diff --git a/benchtests/Makefile b/benchtests/Makefile
index 46cb34f..95712a3 100644
--- a/benchtests/Makefile
+++ b/benchtests/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ string-bench := bcopy bzero memccpy memchr memcmp memcpy memmem memmove \
 		strspn strstr strcpy_chk stpcpy_chk memrchr strsep strtok \
 		strcoll
 wcsmbs-bench := wcslen wcsnlen wcscpy wcpcpy wcsncpy wcpncpy wcscat wcsncat \
-		wcscmp wcsncmp wcschr wcschrnul wcsrchr wcsspn wcspbrk wcscspn
+		wcscmp wcsncmp wcschr wcschrnul wcsrchr wcsspn wcspbrk wcscspn \
+		wmemchr
 string-bench-all := $(string-bench) ${wcsmbs-bench}
 
 # We have to generate locales
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-memchr.c b/benchtests/bench-memchr.c
index 9879ec8..3ead3cd 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-memchr.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-memchr.c
@@ -16,31 +16,52 @@
    License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#ifndef WIDE
+# define CHAR char
+# define SMALL_CHAR 127
+#else
+# include <wchar.h>
+# define CHAR wchar_t
+# define SMALL_CHAR 1273
+#endif /* WIDE */
+
 #ifndef USE_AS_MEMRCHR
 # define TEST_MAIN
-# define TEST_NAME "memchr"
+# ifndef WIDE
+#  define TEST_NAME "memchr"
+# else
+#  define TEST_NAME "wmemchr"
+# endif /* WIDE */
 # include "bench-string.h"
 
-typedef char *(*proto_t) (const char *, int, size_t);
-char *simple_memchr (const char *, int, size_t);
+# ifndef WIDE
+#  define MEMCHR memchr
+#  define SIMPLE_MEMCHR simple_memchr
+# else
+#  define MEMCHR wmemchr
+#  define SIMPLE_MEMCHR simple_wmemchr
+# endif /* WIDE */
+
+typedef CHAR *(*proto_t) (const CHAR *, int, size_t);
+CHAR *SIMPLE_MEMCHR (const CHAR *, int, size_t);
 
-IMPL (simple_memchr, 0)
-IMPL (memchr, 1)
+IMPL (SIMPLE_MEMCHR, 0)
+IMPL (MEMCHR, 1)
 
-char *
-simple_memchr (const char *s, int c, size_t n)
+CHAR *
+SIMPLE_MEMCHR (const CHAR *s, int c, size_t n)
 {
   while (n--)
-    if (*s++ == (char) c)
-      return (char *) s - 1;
+    if (*s++ == (CHAR) c)
+      return (CHAR *) s - 1;
   return NULL;
 }
-#endif
+#endif /* !USE_AS_MEMRCHR */
 
 static void
-do_one_test (impl_t *impl, const char *s, int c, size_t n, char *exp_res)
+do_one_test (impl_t *impl, const CHAR *s, int c, size_t n, CHAR *exp_res)
 {
-  char *res = CALL (impl, s, c, n);
+  CHAR *res = CALL (impl, s, c, n);
   size_t i, iters = INNER_LOOP_ITERS;
   timing_t start, stop, cur;
 
@@ -68,36 +89,38 @@ static void
 do_test (size_t align, size_t pos, size_t len, int seek_char)
 {
   size_t i;
-  char *result;
+  CHAR *result;
 
   align &= 7;
-  if (align + len >= page_size)
+  if ((align + len) * sizeof (CHAR) >= page_size)
     return;
 
+  CHAR *buf = (CHAR *) (buf1);
+
   for (i = 0; i < len; ++i)
     {
-      buf1[align + i] = 1 + 23 * i % 127;
-      if (buf1[align + i] == seek_char)
-        buf1[align + i] = seek_char + 1;
+      buf[align + i] = 1 + 23 * i % SMALL_CHAR;
+      if (buf[align + i] == seek_char)
+	buf[align + i] = seek_char + 1;
     }
-  buf1[align + len] = 0;
+  buf[align + len] = 0;
 
   if (pos < len)
     {
-      buf1[align + pos] = seek_char;
-      buf1[align + len] = -seek_char;
-      result = (char *) (buf1 + align + pos);
+      buf[align + pos] = seek_char;
+      buf[align + len] = -seek_char;
+      result = (CHAR *) (buf + align + pos);
     }
   else
     {
       result = NULL;
-      buf1[align + len] = seek_char;
+      buf[align + len] = seek_char;
     }
 
   printf ("Length %4zd, alignment %2zd:", pos, align);
 
