diff --git a/plat/qemuppc/tests/brk_c.c b/plat/qemuppc/tests/brk_c.c
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+++ b/plat/qemuppc/tests/brk_c.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include "test.h"
+
+int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
+{
+    void* p;
+
+    ASSERT(-1 == (intptr_t)brk((void*)0xffffffff));
+    ASSERT(ENOMEM == errno);
+
+    p = sbrk(0);
+    ASSERT(p == sbrk(0));
+    ASSERT(p == sbrk(8));
+    ASSERT(p != sbrk(0));
+    ASSERT(p != sbrk(-8));
+    ASSERT(p == sbrk(0));
+
+    /* We assume the test environment has less than 2GB of RAM. */
+    ASSERT(-1 == (intptr_t)sbrk(INT_MAX));
+    ASSERT(-1 == (intptr_t)sbrk(INT_MIN));
+
+    finished();
+}
+