diff --git a/fetch1.vhdl b/fetch1.vhdl
index c6d26d7..13f2a7f 100644
--- a/fetch1.vhdl
+++ b/fetch1.vhdl
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ architecture behaviour of fetch1 is
     constant BTC_TAG_BITS : integer := 62 - BTC_ADDR_BITS;
     constant BTC_TARGET_BITS : integer := 62;
     constant BTC_SIZE : integer := 2 ** BTC_ADDR_BITS;
-    constant BTC_WIDTH : integer := BTC_TAG_BITS + BTC_TARGET_BITS + 1;
+    constant BTC_WIDTH : integer := BTC_TAG_BITS + BTC_TARGET_BITS + 2;
     type btc_mem_type is array (0 to BTC_SIZE - 1) of std_ulogic_vector(BTC_WIDTH - 1 downto 0);
 
     signal btc_rd_data : std_ulogic_vector(BTC_WIDTH - 1 downto 0) := (others => '0');
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ begin
         signal btc_wr_addr : std_ulogic_vector(BTC_ADDR_BITS - 1 downto 0);
     begin
         btc_wr_data <= w_in.br_taken &
+                       r.virt_mode &
                        w_in.br_nia(63 downto BTC_ADDR_BITS + 2) &
                        w_in.redirect_nia(63 downto 2);
         btc_wr_addr <= w_in.br_nia(BTC_ADDR_BITS + 1 downto 2);
@@ -193,7 +194,8 @@ begin
                 v.nia(63 downto 32) := x"00000000";
             end if;
             if btc_rd_valid = '1' and r_int.rd_is_niap4 = '1' and
-                btc_rd_data(BTC_WIDTH - 2 downto BTC_TARGET_BITS)
+                btc_rd_data(BTC_WIDTH - 2) = r.virt_mode and
+                btc_rd_data(BTC_WIDTH - 3 downto BTC_TARGET_BITS)
                 = v.nia(BTC_TAG_BITS + BTC_ADDR_BITS + 1 downto BTC_ADDR_BITS + 2) then
                 v_int.predicted_taken := btc_rd_data(BTC_WIDTH - 1);
                 v_int.pred_not_taken := not btc_rd_data(BTC_WIDTH - 1);
diff --git a/tests/branch_alias/Makefile b/tests/branch_alias/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..867f4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/branch_alias/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TEST=branch_alias
+
+include ../Makefile.test
diff --git a/tests/branch_alias/branch_alias.c b/tests/branch_alias/branch_alias.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a01e6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/branch_alias/branch_alias.c
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include "console.h"
+
+#define MSR_LE	0x1
+#define MSR_DR	0x10
+#define MSR_IR	0x20
+#define MSR_SF	0x8000000000000000ul
+
+extern unsigned long callit(unsigned long arg1, unsigned long arg2,
+			    unsigned long fn, unsigned long msr);
+
+static inline void do_tlbie(unsigned long rb, unsigned long rs)
+{
+	__asm__ volatile("tlbie %0,%1" : : "r" (rb), "r" (rs) : "memory");
+}
+
+#define SRR0	26
+#define SRR1	27
+#define PID	48
+#define SPRG0	272
+#define SPRG1	273
+#define PTCR	464
+
+static inline unsigned long mfspr(int sprnum)
+{
+	long val;
+
+	__asm__ volatile("mfspr %0,%1" : "=r" (val) : "i" (sprnum));
+	return val;
+}
+
+static inline void mtspr(int sprnum, unsigned long val)
+{
+	__asm__ volatile("mtspr %0,%1" : : "i" (sprnum), "r" (val));
+}
+
+static inline void store_pte(unsigned long *p, unsigned long pte)
+{
+	__asm__ volatile("stdbrx %1,0,%0" : : "r" (p), "r" (pte) : "memory");
+}
+
+void print_string(const char *str)
+{
+	for (; *str; ++str)
+		putchar(*str);
+}
+
+void print_hex(unsigned long val, int ndigit)
+{
+	int i, x;
+
+	for (i = (ndigit - 1) * 4; i >= 0; i -= 4) {
+		x = (val >> i) & 0xf;
+		if (x >= 10)
+			putchar(x + 'a' - 10);
+		else
+			putchar(x + '0');
+	}
+}
+
+// i < 100
+void print_test_number(int i)
+{
+	print_string("test ");
+	putchar(48 + i/10);
+	putchar(48 + i%10);
+	putchar(':');
+}
+
+#define CACHE_LINE_SIZE	64
+
+void zero_memory(void *ptr, unsigned long nbytes)
+{
+	unsigned long nb, i, nl;
+	void *p;
+
+	for (; nbytes != 0; nbytes -= nb, ptr += nb) {
+		nb = -((unsigned long)ptr) & (CACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1);
+		if (nb == 0 && nbytes >= CACHE_LINE_SIZE) {
+			nl = nbytes / CACHE_LINE_SIZE;
+			p = ptr;
+			for (i = 0; i < nl; ++i) {
+				__asm__ volatile("dcbz 0,%0" : : "r" (p) : "memory");
+				p += CACHE_LINE_SIZE;
+			}
+			nb = nl * CACHE_LINE_SIZE;
+		} else {
+			if (nb > nbytes)
+				nb = nbytes;
+			for (i = 0; i < nb; ++i)
+				((unsigned char *)ptr)[i] = 0;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#define PERM_EX		0x001
+#define PERM_WR		0x002
+#define PERM_RD		0x004
+#define PERM_PRIV	0x008
+#define ATTR_NC		0x020
+#define CHG		0x080
+#define REF		0x100
+
+#define DFLT_PERM	(PERM_EX | PERM_WR | PERM_RD | REF | CHG)
+
+/*
+ * Set up an MMU translation tree using memory starting at the 64k point.
