diff --git a/target/riscv/Makefile.objs b/target/riscv/Makefile.objs
index ea02f9b9ef..ec7326f1c7 100644
--- a/target/riscv/Makefile.objs
+++ b/target/riscv/Makefile.objs
@@ -8,4 +8,11 @@ target/riscv/decode_insn32.inc.c: \
 	  $(PYTHON) $(DECODETREE) -o $@ --decode decode_insn32 $<, \
 	  "GEN", $(TARGET_DIR)$@)
 
-target/riscv/translate.o: target/riscv/decode_insn32.inc.c
+target/riscv/decode_insn16.inc.c: \
+  $(SRC_PATH)/target/riscv/insn16.decode $(DECODETREE)
+	$(call quiet-command, \
+	  $(PYTHON) $(DECODETREE) -o $@ --decode decode_insn16 --insnwidth 16 $<, \
+	  "GEN", $(TARGET_DIR)$@)
+
+target/riscv/translate.o: target/riscv/decode_insn32.inc.c \
+	target/riscv/decode_insn16.inc.c
diff --git a/target/riscv/insn16.decode b/target/riscv/insn16.decode
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..558c0c41f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/riscv/insn16.decode
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#
+# RISC-V translation routines for the RVXI Base Integer Instruction Set.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Peer Adelt, peer.adelt@hni.uni-paderborn.de
+#                    Bastian Koppelmann, kbastian@mail.uni-paderborn.de
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+# version 2 or later, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+# more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Fields:
+%rd        7:5
+%rs1_3     7:3                !function=ex_rvc_register
+%rs2_3     2:3                !function=ex_rvc_register
+
+# Immediates:
+%nzuimm_ciw    7:4 11:2 5:1 6:1   !function=ex_shift_2
+%uimm_cl_d     5:2 10:3           !function=ex_shift_3
+%uimm_cl_w     5:1 10:3 6:1       !function=ex_shift_2
+
+
+# Argument sets:
+&cl               rs1 rd
+&cl_dw     uimm   rs1 rd
+&ciw       nzuimm     rd
+&cs               rs1 rs2
+&cs_dw     uimm   rs1 rs2
+
+
+# Formats 16:
+@ciw       ...   ........ ... .. &ciw    nzuimm=%nzuimm_ciw           rd=%rs2_3
+@cl_d      ... ... ... .. ... .. &cl_dw  uimm=%uimm_cl_d  rs1=%rs1_3  rd=%rs2_3
+@cl_w      ... ... ... .. ... .. &cl_dw  uimm=%uimm_cl_w  rs1=%rs1_3  rd=%rs2_3
+@cl        ... ... ... .. ... .. &cl                      rs1=%rs1_3  rd=%rs2_3
+@cs        ... ... ... .. ... .. &cs                      rs1=%rs1_3  rs2=%rs2_3
+@cs_d      ... ... ... .. ... .. &cs_dw  uimm=%uimm_cl_d  rs1=%rs1_3  rs2=%rs2_3
+@cs_w      ... ... ... .. ... .. &cs_dw  uimm=%uimm_cl_w  rs1=%rs1_3  rs2=%rs2_3
+
+
+# *** RV64C Standard Extension (Quadrant 0) ***
+c_addi4spn        000    ........ ... 00 @ciw
+c_fld             001  ... ... .. ... 00 @cl_d
+c_lw              010  ... ... .. ... 00 @cl_w
+c_flw_ld          011  --- ... -- ... 00 @cl    #Note: Must parse uimm manually
+c_fsd             101  ... ... .. ... 00 @cs_d
+c_sw              110  ... ... .. ... 00 @cs_w
+c_fsw_sd          111  --- ... -- ... 00 @cs    #Note: Must parse uimm manually
diff --git a/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvc.inc.c b/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvc.inc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a959f04421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/riscv/insn_trans/trans_rvc.inc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * RISC-V translation routines for the RVC Compressed Instruction Set.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Sagar Karandikar, sagark@eecs.berkeley.edu
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Peer Adelt, peer.adelt@hni.uni-paderborn.de
+ *                    Bastian Koppelmann, kbastian@mail.uni-paderborn.de
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2 or later, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+static bool trans_c_addi4spn(DisasContext *ctx, arg_c_addi4spn *a,
+        uint16_t insn)
+{
+    if (a->nzuimm == 0) {
+        /* Reserved in ISA */
+        gen_exception_illegal(ctx);
+        return true;
+    }
+    arg_addi arg = { .rd = a->rd, .rs1 = 2, .imm = a->nzuimm };
+    return trans_addi(ctx, &arg, insn);
+}
+
+static bool trans_c_fld(DisasContext *ctx, arg_c_fld *a, uint16_t insn)
+{
+    arg_fld arg = { .rd = a->rd, .rs1 = a->rs1, .imm = a->uimm };
+    return trans_fld(ctx, &arg, insn);
+}
+
+static bool trans_c_lw(DisasContext *ctx, arg_c_lw *a, uint16_t insn)
+{
+    arg_lw arg = { .rd = a->rd, .rs1 = a->rs1, .imm = a->uimm };
+    return trans_lw(ctx, &arg, insn);
+}
+
+static bool trans_c_flw_ld(DisasContext *ctx, arg_c_flw_ld *a, uint16_t insn)
+{
+#ifdef TARGET_RISCV32
+    /* C.FLW ( RV32FC-only ) */
+    arg_c_lw tmp;
+    extract_cl_w(&tmp, insn);
+    arg_flw arg = { .rd = tmp.rd, .rs1 = tmp.rs1, .imm = tmp.uimm };
+    return trans_flw(ctx, &arg, insn);
+#else
+    /* C.LD ( RV64C/RV128C-only ) */
+    arg_c_fld tmp;
+    extract_cl_d(&tmp, insn);
+    arg_ld arg = { .rd = tmp.rd, .rs1 = tmp.rs1, .imm = tmp.uimm };
+    return trans_ld(ctx, &arg, insn);
+#endif
+}
+
+static bool trans_c_fsd(DisasContext *ctx, arg_c_fsd *a, uint16_t insn)
+{
+    arg_fsd arg = { .rs1 = a->rs1, .rs2 = a->rs2, .imm = a->uimm };
+    return trans_fsd(ctx, &arg, insn);
+}
+
+static bool trans_c_sw(DisasContext *ctx, arg_c_sw *a, uint16_t insn)
+{
+    arg_sw arg = { .rs1 = a->rs1, .rs2 = a->rs2, .imm = a->uimm };
+    return trans_sw(ctx, &arg, insn);
+}
+
+static bool trans_c_fsw_sd(DisasContext *ctx, arg_c_fsw_sd *a, uint16_t insn)
+{
+#ifdef TARGET_RISCV32
+    /* C.FSW ( RV32FC-only ) */
+    arg_c_sw tmp;
+    extract_cs_w(&tmp, insn);
+    arg_fsw arg = { .rs1 = tmp.rs1, .rs2 = tmp.rs2, .imm = tmp.uimm };
+    return trans_fsw(ctx, &arg, insn);
+#else
+    /* C.SD ( RV64C/RV128C-only ) */
+    arg_c_fsd tmp;
+    extract_cs_d(&tmp, insn);
+    arg_sd arg = { .rs1 = tmp.rs1, .rs2 = tmp.rs2, .imm = tmp.uimm };
+    return trans_sd(ctx, &arg, insn);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/target/riscv/translate.c b/target/riscv/translate.c
index 1e0f517170..8182946ee8 100644
--- a/target/riscv/translate.c
+++ b/target/riscv/translate.c
@@ -714,74 +714,6 @@ static void gen_system(CPURISCVState *env, DisasContext *ctx, uint32_t opc,
     }
 }
 