   FOR_EACH_IMPL (impl, 0)
-    do_one_test (impl, (char *) (buf1 + align), seek_char, len, result);
+    do_one_test (impl, (CHAR *) (buf + align), seek_char, len, result);
 
   putchar ('\n');
 }
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-wmemchr.c b/benchtests/bench-wmemchr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d796a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchtests/bench-wmemchr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Measure wmemchr functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define WIDE 1
+#include "bench-memchr.c"
diff --git a/string/test-memchr.c b/string/test-memchr.c
index 19c8978..fe7d82f 100644
--- a/string/test-memchr.c
+++ b/string/test-memchr.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Test and measure memchr functions.
+/* Test memchr functions.
    Copyright (C) 1999-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Written by Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>, 1999.
@@ -18,28 +18,49 @@
    <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
 #define TEST_MAIN
-#define TEST_NAME "memchr"
+#ifndef WIDE
+# define TEST_NAME "memchr"
+#else
+# define TEST_NAME "wmemchr"
+#endif /* WIDE */
 #include "test-string.h"
 
-typedef char *(*proto_t) (const char *, int, size_t);
-char *simple_memchr (const char *, int, size_t);
-
-IMPL (simple_memchr, 0)
-IMPL (memchr, 1)
-
-char *
-simple_memchr (const char *s, int c, size_t n)
+#ifndef WIDE
+# define MEMCHR memchr
+# define CHAR char
+# define UCHAR unsigned char
+# define SIMPLE_MEMCHR simple_memchr
+# define BIG_CHAR CHAR_MAX
+# define SMALL_CHAR 127
+#else
+# include <wchar.h>
+# define MEMCHR wmemchr
+# define CHAR wchar_t
+# define UCHAR wchar_t
+# define SIMPLE_MEMCHR simple_wmemchr
+# define BIG_CHAR WCHAR_MAX
+# define SMALL_CHAR 1273
+#endif /* WIDE */
+
+typedef CHAR *(*proto_t) (const CHAR *, int, size_t);
+CHAR *SIMPLE_MEMCHR (const CHAR *, int, size_t);
+
+IMPL (SIMPLE_MEMCHR, 0)
+IMPL (MEMCHR, 1)
+
+CHAR *
+SIMPLE_MEMCHR (const CHAR *s, int c, size_t n)
 {
   while (n--)
-    if (*s++ == (char) c)
-      return (char *) s - 1;
+    if (*s++ == (CHAR) c)
+      return (CHAR *) s - 1;
   return NULL;
 }
 
 static void
-do_one_test (impl_t *impl, const char *s, int c, size_t n, char *exp_res)
+do_one_test (impl_t *impl, const CHAR *s, int c, size_t n, CHAR *exp_res)
 {
-  char *res = CALL (impl, s, c, n);
+  CHAR *res = CALL (impl, s, c, n);
   if (res != exp_res)
     {
       error (0, 0, "Wrong result in function %s %p %p", impl->name,
@@ -53,34 +74,36 @@ static void
 do_test (size_t align, size_t pos, size_t len, int seek_char)
 {
   size_t i;
-  char *result;
+  CHAR *result;
 
   align &= 7;
-  if (align + len >= page_size)
+  if ((align + len) * sizeof (CHAR) >= page_size)
     return;
 
+  CHAR *buf = (CHAR *) (buf1);
+
   for (i = 0; i < len; ++i)
     {
-      buf1[align + i] = 1 + 23 * i % 127;
-      if (buf1[align + i] == seek_char)
-        buf1[align + i] = seek_char + 1;
+      buf[align + i] = 1 + 23 * i % SMALL_CHAR;
+      if (buf[align + i] == seek_char)
+	buf[align + i] = seek_char + 1;
     }
-  buf1[align + len] = 0;
+  buf[align + len] = 0;
 
   if (pos < len)
     {
-      buf1[align + pos] = seek_char;
-      buf1[align + len] = -seek_char;
-      result = (char *) (buf1 + align + pos);
+      buf[align + pos] = seek_char;
+      buf[align + len] = -seek_char;
+      result = (CHAR *) (buf + align + pos);
     }
   else
     {
       result = NULL;
-      buf1[align + len] = seek_char;
+      buf[align + len] = seek_char;
     }
 
