diff --git a/tests/tcg/multiarch/test-plugin-mem-access.c b/tests/tcg/multiarch/test-plugin-mem-access.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..057b9aac9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/multiarch/test-plugin-mem-access.c
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ *
+ * Check if we detect all memory accesses expected using plugin API.
+ * Used in conjunction with ./check-plugin-mem-access.sh check script.
+ * Output of this program is the list of patterns expected in plugin output.
+ *
+ * 8,16,32 load/store are tested for all arch.
+ * 64,128 load/store are tested for aarch64/x64.
+ * atomic operations (8,16,32,64) are tested for x64 only.
+ */
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+#include <emmintrin.h>
+#elif defined(__aarch64__)
+#include <arm_neon.h>
+#endif /* __x86_64__ */
+
+static void *data;
+
+/* ,store_u8,.*,8,store,0xf1 */
+#define PRINT_EXPECTED(function, type, value, action)                 \
+do {                                                                  \
+    printf(",%s,.*,%d,%s,%s\n",                                       \
+           #function, (int) sizeof(type) * 8, action, value);         \
+}                                                                     \
+while (0)
+
+#define DEFINE_STORE(name, type, value)                  \
+                                                         \
+static void print_expected_store_##name(void)            \
+{                                                        \
+    PRINT_EXPECTED(store_##name, type, #value, "store"); \
+}                                                        \
+                                                         \
+static void store_##name(void)                           \
+{                                                        \
+    *((type *)data) = value;                             \
+    print_expected_store_##name();                       \
+}
+
+#define DEFINE_ATOMIC_OP(name, type, value)                    \
+                                                               \
+static void print_expected_atomic_op_##name(void)              \
+{                                                              \
+    PRINT_EXPECTED(atomic_op_##name, type, "0x0*42", "load");  \
+    PRINT_EXPECTED(atomic_op_##name, type, #value, "store");   \
+}                                                              \
+                                                               \
+static void atomic_op_##name(void)                             \
+{                                                              \
+    *((type *)data) = 0x42;                                    \
+    __sync_val_compare_and_swap((type *)data, 0x42, value);    \
+    print_expected_atomic_op_##name();                         \
+}
+
+#define DEFINE_LOAD(name, type, value)                  \
+                                                        \
+static void print_expected_load_##name(void)            \
+{                                                       \
+    PRINT_EXPECTED(load_##name, type, #value, "load");  \
+}                                                       \
+                                                        \
+static void load_##name(void)                           \
+{                                                       \
+                                                        \
+    /* volatile forces load to be generated. */         \
+    volatile type src = *((type *) data);               \
+    volatile type dest = src;                           \
+    (void)src, (void)dest;                              \
+    print_expected_load_##name();                       \
+}
+
+DEFINE_STORE(u8, uint8_t, 0xf1)
+DEFINE_LOAD(u8, uint8_t, 0xf1)
+DEFINE_STORE(u16, uint16_t, 0xf123)
+DEFINE_LOAD(u16, uint16_t, 0xf123)
+DEFINE_STORE(u32, uint32_t, 0xff112233)
+DEFINE_LOAD(u32, uint32_t, 0xff112233)
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__aarch64__)
+DEFINE_STORE(u64, uint64_t, 0xf123456789abcdef)
+DEFINE_LOAD(u64, uint64_t, 0xf123456789abcdef)
+
+static void print_expected_store_u128(void)
+{
+    PRINT_EXPECTED(store_u128, __int128,
+                   "0xf122334455667788f123456789abcdef", "store");
+}
+
+static void store_u128(void)
+{
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+    _mm_store_si128(data, _mm_set_epi32(0xf1223344, 0x55667788,
+                                        0xf1234567, 0x89abcdef));
+#else
+    const uint32_t init[4] = {0x89abcdef, 0xf1234567, 0x55667788, 0xf1223344};
+    uint32x4_t vec = vld1q_u32(init);
+    vst1q_u32(data, vec);
+#endif /* __x86_64__ */
+    print_expected_store_u128();
+}
+
+static void print_expected_load_u128(void)
+{
+    PRINT_EXPECTED(load_u128, __int128,
+                   "0xf122334455667788f123456789abcdef", "load");
+}
+
+static void load_u128(void)
+{
+#ifdef __x86_64__
+    __m128i var = _mm_load_si128(data);
+#else
+    uint32x4_t var = vld1q_u32(data);
+#endif
+    (void) var;
+    print_expected_load_u128();
+}
+#endif /* __x86_64__ || __aarch64__ */
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+DEFINE_ATOMIC_OP(u8, uint8_t, 0xf1)
+DEFINE_ATOMIC_OP(u16, uint16_t, 0xf123)
+DEFINE_ATOMIC_OP(u32, uint32_t, 0xff112233)
+DEFINE_ATOMIC_OP(u64, uint64_t, 0xf123456789abcdef)
+#endif /* __x86_64__ */
+
+static void *f(void *p)
+{
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    /*
+     * We force creation of a second thread to enable cpu flag CF_PARALLEL.
