diff --git a/llvm/unittests/tools/llvm-exegesis/Mips/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/unittests/tools/llvm-exegesis/Mips/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/llvm/unittests/tools/llvm-exegesis/Mips/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/unittests/tools/llvm-exegesis/Mips/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 add_llvm_unittest(LLVMExegesisMipsTests
   BenchmarkResultTest.cpp
+  SnippetGeneratorTest.cpp
   TargetTest.cpp
   )
 target_link_libraries(LLVMExegesisMipsTests PRIVATE
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/tools/llvm-exegesis/Mips/SnippetGeneratorTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/tools/llvm-exegesis/Mips/SnippetGeneratorTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/unittests/tools/llvm-exegesis/Mips/SnippetGeneratorTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+//===-- SnippetGeneratorTest.cpp --------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "../Common/AssemblerUtils.h"
+#include "Latency.h"
+#include "LlvmState.h"
+#include "MCInstrDescView.h"
+#include "RegisterAliasing.h"
+#include "MipsInstrInfo.h"
+
+#include <unordered_set>
+
+namespace llvm {
+namespace exegesis {
+
+void InitializeMipsExegesisTarget();
+
+namespace {
+
+using testing::AnyOf;
+using testing::ElementsAre;
+using testing::SizeIs;
+
+MATCHER(IsInvalid, "") { return !arg.isValid(); }
+MATCHER(IsReg, "") { return arg.isReg(); }
+
+class MipsSnippetGeneratorTest : public ::testing::Test {
+protected:
+  MipsSnippetGeneratorTest() : State("mips-unknown-linux", "mips32"),
+	InstrInfo(State.getInstrInfo()) {}
+
+  static void SetUpTestCase() {
+    LLVMInitializeMipsTargetInfo();
+    LLVMInitializeMipsTarget();
+    LLVMInitializeMipsTargetMC();
+    InitializeMipsExegesisTarget();
+  }
+
+  LLVMState State;
+  const MCInstrInfo &InstrInfo;
+};
+
+template <typename SnippetGeneratorT>
+class SnippetGeneratorTest : public MipsSnippetGeneratorTest {
+protected:
+  SnippetGeneratorTest() : Generator(State, SnippetGenerator::Options()) {}
+
+  std::vector<CodeTemplate> checkAndGetCodeTemplates(unsigned Opcode) {
+    randomGenerator().seed(0); // Initialize seed.
+    const Instruction &Instr = State.getIC().getInstr(Opcode);
+    auto CodeTemplateOrError = Generator.generateCodeTemplates(
+        Instr, State.getRATC().emptyRegisters());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(CodeTemplateOrError.takeError()); // Valid configuration.
+    return std::move(CodeTemplateOrError.get());
+  }
+
+  SnippetGeneratorT Generator;
+};
+
+using LatencySnippetGeneratorTest =
+    SnippetGeneratorTest<LatencySnippetGenerator>;
+
+TEST_F(LatencySnippetGeneratorTest, ImplicitSelfDependencyThroughExplicitRegs) {
+  // - ADD
+  // - Op0 Explicit Def RegClass(GPR32)
+  // - Op1 Explicit Use RegClass(GPR32)
+  // - Op2 Explicit Use RegClass(GPR32)
+  // - Var0 [Op0]
+  // - Var1 [Op1]
+  // - Var2 [Op2]
+  const unsigned Opcode = Mips::ADD;
+  const auto CodeTemplates = checkAndGetCodeTemplates(Opcode);
+  ASSERT_THAT(CodeTemplates, SizeIs(1));
+  const auto &CT = CodeTemplates[0];
+  EXPECT_THAT(CT.Execution, ExecutionMode::SERIAL_VIA_EXPLICIT_REGS);
+  ASSERT_THAT(CT.Instructions, SizeIs(1));
+  const InstructionTemplate &IT = CT.Instructions[0];
+  EXPECT_THAT(IT.getOpcode(), Opcode);
+  ASSERT_THAT(IT.VariableValues, SizeIs(3));
+  EXPECT_THAT(IT.VariableValues,
+              AnyOf(ElementsAre(IsReg(), IsInvalid(), IsReg()),
+                    ElementsAre(IsReg(), IsReg(), IsInvalid())))
+      << "Op0 is either set to Op1 or to Op2";
+}
+
+TEST_F(LatencySnippetGeneratorTest,
+ ImplicitSelfDependencyThroughExplicitRegsForbidAll) {
+  // - XOR
+  // - Op0 Explicit Def RegClass(GPR32)
+  // - Op1 Explicit Use RegClass(GPR32)
+  // - Op2 Explicit Use RegClass(GPR32)
+  // - Var0 [Op0]
+  // - Var1 [Op1]
+  // - Var2 [Op2]
+  randomGenerator().seed(0); // Initialize seed.
+  const Instruction &Instr = State.getIC().getInstr(Mips::XOR);
+  auto AllRegisters = State.getRATC().emptyRegisters();
+  AllRegisters.flip();
+  auto Error = Generator.generateCodeTemplates(Instr, AllRegisters).takeError();
+  EXPECT_TRUE((bool)Error);
+  consumeError(std::move(Error));
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace exegesis
+} // namespace llvm