diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index 80e94b9ee2..0a44b19a0e 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ $(objpfx)argv0test.out: tst-rtld-argv0.sh $(objpfx)ld.so \
 
 # Most likely search subdirectories, for each supported architecture.
 # Used to obtain test coverage wide test coverage.
-glibc-hwcaps-first-subdirs-for-tests =
+glibc-hwcaps-first-subdirs-for-tests = x86-64-v2
 
 # The test modules are parameterized by preprocessor macros.
 LDFLAGS-libmarkermod1-1.so += -Wl,-soname,libmarkermod1.so
diff --git a/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-cache.script b/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-cache.script
index 46cb5fd553..2aef9fb177 100644
--- a/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-cache.script
+++ b/elf/tst-glibc-hwcaps-cache.script
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 # test-container does not support scripts in sysdeps directories, so
 # collect everything in one file.
+
+mkdirp 0770 $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2
+cp $B/elf/libmarkermod2-2.so $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod2.so
+mkdirp 0770 $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v3
+cp $B/elf/libmarkermod3-2.so $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod3.so
+cp $B/elf/libmarkermod3-3.so $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v3/libmarkermod3.so
+mkdirp 0770 $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v4
+cp $B/elf/libmarkermod4-2.so $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod4.so
+cp $B/elf/libmarkermod4-3.so $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v3/libmarkermod4.so
+cp $B/elf/libmarkermod4-4.so $L/glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v4/libmarkermod4.so
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/Makefile b/sysdeps/x86_64/Makefile
index 42b97c5cc7..d1d7cb9d2e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/Makefile
@@ -144,8 +144,47 @@ CFLAGS-tst-auditmod10b.c += $(AVX512-CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS-tst-avx512-aux.c += $(AVX512-CFLAGS)
 CFLAGS-tst-avx512mod.c += $(AVX512-CFLAGS)
 endif
+
+$(objpfx)tst-glibc-hwcaps: $(objpfx)libmarkermod2-1.so \
+  $(objpfx)libmarkermod3-1.so $(objpfx)libmarkermod4-1.so
+$(objpfx)tst-glibc-hwcaps.out: \
+  $(objpfx)libmarkermod2.so \
+    $(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod2.so \
+  $(objpfx)libmarkermod3.so \
+    $(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod3.so \
+    $(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v3/libmarkermod3.so \
+  $(objpfx)libmarkermod4.so \
+    $(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod4.so \
+    $(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v3/libmarkermod4.so \
+    $(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v4/libmarkermod4.so \
+
+$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod2.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod2-2.so
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod3.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod3-2.so
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v3/libmarkermod3.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod3-3.so
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v2/libmarkermod4.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod4-2.so
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v3/libmarkermod4.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod4-3.so
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	cp $< $@
+$(objpfx)glibc-hwcaps/x86-64-v4/libmarkermod4.so: $(objpfx)libmarkermod4-4.so
+	$(make-target-directory)
+	cp $< $@
+
+ifeq (no,$(build-hardcoded-path-in-tests))
+# This is an ld.so.cache test, and RPATH/RUNPATH in the executable
+# interferes with its test objectives.
+tests-container += tst-glibc-hwcaps-cache
 endif
 
+endif # $(subdir) == elf
+
 ifeq ($(subdir),csu)
 gen-as-const-headers += tlsdesc.sym rtld-offsets.sym
 endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/dl-hwcaps-subdirs.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/dl-hwcaps-subdirs.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8810a822ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/dl-hwcaps-subdirs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* Architecture-specific glibc-hwcaps subdirectories.  x86 version.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <dl-hwcaps.h>
+#include <cpu-features.h>
+
+const char _dl_hwcaps_subdirs[] = "x86-64-v4:x86-64-v3:x86-64-v2";
+enum { subdirs_count = 3 }; /* Number of components in _dl_hwcaps_subdirs.  */
+
+uint32_t
+_dl_hwcaps_subdirs_active (void)
+{
+  int active = 0;
+
+  /* Test in reverse preference order.  */
+
+  /* x86-64-v2.  */
+  if (!(CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (CMPXCHG16B)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (LAHF64_SAHF64)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (POPCNT)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSE3)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSE4_1)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSE4_2)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (SSSE3)))
+    return _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_build_bitmask (subdirs_count, active);
+  ++active;
+
+  /* x86-64-v3.  */
+  if (!(CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (AVX)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (AVX2)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (BMI1)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (BMI2)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (F16C)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (FMA)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (LZCNT)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (MOVBE)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (OSXSAVE)))
+    return _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_build_bitmask (subdirs_count, active);
+  ++active;
+
+ /* x86-64-v4.  */
+  if (!(CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (AVX512F)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (AVX512BW)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (AVX512CD)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (AVX512DQ)
+        && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE (AVX512VL)))
+    return _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_build_bitmask (subdirs_count, active);
+  ++active;
+
+  return _dl_hwcaps_subdirs_build_bitmask (subdirs_count, active);
+}
diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/tst-glibc-hwcaps.c b/sysdeps/x86_64/tst-glibc-hwcaps.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3075a8286d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/tst-glibc-hwcaps.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* glibc-hwcaps subdirectory test.  x86_64 version.
+   Copyright (C) 2020 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
+   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/platform/x86.h>
+
+extern int marker2 (void);
+extern int marker3 (void);
+extern int marker4 (void);
+
+/* Return the x86-64-vN level, 1 for the baseline.  */
+static int
+compute_level (void)
+{
+  const struct cpu_features *cpu_features
+    = __x86_get_cpu_features (COMMON_CPUID_INDEX_MAX);
+
+ if (!(CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, CMPXCHG16B)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, LAHF64_SAHF64)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, POPCNT)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, MMX)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE2)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE3)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSSE3)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE4_1)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, SSE4_2)))
+   return 1;
+ if (!(CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX2)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, BMI1)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, BMI2)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, F16C)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, FMA)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, LZCNT)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, MOVBE)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, OSXSAVE)))
+   return 2;
+ if (!(CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX512F)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX512BW)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX512CD)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX512DQ)
+       && CPU_FEATURE_USABLE_P (cpu_features, AVX512VL)))
+   return 3;
+ return 4;
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  int level = compute_level ();
+  printf ("info: detected x86-64 micro-architecture level: %d\n", level);
+  TEST_COMPARE (marker2 (), MIN (level, 2));
+  TEST_COMPARE (marker3 (), MIN (level, 3));
+  TEST_COMPARE (marker4 (), MIN (level, 4));
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