+     * This will generate atomic operations when needed.
+     */
+    pthread_t thread;
+    pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &f, NULL);
+    pthread_join(thread, NULL);
+
+    /* allocate storage up to 128 bits */
+    data = malloc(16);
+
+    store_u8();
+    load_u8();
+
+    store_u16();
+    load_u16();
+
+    store_u32();
+    load_u32();
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__aarch64__)
+    store_u64();
+    load_u64();
+
+    store_u128();
+    load_u128();
+#endif /* __x86_64__ || __aarch64__ */
+
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+    atomic_op_u8();
+    atomic_op_u16();
+    atomic_op_u32();
+    atomic_op_u64();
+#endif /* __x86_64__ */
+
+    free(data);
+}
diff --git a/tests/tcg/alpha/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/alpha/Makefile.target
index fdd7ddf64e..36d8ed1eae 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/alpha/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/alpha/Makefile.target
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ test-cmov: EXTRA_CFLAGS=-DTEST_CMOV
 test-cmov: test-cond.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $< -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 
+# Force generation of byte read/write
+test-plugin-mem-access: CFLAGS+=-mbwx
+
 run-test-cmov: test-cmov
diff --git a/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
index 5e3391ec9d..78b83d5575 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/multiarch/Makefile.target
@@ -170,5 +170,16 @@ run-plugin-semiconsole-with-%:
 TESTS += semihosting semiconsole
 endif
 
+# Test plugin memory access instrumentation
+run-plugin-test-plugin-mem-access-with-libmem.so: \
+	PLUGIN_ARGS=$(COMMA)print-accesses=true
+run-plugin-test-plugin-mem-access-with-libmem.so: \
+	CHECK_PLUGIN_OUTPUT_COMMAND= \
+	$(SRC_PATH)/tests/tcg/multiarch/check-plugin-output.sh \
+	$(QEMU) $<
+
+test-plugin-mem-access: CFLAGS+=-pthread -O0
+test-plugin-mem-access: LDFLAGS+=-pthread -O0
+
 # Update TESTS
 TESTS += $(MULTIARCH_TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/tcg/multiarch/check-plugin-output.sh b/tests/tcg/multiarch/check-plugin-output.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..80607f04b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/multiarch/check-plugin-output.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This script runs a given executable using qemu, and compare its standard
+# output with an expected plugin output.
+# Each line of output is searched (as a regexp) in the expected plugin output.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+die()
+{
+    echo "$@" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+check()
+{
+    file=$1
+    pattern=$2
+    grep "$pattern" "$file" > /dev/null || die "\"$pattern\" not found in $file"
+}
+
+[ $# -eq 3 ] || die "usage: qemu_bin exe plugin_out_file"
+
+qemu_bin=$1; shift
+exe=$1;shift
+plugin_out=$1; shift
+
+expected()
+{
+    $qemu_bin $exe ||
+        die "running $exe failed"
+}
+
+expected | while read line; do
+    check "$plugin_out" "$line"
+done
diff --git a/tests/tcg/ppc64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/ppc64/Makefile.target
index 509a20be2b..1940886c73 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/ppc64/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/ppc64/Makefile.target
@@ -55,4 +55,9 @@ PPC64_TESTS += signal_save_restore_xer
 PPC64_TESTS += xxspltw
 PPC64_TESTS += test-aes
 
+# ppc64 ABI uses function descriptors, and thus, QEMU can't find symbol for a
+# given instruction. Thus, we don't check output of mem-access plugin.
+run-plugin-test-plugin-mem-access-with-libmem.so: \
+ CHECK_PLUGIN_OUTPUT_COMMAND=
+
 TESTS += $(PPC64_TESTS)