-static void decode_RV32_64C0(DisasContext *ctx)
-{
-    uint8_t funct3 = extract32(ctx->opcode, 13, 3);
-    uint8_t rd_rs2 = GET_C_RS2S(ctx->opcode);
-    uint8_t rs1s = GET_C_RS1S(ctx->opcode);
-
-    switch (funct3) {
-    case 0:
-        /* illegal */
-        if (ctx->opcode == 0) {
-            gen_exception_illegal(ctx);
-        } else {
-            /* C.ADDI4SPN -> addi rd', x2, zimm[9:2]*/
-            gen_arith_imm(ctx, OPC_RISC_ADDI, rd_rs2, 2,
-                          GET_C_ADDI4SPN_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-        }
-        break;
-    case 1:
-        /* C.FLD -> fld rd', offset[7:3](rs1')*/
-        gen_fp_load(ctx, OPC_RISC_FLD, rd_rs2, rs1s,
-                    GET_C_LD_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-        /* C.LQ(RV128) */
-        break;
-    case 2:
-        /* C.LW -> lw rd', offset[6:2](rs1') */
-        gen_load(ctx, OPC_RISC_LW, rd_rs2, rs1s,
-                 GET_C_LW_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-        break;
-    case 3:
-#if defined(TARGET_RISCV64)
-        /* C.LD(RV64/128) -> ld rd', offset[7:3](rs1')*/
-        gen_load(ctx, OPC_RISC_LD, rd_rs2, rs1s,
-                 GET_C_LD_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-#else
-        /* C.FLW (RV32) -> flw rd', offset[6:2](rs1')*/
-        gen_fp_load(ctx, OPC_RISC_FLW, rd_rs2, rs1s,
-                    GET_C_LW_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-#endif
-        break;
-    case 4:
-        /* reserved */
-        gen_exception_illegal(ctx);
-        break;
-    case 5:
-        /* C.FSD(RV32/64) -> fsd rs2', offset[7:3](rs1') */
-        gen_fp_store(ctx, OPC_RISC_FSD, rs1s, rd_rs2,
-                     GET_C_LD_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-        /* C.SQ (RV128) */
-        break;
-    case 6:
-        /* C.SW -> sw rs2', offset[6:2](rs1')*/
-        gen_store(ctx, OPC_RISC_SW, rs1s, rd_rs2,
-                  GET_C_LW_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-        break;
-    case 7:
-#if defined(TARGET_RISCV64)
-        /* C.SD (RV64/128) -> sd rs2', offset[7:3](rs1')*/
-        gen_store(ctx, OPC_RISC_SD, rs1s, rd_rs2,
-                  GET_C_LD_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-#else
-        /* C.FSW (RV32) -> fsw rs2', offset[6:2](rs1')*/
-        gen_fp_store(ctx, OPC_RISC_FSW, rs1s, rd_rs2,
-                     GET_C_LW_IMM(ctx->opcode));
-#endif
-        break;
-    }
-}
-
 static void decode_RV32_64C1(CPURISCVState *env, DisasContext *ctx)
 {
     uint8_t funct3 = extract32(ctx->opcode, 13, 3);
@@ -979,9 +911,6 @@ static void decode_RV32_64C(CPURISCVState *env, DisasContext *ctx)
     uint8_t op = extract32(ctx->opcode, 0, 2);
 
