diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc
index 3c13fbc1a..4bb7fefbb 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/Makefile.inc
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ libc_a_SOURCES += \
 	%D%/strlen-asm.S \
 	%D%/strlen.c \
 	%D%/strnlen-asm.S \
-	%D%/strnlen.c
+	%D%/strnlen.c \
+	%D%/strrchr-asm.S \
+	%D%/strrchr.c
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strrchr-asm.S b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strrchr-asm.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bdb84338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strrchr-asm.S
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include <sys/asm.h>
+
+#if defined(__riscv_vector) && !defined(__riscv_e) && !defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__) && !defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED)
+/* char *strrchr(const char *a0, int a1)
+   Return the last occurrence of (char)a1 in a0, including the terminating
+   NUL when a1==0, else NULL.  Single forward pass: each chunk is loaded with
+   vle8ff (page-boundary safe) and the highest matching lane index is found
+   with a masked max-index reduction.  */
+ENTRY(strrchr)
+  li a6, 0                  /* result pointer = NULL so far */
+.Lloop:
+  vsetvli a2, zero, e8, m1, ta, ma
+  vle8ff.v v8, (a0)
+  csrr a2, vl
+  vmseq.vi v1, v8, 0        /* NUL lanes */
+  vfirst.m a3, v1           /* first NUL position (or -1) */
+  vmseq.vx v2, v8, a1       /* lanes equal to (char)c */
+  vmsif.m v3, v1            /* valid lanes: up to & including first NUL */
+  vmand.mm v0, v2, v3       /* candidate matches within the string */
+  vfirst.m a4, v0           /* any candidate in this chunk? */
+  bltz a4, .Lskip
+  /* reduce the maximum lane index over candidate lanes (need e16 to be
+     safe for large VLEN where vl can exceed 255).  */
+  vsetvli zero, a2, e16, m2, ta, ma
+  vid.v v16
+  vmv.s.x v24, x0
+  vredmaxu.vs v24, v16, v24, v0.t
+  vmv.x.s a5, v24
+  add a6, a0, a5
+.Lskip:
+  bgez a3, .Ldone           /* reached end of string */
+  add a0, a0, a2
+  j .Lloop
+.Ldone:
+  mv a0, a6
+  ret
+END(strrchr)
+#endif
diff --git a/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strrchr.c b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strrchr.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d06b31e4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newlib/libc/machine/riscv/strrchr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#if defined(__OPTIMIZE_SIZE__) || defined(PREFER_SIZE_OVER_SPEED) || !defined(__riscv_vector) || defined(__riscv_e)
+# include "../../string/strrchr.c"
+#else
+/* strrchr defined in strrchr-asm.S */
+#endif