   FOR_EACH_IMPL (impl, 0)
-    do_one_test (impl, (char *) (buf1 + align), seek_char, len, result);
+    do_one_test (impl, (CHAR *) (buf + align), seek_char, len, result);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -88,8 +111,8 @@ do_random_tests (void)
 {
   size_t i, j, n, align, pos, len;
   int seek_char;
-  char *result;
-  unsigned char *p = buf1 + page_size - 512;
+  CHAR *result;
+  UCHAR *p = (UCHAR *) (buf1 + page_size) - 512;
 
   for (n = 0; n < ITERATIONS; n++)
     {
@@ -101,11 +124,11 @@ do_random_tests (void)
       if (pos >= len)
 	len = pos + (random () & 7);
       if (len + align >= 512)
-        len = 512 - align - (random () & 7);
-      seek_char = random () & 255;
+	len = 512 - align - (random () & 7);
+      seek_char = random () & BIG_CHAR;
       j = len + align + 64;
       if (j > 512)
-        j = 512;
+	j = 512;
 
       for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
 	{
@@ -113,7 +136,7 @@ do_random_tests (void)
 	    p[i] = seek_char;
 	  else
 	    {
-	      p[i] = random () & 255;
+	      p[i] = random () & BIG_CHAR;
 	      if (i < pos + align && p[i] == seek_char)
 		p[i] = seek_char + 13;
 	    }
@@ -124,17 +147,17 @@ do_random_tests (void)
 	  size_t r = random ();
 	  if ((r & 31) == 0)
 	    len = ~(uintptr_t) (p + align) - ((r >> 5) & 31);
-	  result = (char *) (p + pos + align);
+	  result = (CHAR *) (p + pos + align);
 	}
       else
 	result = NULL;
 
       FOR_EACH_IMPL (impl, 1)
-	if (CALL (impl, (char *) (p + align), seek_char, len) != result)
+	if (CALL (impl, (CHAR *) (p + align), seek_char, len) != result)
 	  {
 	    error (0, 0, "Iteration %zd - wrong result in function %s (%zd, %d, %zd, %zd) %p != %p, p %p",
 		   n, impl->name, align, seek_char, len, pos,
-		   CALL (impl, (char *) (p + align), seek_char, len),
+		   CALL (impl, (CHAR *) (p + align), seek_char, len),
 		   result, p);
 	    ret = 1;
 	  }
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/Makefile b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/Makefile
index 2c1fce0..4a04c34 100644
--- a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ sysdep_routines += strlen strlen-vx strlen-c \
 		   strrchr strrchr-vx strrchr-c \
 		   strspn strspn-vx strspn-c \
 		   strpbrk strpbrk-vx strpbrk-c \
-		   strcspn strcspn-vx strcspn-c
+		   strcspn strcspn-vx strcspn-c \
+		   memchr memchr-vx \
+		   rawmemchr rawmemchr-vx rawmemchr-c
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),wcsmbs)
@@ -33,5 +35,6 @@ sysdep_routines += wcslen wcslen-vx wcslen-c \
 		   wcsrchr wcsrchr-vx wcsrchr-c \
 		   wcsspn wcsspn-vx wcsspn-c \
 		   wcspbrk wcspbrk-vx wcspbrk-c \
-		   wcscspn wcscspn-vx wcscspn-c
+		   wcscspn wcscspn-vx wcscspn-c \
+		   wmemchr wmemchr-vx wmemchr-c
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
index 7f62e49..d4c7c0d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/ifunc-impl-list.c
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ __libc_ifunc_impl_list (const char *name, struct libc_ifunc_impl *array,
   IFUNC_VX_IMPL (strcspn);
   IFUNC_VX_IMPL (wcscspn);
 