+ * We use 3 levels, mapping 512GB, with 4kB PGD/PMD/PTE pages.
+ */
+unsigned long *part_tbl = (unsigned long *) 0x10000;
+unsigned long *proc_tbl = (unsigned long *) 0x11000;
+unsigned long *pgdir = (unsigned long *) 0x12000;
+unsigned long free_ptr = 0x13000;
+
+void init_mmu(void)
+{
+	/* set up partition table */
+	store_pte(&part_tbl[1], (unsigned long)proc_tbl);
+	/* set up process table */
+	zero_memory(proc_tbl, 512 * sizeof(unsigned long));
+	mtspr(PTCR, (unsigned long)part_tbl);
+	mtspr(PID, 1);
+	zero_memory(pgdir, 512 * sizeof(unsigned long));
+	/* RTS = 8 (512GB address space), RPDS = 9 (512-entry top level) */
+	store_pte(&proc_tbl[2 * 1], (unsigned long) pgdir | 0x2000000000000009);
+	do_tlbie(0xc00, 0);	/* invalidate all TLB entries */
+}
+
+static unsigned long *read_pd(unsigned long *pdp, unsigned long i)
+{
+	unsigned long ret;
+
+	__asm__ volatile("ldbrx %0,%1,%2" : "=r" (ret) : "b" (pdp),
+			 "r" (i * sizeof(unsigned long)));
+	return (unsigned long *) (ret & 0x00ffffffffffff00);
+}
+
+void map(unsigned long ea, unsigned long pa, unsigned long perm_attr)
+{
+	unsigned long epn = ea >> 12;
+	unsigned long h, i, j;
+	unsigned long *ptep;
+	unsigned long *pmdp;
+
+	h = (epn >> 18) & 0x1ff;
+	i = (epn >> 9) & 0x1ff;
+	j = epn & 0x1ff;
+	if (pgdir[h] == 0) {
+		zero_memory((void *)free_ptr, 512 * sizeof(unsigned long));
+		store_pte(&pgdir[h], 0x8000000000000000 | free_ptr | 9);
+		free_ptr += 512 * sizeof(unsigned long);
+	}
+	pmdp = read_pd(pgdir, h);
+	if (pmdp[i] == 0) {
+		zero_memory((void *)free_ptr, 512 * sizeof(unsigned long));
+		store_pte(&pmdp[i], 0x8000000000000000 | free_ptr | 9);
+		free_ptr += 512 * sizeof(unsigned long);
+	}
+	ptep = read_pd(pmdp, i);
+	if (ptep[j]) {
+		ptep[j] = 0;
+		do_tlbie(ea & ~0xfff, 0);
+	}
+	store_pte(&ptep[j], 0xc000000000000000 | (pa & 0x00fffffffffff000) |
+		  perm_attr);
+}
+
+void unmap(void *ea)
+{
+	unsigned long epn = (unsigned long) ea >> 12;
+	unsigned long h, i, j;
+	unsigned long *ptep, *pmdp;
+
+	h = (epn >> 18) & 0x1ff;
+	i = (epn >> 9) & 0x1ff;
+	j = epn & 0x1ff;
+	if (pgdir[h] == 0)
+		return;
+	pmdp = read_pd(pgdir, h);
+	if (pmdp[i] == 0)
+		return;
+	ptep = read_pd(pmdp, i);
+	ptep[j] = 0;
+	do_tlbie(((unsigned long)ea & ~0xfff), 0);
+}
+
+extern unsigned long test_code(unsigned long sel, unsigned long addr);
+
+int mode_test_1(void)
+{
+	unsigned long ret, msr;
+
+	map(0, (unsigned long) &test_code, DFLT_PERM);
+	msr = MSR_SF | MSR_IR | MSR_DR | MSR_LE;
+	ret = callit(2, 0, 0x0, msr);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int fail = 0;
+
+void do_test(int num, int (*test)(void))
