diff --git a/cmd/arm/exception64.c b/cmd/arm/exception64.c
index d5de50a080..589a23115b 100644
--- a/cmd/arm/exception64.c
+++ b/cmd/arm/exception64.c
@@ -7,19 +7,73 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 
 static int do_undefined(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 			char *const argv[])
 {
 	/*
-	 * 0xe7f...f.	is undefined in ARM mode
-	 * 0xde..	is undefined in Thumb mode
+	 * Instructions starting with the upper 16 bits all 0 are permanently
+	 * undefined. The lower 16 bits can be used for some kind of immediate.
+	 * --- ARMv8 ARM (ARM DDI 0487G.a C6.2.339: "UDF")
 	 */
-	asm volatile (".word 0xe7f7defb\n");
+	asm volatile (".word 0x00001234\n");
+
+	return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1 register name is only know to binutils for ARMv8.2
+ * and later architecture revisions. However the register is valid regardless
+ * of binutils architecture support or the core the code is running on, so
+ * just use the generic encoding.
+ */
+#define ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1 "S3_0_C0_C7_2"
+
+static int do_unaligned(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
+			char *const argv[])
+{
+	uint64_t reg;
+
+	/*
+	 * The unaligned LDAR access below is only guaranteed to generate an
+	 * alignment fault on cores not implementing FEAT_LSE2. To avoid false
+	 * negatives, check this condition before we exectute LDAR.
+	 */
+	asm ("mrs %0, "ID_AA64MMFR2_EL1"\n" : "=r" (reg));
+	if (reg & GENMASK(35, 32)) {
+		printf("unaligned access check only supported on pre-v8.4 cores\n");
+		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The load acquire instruction requires the data source to be
+	 * naturally aligned, and will fault even if strict alignment fault
+	 * checking is disabled (but only without FEAT_LSE2).
+	 * --- ARMv8 ARM (ARM DDI 0487G.a B2.5.2: "Alignment of data accesses")
+	 */
+	asm volatile (
+		"mov	x1, sp\n\t"
+		"orr	x1, x1, #3\n\t"
+		"ldar	x0, [x1]\n"
+		::: "x0", "x1" );
+
+	return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+}
+
+static int do_breakpoint(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
+			 char *const argv[])
+{
+	asm volatile ("brk	#123\n");
+
 	return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
 }
 
 static struct cmd_tbl cmd_sub[] = {
+	U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(breakpoint, CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS, 1, do_breakpoint,
+			 "", ""),
+	U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(unaligned, CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS, 1, do_unaligned,
+			 "", ""),
 	U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(undefined, CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS, 1, do_undefined,
 			 "", ""),
 };
@@ -27,7 +81,9 @@ static struct cmd_tbl cmd_sub[] = {
 static char exception_help_text[] =
 	"<ex>\n"
 	"  The following exceptions are available:\n"
-	"  undefined  - undefined instruction\n"
+	"  breakpoint - breakpoint instruction exception\n"
+	"  unaligned  - unaligned LDAR data abort\n"
+	"  undefined  - undefined instruction exception\n"
 	;
 
 #include <exception.h>