+  IFUNC_VX_IMPL (memchr);
+  IFUNC_VX_IMPL (wmemchr);
+  IFUNC_VX_IMPL (rawmemchr);
+
 #endif /* HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT */
 
   return i;
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/memchr-vx.S b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/memchr-vx.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbacc76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/memchr-vx.S
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/* Vector optimized 32/64 bit S/390 version of memchr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)
+
+# include "sysdep.h"
+# include "asm-syntax.h"
+
+	.text
+
+/* void *memchr (const void *s, int c, size_t n)
+   Scans memory for character c
+   and returns pointer to first c.
+
+   Register usage:
+   -r0=tmp
+   -r1=tmp
+   -r2=s
+   -r3=c
+   -r4=n
+   -r5=current_len
+   -v16=part of s
+   -v17=index of found c
+   -v18=c replicated
+*/
+ENTRY(__memchr_vx)
+
+	.machine "z13"
+	.machinemode "zarch_nohighgprs"
+
+# if !defined __s390x__
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4
+# endif /* !defined __s390x__ */
+
+	clgije	%r4,0,.Lnf_end	/* If len == 0 then exit.  */
+	vlvgb	%v18,%r3,0	/* Generate vector which elements are all c.
+				   if c > 255, c will be truncated.  */
+	vrepb	%v18,%v18,0
+	lghi	%r5,0		/* current_len = 0.  */
+
+
+	/* Align s to 16byte.  */
+	risbg	%r1,%r2,60,128+63,0 /* Test if s is aligned and
+				       %r1 = bits 60-63 'and' 15.  */
+	je	.Lloop		/* If s is aligned, loop aligned.  */
+	lghi	%r0,15
+	slr	%r0,%r1		/* Compute highest index to load (15-x).  */
+	vll	%v16,%r0,0(%r2) /* Load up to 16 byte boundary (vll needs
+				   highest index, remaining bytes are 0).  */
+	ahi	%r0,1		/* Work with loaded byte count.  */
+	lghi	%r5,16		/* Init current len for LASTCMP, FOUND case.  */
+	clgrjhe	%r0,%r4,.Llastcmp /* If (bytes to boundary) >= n,
+				     jump to lastcmp.  */
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18	/* Find c.  */
+	vlgvb	%r1,%v17,7	/* Load byte index of c.  */
+	clgrjl	%r1,%r0,.Lfound /* Found c is within loaded bytes.  */
+	lgr	%r5,%r0		/* c not found
+				   -> First %r0 bytes are already processed.  */
+
+.Lloop:
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)
+	aghi	%r5,16
+	clgrjhe	%r5,%r4,.Llastcmp /* Do last compare if curr-len >= n.  */
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18	/* Find c.  */
+	jl	.Lfound	/* Jump away if c was found.  */
+
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)
+	aghi	%r5,16
+	clgrjhe	%r5,%r4,.Llastcmp
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jl	.Lfound
+
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)
+	aghi	%r5,16
+	clgrjhe	%r5,%r4,.Llastcmp
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jl	.Lfound
+
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)
+	aghi	%r5,16
+	clgrjhe	%r5,%r4,.Llastcmp
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jl	.Lfound
+	j	.Lloop
+
+
+.Llastcmp:
+	/* Use comparision result only if located within first n characters.
+	   %r5: current_len;
+	   %r4: n;
+	   (current_len - n): [0...16[
+	   first ignored match index: vr-width - (current_len - n) ]0...16]
+	*/
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18	/* Find c.  */
+	slgrk	%r4,%r5,%r4	/* %r5 = current_len - n.  */
+	lghi	%r0,16		/* Register width = 16.  */
+	vlgvb	%r1,%v17,7	/* Extract found index or 16 if all equal.  */
+	slr	%r0,%r4		/* %r0 = first ignored match index.  */
+	clrjl	%r1,%r0,.Lfound2 /* Go away if miscompare is below n bytes.  */
+	/* c not found within n-bytes.  */
+.Lnf_end:
+	lghi	%r2,0		/* Return null.  */
+	br	%r14
+
+.Lfound:
+	vlgvb	%r1,%v17,7	/* Load byte index of c.  */
+.Lfound2:
+	slgfi	%r5,16		/* current_len -=16 */
+	algr	%r5,%r1		/* Zero byte index is added to current len.  */
+	la	%r2,0(%r5,%r2)	/* Return pointer to c.  */
+	br	%r14
+END(__memchr_vx)
+
+# define memchr __memchr_c
+# undef libc_hidden_builtin_def
+# define libc_hidden_builtin_def(name) strong_alias(__memchr_c, __GI_memchr)
+#endif /* HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc) */
+
+#include <memchr.S>
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/memchr.c b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/memchr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b653c1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/memchr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* Multiple versions of memchr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)
+# include <string.h>
+# include <ifunc-resolve.h>
+
+s390_vx_libc_ifunc2 (__memchr, memchr)
+#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr-c.c b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr-c.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a85e83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr-c.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* Default rawmemchr implementation for S/390.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)
+# include <string.h>
+
+# define RAWMEMCHR  __rawmemchr_c
+# undef weak_alias
+# define weak_alias(a, b)
+# ifdef SHARED
+#  undef libc_hidden_def
+#  define libc_hidden_def(name)				\
