diff --git a/target-arm/helper.c b/target-arm/helper.c
index f07252768a4268dc04ad784fd25e0b2d16ded42f..05b3ccca2d05ffdddb633d2a7ad4ac56679a64d5 100644
--- a/target-arm/helper.c
+++ b/target-arm/helper.c
@@ -2355,7 +2355,7 @@ static inline int vfp_exceptbits_from_host(int host_bits)
         target_bits |= 2;
     if (host_bits & float_flag_overflow)
         target_bits |= 4;
-    if (host_bits & float_flag_underflow)
+    if (host_bits & (float_flag_underflow | float_flag_output_denormal))
         target_bits |= 8;
     if (host_bits & float_flag_inexact)
         target_bits |= 0x10;