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	print_test_number(num);
+	ret = test();
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		print_string("PASS\r\n");
+	} else {
+		fail = 1;
+		print_string("FAIL ");
+		print_hex(ret, 16);
+		if (ret != 0 && (ret & ~0xfe0ul) == 0) {
+			print_string(" SRR0=");
+			print_hex(mfspr(SPRG0), 16);
+			print_string(" SRR1=");
+			print_hex(mfspr(SPRG1), 16);
+		}
+		print_string("\r\n");
+	}
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	console_init();
+	init_mmu();
+
+	// Prime the branch caches
+	__asm__ __volatile__("sc");
+
+	do_test(1, mode_test_1);
+
+	return fail;
+}
diff --git a/tests/branch_alias/head.S b/tests/branch_alias/head.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f221d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/branch_alias/head.S
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/* Copyright 2013-2014 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * 	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/* Load an immediate 64-bit value into a register */
+#define LOAD_IMM64(r, e)			\
+	lis	r,(e)@highest;			\
+	ori	r,r,(e)@higher;			\
+	rldicr	r,r, 32, 31;			\
+	oris	r,r, (e)@h;			\
+	ori	r,r, (e)@l;
+
+	.section ".head","ax"
+
+	/*
+	 * Microwatt currently enters in LE mode at 0x0, so we don't need to
+	 * do any endian fix ups
+	 */
+	. = 0
+.global _start
+_start:
+	LOAD_IMM64(%r10,__bss_start)
+	LOAD_IMM64(%r11,__bss_end)
+	subf	%r11,%r10,%r11
+	addi	%r11,%r11,63
+	srdi.	%r11,%r11,6
+	beq	2f
+	mtctr	%r11
+1:	dcbz	0,%r10
+	addi	%r10,%r10,64
+	bdnz	1b
+
+2:	LOAD_IMM64(%r1,__stack_top)
+	li	%r0,0
+	stdu	%r0,-16(%r1)
+	mtsprg2	%r0
+	LOAD_IMM64(%r12, main)
+	mtctr	%r12
+	bctrl
+	attn // terminate on exit
+	b .
+
+#define EXCEPTION(nr)	\
+	.= nr;		\
+	b	.
+
+	EXCEPTION(0x300)
+	EXCEPTION(0x380)
+
+.	= 0x400
+	b	call_ret
+
+	EXCEPTION(0x480)
+	EXCEPTION(0x500)
+	EXCEPTION(0x600)
+	EXCEPTION(0x700)
+	EXCEPTION(0x800)
+	EXCEPTION(0x900)
+	EXCEPTION(0x980)
+	EXCEPTION(0xa00)
+	EXCEPTION(0xb00)
+
+	. = 0xc00
+	nop
+	nop
+	nop
+	nop
+	b	1f
+	nop
+1:	rfid
+
+	EXCEPTION(0xd00)
+	EXCEPTION(0xe00)
+	EXCEPTION(0xe20)
+	EXCEPTION(0xe40)
+	EXCEPTION(0xe60)
+	EXCEPTION(0xe80)
+	EXCEPTION(0xf00)
+	EXCEPTION(0xf20)
+	EXCEPTION(0xf40)
+	EXCEPTION(0xf60)
+	EXCEPTION(0xf80)
+
+	. = 0x1000
+	/*
+	 * This page gets mapped at virtual address 0
+	 */
+	.globl	test_code
+test_code:
+	b	1f
+	. = 0x1c00
+1:	nop
+	nop
+	nop
+	nop
+	li	%r3,1
+	li	%r3,0
+	// Exit via 0x400 exception
+	ba	-4
+
+	.globl	test_code_end
+test_code_end:
+
+	. = 0x2000
+	/*
+	 * Call a function in a context with a given MSR value.