+     __hidden_ver1 (__rawmemchr_c, __GI___rawmemchr, __rawmemchr_c);
+# endif /* SHARED */
+
+extern __typeof (rawmemchr) __rawmemchr_c attribute_hidden;
+
+# include <string/rawmemchr.c>
+#endif /* !(defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr-vx.S b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr-vx.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f555934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr-vx.S
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/* Vector optimized 32/64 bit S/390 version of rawmemchr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)
+
+# include "sysdep.h"
+# include "asm-syntax.h"
+
+	.text
+
+/* void *rawmemchr (const void *s, int c)
+   Scans memory for character c
+   and returns pointer to first c.
+
+   Register usage:
+   -r1=tmp
+   -r2=s
+   -r3=c
+   -r4=tmp
+   -r5=current_len
+   -v16=part of s
+   -v17=index of unequal
+   -v18=c replicated
+*/
+ENTRY(__rawmemchr_vx)
+	.machine "z13"
+	.machinemode "zarch_nohighgprs"
+
+	vlvgb	%v18,%r3,0	/* Generate vector which elements are all c.
+				   If c > 255, c will be truncated.  */
+	vrepb	%v18,%v18,0
+	lghi	%r5,0		/* current_len = 0.  */
+
+	/* Align s to 16byte.  */
+	risbg	%r1,%r2,60,128+63,0 /* Test if s is aligned and
+				       %r1 = bits 60-63 'and' 15.  */
+	je	.Lloop1		/* If s is aligned, loop aligned.  */
+	lghi	%r4,15
+	slr	%r4,%r1		/* Compute highest index to load (15-x).  */
+	vll	%v16,%r4,0(%r2) /* Load up to 16 byte boundary (vll needs
+				   highest index, remaining bytes are 0).  */
+	ahi	%r4,1		/* Work with loaded byte count.  */
+	vfeeb	%v17,%v16,%v18	/* Vector find element equal.  */
+	vlgvb	%r5,%v17,7	/* Load byte index of character or zero.  */
+	clrjl	%r5,%r4,.Lend_found /* If found c is in loaded bytes, end.  */
+	lgr	%r5,%r4		/* No c within loaded bytes,
+				   process further bytes aligned.  */
+	j	.Lloop1
+
+	/* Find c in a 16byte aligned loop.  */
+.Lloop2:
+	algfi	%r5,16
+.Lloop1:
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)	/* Load s.  */
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18	/* Vector find element equal.  */
+	jno	.Lcharacter	/* Jump away if element found.  */
+
+	vl	%v16,16(%r5,%r2)
+	algfi	%r5,16
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jno	.Lcharacter
+
+	vl	%v16,16(%r5,%r2)
+	algfi	%r5,16
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jno	.Lcharacter
+
+	vl	%v16,16(%r5,%r2)
+	algfi	%r5,16
+	vfeebs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jo	.Lloop2		/* No character found -> loop.  */
+
+	/* Found character.  */
+.Lcharacter:
+	vlgvb	%r1,%v17,7	/* Load byte index of character.  */
+	algfr	%r5,%r1
+.Lend_found:
+	la	%r2,0(%r5,%r2)	/* Return pointer to character.  */
+	br	%r14
+END(__rawmemchr_vx)
+#endif /* HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr.c b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f93064c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/rawmemchr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/* Multiple versions of rawmemchr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)
+# include <string.h>
+# include <ifunc-resolve.h>
+
+s390_vx_libc_ifunc (__rawmemchr)
+weak_alias (__rawmemchr, rawmemchr)
+
+#else
+# include <string/rawmemchr.c>
+#endif /* !(defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr-c.c b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr-c.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3b12ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr-c.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* Default wmemchr implementation for S/390.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)
+# define WMEMCHR  __wmemchr_c
+
+# include <wchar.h>
+extern __typeof (wmemchr) __wmemchr_c;
+# undef weak_alias
+# define weak_alias(name, alias)
+# ifdef SHARED
+#  undef libc_hidden_def
+#  define libc_hidden_def(name)			\
+  __hidden_ver1 (__wmemchr_c, __GI___wmemchr, __wmemchr_c);
+#  undef libc_hidden_weak
+#  define libc_hidden_weak(name)					\
+  strong_alias (__wmemchr_c, __wmemchr_c_1);				\
+  __hidden_ver1 (__wmemchr_c_1, __GI_wmemchr, __wmemchr_c_1);
+# endif /* SHARED */
+
+# include <wcsmbs/wmemchr.c>
+#endif /* HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr-vx.S b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr-vx.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31c8771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr-vx.S
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/* Vector optimized 32/64 bit S/390 version of wmemchr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)
+
+# include "sysdep.h"
+# include "asm-syntax.h"
+
+	.text
+
+/* wchar_t *wmemchr (const wchar_t *s, wchar_t c, size_t n)
+   Scans memory for character c
+   and returns pointer to first c.
+
+   Register usage:
+   -r0=tmp
+   -r1=tmp
+   -r2=s
+   -r3=c
+   -r4=n
+   -r5=current_len
+   -v16=part of s
+   -v17=index of found c
+   -v18=c replicated
+*/
+ENTRY(__wmemchr_vx)
+	.machine "z13"
+	.machinemode "zarch_nohighgprs"
+
+# if !defined __s390x__
+	llgfr	%r4,%r4
+# endif /* !defined __s390x__ */
+
+	clgije	%r4,0,.Lnf_end	/* If len == 0 then exit.  */