     switch (op) {
-    case 0:
-        decode_RV32_64C0(ctx);
-        break;
     case 1:
         decode_RV32_64C1(env, ctx);
         break;
@@ -997,8 +926,15 @@ static void decode_RV32_64C(CPURISCVState *env, DisasContext *ctx)
         return imm << amount;                 \
     }
 EX_SH(1)
+EX_SH(2)
+EX_SH(3)
 EX_SH(12)
 
+static int ex_rvc_register(int reg)
+{
+    return 8 + reg;
+}
+
 bool decode_insn32(DisasContext *ctx, uint32_t insn);
 /* Include the auto-generated decoder for 32 bit insn */
 #include "decode_insn32.inc.c"
@@ -1010,6 +946,11 @@ bool decode_insn32(DisasContext *ctx, uint32_t insn);
 #include "insn_trans/trans_rvd.inc.c"
 #include "insn_trans/trans_privileged.inc.c"
 
+bool decode_insn16(DisasContext *ctx, uint16_t insn);
+/* auto-generated decoder*/
+#include "decode_insn16.inc.c"
+#include "insn_trans/trans_rvc.inc.c"
+
 static void decode_RV32_64G(CPURISCVState *env, DisasContext *ctx)
 {
     int rs1, rd;
@@ -1043,7 +984,10 @@ static void decode_opc(DisasContext *ctx)
             gen_exception_illegal(ctx);
         } else {
             ctx->pc_succ_insn = ctx->base.pc_next + 2;
-            decode_RV32_64C(ctx->env, ctx);
+            if (!decode_insn16(ctx, ctx->opcode)) {
+                /* fall back to old decoder */
+                decode_RV32_64C(ctx->env, ctx);
+            }
         }
     } else {
         ctx->pc_succ_insn = ctx->base.pc_next + 4;