+	 * r3, r4 = args; r5 = function; r6 = MSR
+	 */
+	.globl	callit
+callit:
+	mflr	%r0
+	std	%r0,16(%r1)
+	stdu	%r1,-256(%r1)
+	mfcr	%r8
+	stw	%r8,100(%r1)
+	std	%r13,104(%r1)
+	std	%r14,112(%r1)
+	std	%r15,120(%r1)
+	std	%r16,128(%r1)
+	std	%r17,136(%r1)
+	std	%r18,144(%r1)
+	std	%r19,152(%r1)
+	std	%r20,160(%r1)
+	std	%r21,168(%r1)
+	std	%r22,176(%r1)
+	std	%r23,184(%r1)
+	std	%r24,192(%r1)
+	std	%r25,200(%r1)
+	std	%r26,208(%r1)
+	std	%r27,216(%r1)
+	std	%r28,224(%r1)
+	std	%r29,232(%r1)
+	std	%r30,240(%r1)
+	std	%r31,248(%r1)
+	li	%r0,restore@l
+	mtsprg0	%r0
+	mtsprg1	%r1
+	mtsprg2	%r2
+	mfmsr	%r9
+	mtsprg3	%r9
+	li	%r10,call_ret@l
+	mtlr	%r10
+	mtsrr0	%r5
+	mtsrr1	%r6
+	mr	%r12,%r5
+	rfid
+call_ret:
+	tdi	0,%r0,0x48	/* b .+8 if wrong endian */
+	b	2f		/* if endian OK */
+	/* reverse-endian version of instructions from 2: on */
+	.long	0xa642107c
+	.long	0xa642937c
+	.long	0xa602ba7c
+	.long	0xa602db7c
+	.long	0xa643b07c
+	.long	0xa643d37c
+	.long	0xa6031a7c
+	.long	0xa6039b7c
+	.long	0x2400004c
+2:	mfsprg0	%r0
+	mfsprg3	%r4
+	mfsrr0	%r5
+	mfsrr1	%r6
+	mtsprg0	%r5
+	mtsprg3	%r6
+	mtsrr0	%r0
+	mtsrr1	%r4
+	rfid
+restore:
+	mfsprg1	%r1
+	mfsprg2	%r2
+	li	%r7,0
+	mtsprg2	%r7
+	lwz	%r8,100(%r1)
+	mtcr	%r8
+	ld	%r13,104(%r1)
+	ld	%r14,112(%r1)
+	ld	%r15,120(%r1)
+	ld	%r16,128(%r1)
+	ld	%r17,136(%r1)
+	ld	%r18,144(%r1)
+	ld	%r19,152(%r1)
+	ld	%r20,160(%r1)
+	ld	%r21,168(%r1)
+	ld	%r22,176(%r1)
+	ld	%r23,184(%r1)
+	ld	%r24,192(%r1)
+	ld	%r25,200(%r1)
+	ld	%r26,208(%r1)
+	ld	%r27,216(%r1)
+	ld	%r28,224(%r1)
+	ld	%r29,232(%r1)
+	ld	%r30,240(%r1)
+	ld	%r31,248(%r1)
+	addi	%r1,%r1,256
+	ld	%r0,16(%r1)
+	mtlr	%r0
+	blr
diff --git a/tests/branch_alias/powerpc.lds b/tests/branch_alias/powerpc.lds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99611ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/branch_alias/powerpc.lds
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+SECTIONS
+{
+	. = 0;
+	_start = .;
+	.head : {
+		KEEP(*(.head))
+	}
+	. = ALIGN(0x1000);
+	.text : { *(.text) *(.text.*) *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
+	. = ALIGN(0x1000);
+	.data : { *(.data) *(.data.*) *(.got) *(.toc) }
+	. = ALIGN(0x80);
+	__bss_start = .;
+	.bss : {
+		*(.dynsbss)
+		*(.sbss)
+		*(.scommon)
+		*(.dynbss)
+		*(.bss)
+		*(.common)
+		*(.bss.*)
+	}
+	. = ALIGN(0x80);
+	__bss_end = .;
+	. = . + 0x4000;
+	__stack_top = .;
+}
diff --git a/tests/test_branch_alias.bin b/tests/test_branch_alias.bin
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f447666
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/test_branch_alias.bin differ
diff --git a/tests/test_branch_alias.console_out b/tests/test_branch_alias.console_out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ceba7e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_branch_alias.console_out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test 01:PASS
diff --git a/tests/test_branch_alias.metavalue b/tests/test_branch_alias.metavalue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a29644e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_branch_alias.metavalue
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+144
diff --git a/tests/update_console_tests b/tests/update_console_tests
index d0613c8..ee82658 100755
--- a/tests/update_console_tests
+++ b/tests/update_console_tests
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Script to update console related tests from source
 #
 
-for i in sc illegal decrementer xics privileged mmu misc modes pmu reservation trace fpu spr_read ; do
+for i in sc illegal decrementer xics privileged mmu misc modes pmu reservation trace fpu spr_read branch_alias ; do
     cd $i
     make
     cd -