diff --git a/target/arm/helper.h b/target/arm/helper.h
index b463d9343b..bb7f901668 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.h
+++ b/target/arm/helper.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ DEF_HELPER_1(wfe, void, env)
 DEF_HELPER_1(yield, void, env)
 DEF_HELPER_1(pre_hvc, void, env)
 DEF_HELPER_2(pre_smc, void, env, i32)
+DEF_HELPER_1(esb, void, env)
 
 DEF_HELPER_3(cpsr_write, void, env, i32, i32)
 DEF_HELPER_2(cpsr_write_eret, void, env, i32)
diff --git a/target/arm/a32.decode b/target/arm/a32.decode
index fcd8cd4f7d..f2ca480949 100644
--- a/target/arm/a32.decode
+++ b/target/arm/a32.decode
@@ -187,13 +187,17 @@ SMULTT           .... 0001 0110 .... 0000 .... 1110 ....      @rd0mn
 
 {
   {
-    YIELD        ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0001
-    WFE          ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0010
-    WFI          ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0011
+    [
+      YIELD      ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0001
+      WFE        ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0010
+      WFI        ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0011
 
-    # TODO: Implement SEV, SEVL; may help SMP performance.
-    # SEV        ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0100
-    # SEVL       ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0101
+      # TODO: Implement SEV, SEVL; may help SMP performance.
+      # SEV      ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0100
+      # SEVL     ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0000 0101
+
+      ESB        ---- 0011 0010 0000 1111 ---- 0001 0000
+    ]
 
     # The canonical nop ends in 00000000, but the whole of the
     # rest of the space executes as nop if otherwise unsupported.
diff --git a/target/arm/t32.decode b/target/arm/t32.decode
index 78fadef9d6..f21ad0167a 100644
--- a/target/arm/t32.decode
+++ b/target/arm/t32.decode
@@ -364,17 +364,17 @@ CLZ              1111 1010 1011 ---- 1111 .... 1000 ....      @rdm
   [
     # Hints, and CPS
     {
-      YIELD      1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0001
-      WFE        1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0010
-      WFI        1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0011
+      [
+        YIELD    1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0001
+        WFE      1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0010
+        WFI      1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0011
 
-      # TODO: Implement SEV, SEVL; may help SMP performance.
-      # SEV      1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0100
-      # SEVL     1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0101
+        # TODO: Implement SEV, SEVL; may help SMP performance.
+        # SEV    1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0100
+        # SEVL   1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0000 0101
 
-      # For M-profile minimal-RAS ESB can be a NOP, which is the
-      # default behaviour since it is in the hint space.
-      # ESB      1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0001 0000
+        ESB      1111 0011 1010 1111 1000 0000 0001 0000
+      ]
 
       # The canonical nop ends in 0000 0000, but the whole rest
       # of the space is "reserved hint, behaves as nop".
diff --git a/target/arm/op_helper.c b/target/arm/op_helper.c
index 70b42b55fd..f50424b301 100644
--- a/target/arm/op_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/op_helper.c
@@ -972,3 +972,48 @@ void HELPER(probe_access)(CPUARMState *env, target_ulong ptr,
                      access_type, mmu_idx, ra);
     }
 }
+
+void HELPER(esb)(CPUARMState *env)
+{
+    /*
+     * QEMU does not have a source of physical SErrors, so we are
+     * only concerned with virtual SErrors.
+     *
+     * During translation, we have already checked: RAS enabled,
+     * EL2 present (enabled check done in arm_hcr_el2_eff), and
+     * PSTATE.EL in {EL0, EL1}.  This function corresponds to
+     * AArch64.vESBOperation(), noting that the AArch32 version
+     * is not functionally different.
+     */
+    uint64_t hcr = arm_hcr_el2_eff(env);
+    bool enabled = !(hcr & HCR_TGE) && (hcr & HCR_AMO);
+    bool pending = enabled && (hcr & HCR_VSE);
+    bool masked  = (env->daif & PSTATE_A);
+
+    /* If VSE pending and masked, defer the exception.  */
+    if (pending && masked) {
+        uint32_t syndrome;
+
+        if (arm_el_is_aa64(env, 1)) {
+            /* Copy across IDS and ISS from VSESR. */
+            syndrome = env->cp15.vsesr_el2 & 0x1ffffff;
+        } else {
+            ARMMMUFaultInfo fi = { .type = ARMFault_AsyncExternal };
+
+            if (extended_addresses_enabled(env)) {
+                syndrome = arm_fi_to_lfsc(&fi);
+            } else {
+                syndrome = arm_fi_to_sfsc(&fi);
+            }
+            /* Copy across AET and ExT from VSESR. */
+            syndrome |= env->cp15.vsesr_el2 & 0xd000;
+        }
+
+        /* Set VDISR_EL2.A along with the syndrome. */
+        env->cp15.vdisr_el2 = syndrome | (1u << 31);
+
+        /* Clear pending virtual SError */
+        env->cp15.hcr_el2 &= ~HCR_VSE;
+        cpu_reset_interrupt(env_cpu(env), CPU_INTERRUPT_VSERR);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/target/arm/translate-a64.c b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
index 9333d7be41..cc54dff83c 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate-a64.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate-a64.c
@@ -1469,6 +1469,13 @@ static void handle_hint(DisasContext *s, uint32_t insn,
             gen_helper_autib(cpu_X[17], cpu_env, cpu_X[17], cpu_X[16]);
         }
         break;
+    case 0b10000: /* ESB */
+        if (dc_isar_feature(aa64_ras, s) &&
+            arm_dc_feature(s, ARM_FEATURE_EL2) &&
+            s->current_el <= 1) {
+            gen_helper_esb(cpu_env);
+        }
+        break;
     case 0b11000: /* PACIAZ */
         if (s->pauth_active) {
             gen_helper_pacia(cpu_X[30], cpu_env, cpu_X[30],
diff --git a/target/arm/translate.c b/target/arm/translate.c
index bf2196b9e2..b42ca53d99 100644
--- a/target/arm/translate.c
+++ b/target/arm/translate.c
@@ -6275,6 +6275,16 @@ static bool trans_WFI(DisasContext *s, arg_WFI *a)
     return true;
 }
 
+static bool trans_ESB(DisasContext *s, arg_ESB *a)
+{
+    if (dc_isar_feature(aa32_ras, s) &&
+        arm_dc_feature(s, ARM_FEATURE_EL2) &&
+        s->current_el <= 1) {
+        gen_helper_esb(cpu_env);
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 static bool trans_NOP(DisasContext *s, arg_NOP *a)
 {
     return true;
