diff --git a/sim/microblaze/ChangeLog b/sim/microblaze/ChangeLog
index 7ee66c5b0d..b2a5150053 100644
--- a/sim/microblaze/ChangeLog
+++ b/sim/microblaze/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-03-29  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* interp.c (sim_load): Set verbose to 0 when calling sim_load_file.
+
 2015-03-29  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
 
 	* configure.ac: Call SIM_AC_OPTION_ENDIAN, SIM_AC_OPTION_ALIGNMENT,
diff --git a/sim/microblaze/interp.c b/sim/microblaze/interp.c
index ad6faaa943..4e64932c3b 100644
--- a/sim/microblaze/interp.c
+++ b/sim/microblaze/interp.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ sim_load (SIM_DESC sd, const char *prog, bfd *abfd, int from_tty)
   /* from sh -- dac */
   prog_bfd = sim_load_file (sd, myname, callback, prog, abfd,
 			    /* sim_kind == SIM_OPEN_DEBUG, */
-			    1,
+			    0,
 			    0, sim_write);
   if (prog_bfd == NULL)
     return SIM_RC_FAIL;
diff --git a/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/ChangeLog b/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2aa1f2cd79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+2015-03-29  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* pass.s, allinsn.exp, testutils.inc: New files.
diff --git a/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/allinsn.exp b/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/allinsn.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f756914292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/allinsn.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# microblaze simulator testsuite
+
+if [istarget microblaze-*] {
+    # all machines
+    set all_machs "microblaze"
+
+    foreach src [lsort [glob -nocomplain $srcdir/$subdir/*.s]] {
+	# If we're only testing specific files and this isn't one of them,
+	# skip it.
+	if ![runtest_file_p $runtests $src] {
+	    continue
+	}
+	run_sim_test $src $all_machs
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/pass.s b/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/pass.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93ed92474f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/pass.s
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# check that the sim doesn't die immediately.
+# mach: microblaze
+# output:
+
+.include "testutils.inc"
+
+	start
+	pass
diff --git a/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/testutils.inc b/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/testutils.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..158a3c5e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sim/testsuite/sim/microblaze/testutils.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# MACRO: exit
+	.macro exit nr
+	addi r3, r0, \nr;
+	bri 0;
+	.endm
+
+# MACRO: pass
+# Write 'pass' to stdout and quit
+	.macro pass
+	exit 0
+	.data
+	1: .asciz "pass\n"
+	.endm
+
+# MACRO: fail
+# Write 'fail' to stdout and quit
+	.macro fail
+	exit 1
+	.data
+	1: .asciz "fail\n"
+	.endm
+
+# MACRO: start
+# All assembler tests should start with a call to "start"
+	.macro start
+	.text
+.global _start
+_start:
+	.endm