+	vlvgf	%v18,%r3,0	/* Generate vector which elements are all c.  */
+	vrepf	%v18,%v18,0
+	lghi	%r5,0		/* current_len = 0.  */
+
+	/* Check range of maxlen and convert to byte-count.  */
+# ifdef __s390x__
+	tmhh	%r4,49152	/* Test bit 0 or 1 of maxlen.  */
+	lghi	%r0,-4		/* Max byte-count is 18446744073709551612.  */
+# else
+	tmlh	%r4,49152	/* Test bit 0 or 1 of maxlen.  */
+	llilf	%r0,4294967292	/* Max byte-count is 4294967292.  */
+# endif /* !__s390x__ */
+	sllg	%r4,%r4,2	/* Convert character-count to byte-count.  */
+	locgrne	%r4,%r0		/* Use max byte-count, if bit 0/1 was one.  */
+
+	/* Align s to 16byte.  */
+	risbg	%r1,%r2,60,128+63,0 /* Test if s is aligned and
+				       %r1 = bits 60-63 'and' 15.  */
+	je	.Lloop		/* If s is aligned, loop aligned.  */
+	tmll	%r2,3		/* Test if s is 4-byte aligned?  */
+	jne	.Lfallback	/* And use common-code variant if not.  */
+	lghi	%r0,15
+	slr	%r0,%r1		/* Compute highest index to load (15-x).  */
+	vll	%v16,%r0,0(%r2) /* Load up to 16 byte boundary (vll needs
+				   highest index, remaining bytes are 0).  */
+	ahi	%r0,1		/* Work with loaded byte count.  */
+	lghi	%r5,16		/* Init current len for LASTCMP, FOUND case.  */
+	clgrjhe	%r0,%r4,.Llastcmp /* If (bytes to boundary) >= n,
+				     jump to lastcmp.  */
+	vfeefs	%v17,%v16,%v18	/* Find c.  */
+	vlgvb	%r1,%v17,7	/* Load byte index of c.  */
+	clgrjl	%r1,%r0,.Lfound /* Found c is within loaded bytes.  */
+	lgr	%r5,%r0		/* c not found
+				   -> First %r0 bytes are already processed.  */
+
+.Lloop:
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)
+	aghi	%r5,16
+	clgrjhe	%r5,%r4,.Llastcmp /* Do last compare if curr-len >= n.  */
+	vfeefs	%v17,%v16,%v18	/* Find c.  */
+	jl	.Lfound		/* Jump away if c was found.  */
+
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)
+	aghi	%r5,16
+	clgrjhe	%r5,%r4,.Llastcmp
+	vfeefs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jl	.Lfound
+
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)
+	aghi	%r5,16
+	clgrjhe	%r5,%r4,.Llastcmp
+	vfeefs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jl	.Lfound
+
+	vl	%v16,0(%r5,%r2)
+	aghi	%r5,16
+	clgrjhe	%r5,%r4,.Llastcmp
+	vfeefs	%v17,%v16,%v18
+	jl	.Lfound
+	j	.Lloop
+
+
+.Llastcmp:
+	/* Use comparision result only if located within first n characters.
+	   %r5: current_len;
+	   %r4: n;
+	   (current_len - n): [0...16[
+	   first ignored match index = vr-width - (current_len - n) ]0...16]
+	*/
+	vfeefs	%v17,%v16,%v18	/* Find c.  */
+	slgrk	%r4,%r5,%r4	/* %r5 = current_len - n.  */
+	lghi	%r0,16		/* Register width = 16.  */
+	vlgvb	%r1,%v17,7	/* Extract found index or 16 if all equal.  */
+	slr	%r0,%r4		/* %r0 = first ignored match index.  */
+	clrjl	%r1,%r0,.Lfound2 /* Go away if miscompare is below n bytes.  */
+	/* c not found within n-bytes.  */
+.Lnf_end:
+	lghi	%r2,0		/* Return null.  */
+	br	%r14
+
+.Lfound:
+	vlgvb	%r1,%v17,7	/* Load byte index of c.  */
+.Lfound2:
+	slgfi	%r5,16		/* current_len -=16 */
+	algr	%r5,%r1		/* Zero byte index is added to current len.  */
+	la	%r2,0(%r5,%r2)	/* Return pointer to c.  */
+	br	%r14
+.Lfallback:
+	srlg	%r4,%r4,2	/* Convert byte-count to character-count.  */
+	jg	__wmemchr_c
+END(__wmemchr_vx)
+#endif /* HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr.c b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a44e6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/multiarch/wmemchr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Multiple versions of wmemchr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#if defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)
+# include <wchar.h>
+# include <ifunc-resolve.h>
+
+s390_vx_libc_ifunc (__wmemchr)
+weak_alias (__wmemchr, wmemchr)
+libc_hidden_weak (wmemchr)
+
+#else
+# include <wcsmbs/wmemchr.c>
+#endif /* !(defined HAVE_S390_VX_ASM_SUPPORT && IS_IN (libc)) */
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/s390-32/multiarch/memchr.c b/sysdeps/s390/s390-32/multiarch/memchr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00958cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/s390-32/multiarch/memchr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* Multiple versions of memchr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This wrapper-file is needed, because otherwise file
+   sysdeps/s390/s390-[32|64]/memchr.S will be used.  */
+#include <sysdeps/s390/multiarch/memchr.c>
diff --git a/sysdeps/s390/s390-64/multiarch/memchr.c b/sysdeps/s390/s390-64/multiarch/memchr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00958cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/s390/s390-64/multiarch/memchr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* Multiple versions of memchr.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* This wrapper-file is needed, because otherwise file
+   sysdeps/s390/s390-[32|64]/memchr.S will be used.  */
+#include <sysdeps/s390/multiarch/memchr.c>
diff --git a/wcsmbs/Makefile b/wcsmbs/Makefile
index 9c848ca..e8ce579 100644
--- a/wcsmbs/Makefile
+++ b/wcsmbs/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ routines := wcscat wcschr wcscmp wcscpy wcscspn wcsdup wcslen wcsncat \
 
