,
 	       ARM_FEATURE_CORE_HIGH (ARM_EXT2_FP16_INST),
 	       FPU_ARCH_CRYPTO_NEON_VFP_ARMV8_DOTPROD),
diff --git a/gas/doc/c-arm.texi b/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
index a3d6a5d3af07a2c746e9e335320de508db44a11a..faaa2ad2208380e703b8bd21fa5c16cccd969ccc 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ recognized:
 @code{cortex-a77},
 @code{cortex-a78},
 @code{cortex-a78ae},
+@code{cortex-a78c},
 @code{ares},
 @code{cortex-r4},
 @code{cortex-r4f},
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/cpu-cortex-a78c.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/cpu-cortex-a78c.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e1a90e4d83e209675ca7ff52a242b090907a0738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/cpu-cortex-a78c.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# name: Assemble and dump for cortex-a78c CPU
+# source: nop-asm.s
+# as: -mcpu=cortex-a78c
+# objdump: -d -mcortex-a78c
+
+#...