 strop-tests :=  wcscmp wcsncmp wmemcmp wcslen wcschr wcsrchr wcscpy wcsnlen \
 		wcpcpy wcsncpy wcpncpy wcscat wcsncat wcschrnul wcsspn wcspbrk \
-		wcscspn
+		wcscspn wmemchr
 tests := tst-wcstof wcsmbs-tst1 tst-wcsnlen tst-btowc tst-mbrtowc \
 	 tst-wcrtomb tst-wcpncpy tst-mbsrtowcs tst-wchar-h tst-mbrtowc2 \
 	 tst-c16c32-1 wcsatcliff $(addprefix test-,$(strop-tests))
diff --git a/wcsmbs/test-wmemchr.c b/wcsmbs/test-wmemchr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90c7f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wcsmbs/test-wmemchr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Test wmemchr functions.
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#define WIDE 1
+#include "../string/test-memchr.c"
diff --git a/wcsmbs/wmemchr.c b/wcsmbs/wmemchr.c
index 266950c..9e8d57b 100644
--- a/wcsmbs/wmemchr.c
+++ b/wcsmbs/wmemchr.c
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 #include <wchar.h>
 
+#ifdef WMEMCHR
+# define __wmemchr WMEMCHR
+#endif
+
 wchar_t *
 __wmemchr (s, c, n)
      const wchar_t *s;
