diff --git a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -3177,6 +3177,7 @@
             TT.getArch() == llvm::Triple::nvptx ||
             TT.getArch() == llvm::Triple::nvptx64 ||
             TT.getArch() == llvm::Triple::amdgcn ||
+            TT.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ve ||
             TT.getArch() == llvm::Triple::x86 ||
             TT.getArch() == llvm::Triple::x86_64))
         Diags.Report(diag::err_drv_invalid_omp_target) << A->getValue(i);
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 set (LIBOMPTARGET_ALL_TARGETS "${LIBOMPTARGET_ALL_TARGETS} powerpc64-ibm-linux-gnu")
 set (LIBOMPTARGET_ALL_TARGETS "${LIBOMPTARGET_ALL_TARGETS} x86_64-pc-linux-gnu")
 set (LIBOMPTARGET_ALL_TARGETS "${LIBOMPTARGET_ALL_TARGETS} nvptx64-nvidia-cuda")
+set (LIBOMPTARGET_ALL_TARGETS "${LIBOMPTARGET_ALL_TARGETS} ve-unknown-linux-unknown")
 
 # Once the plugins for the different targets are validated, they will be added to
 # the list of supported targets in the current system.
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/omp_get_num_devices.c b/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/omp_get_num_devices.c
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/omp_get_num_devices.c
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/omp_get_num_devices.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-powerpc64-ibm-linux-gnu
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-powerpc64le-ibm-linux-gnu
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
+// RUN: %libomptarget-compile-ve-unknown-linux-unknown | env VE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%host-rtl-dir %libomptarget-run-ve-unknown-linux-unknown | %fcheck-ve-unknown-linux-unknown
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <omp.h>
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/omp_get_num_devices_with_empty_target.c b/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/omp_get_num_devices_with_empty_target.c
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/omp_get_num_devices_with_empty_target.c
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/omp_get_num_devices_with_empty_target.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-powerpc64-ibm-linux-gnu
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-powerpc64le-ibm-linux-gnu
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
+// RUN: env VE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%host-rtl-dir %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-ve-unknown-linux-unknown
 
 #include <omp.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/env/omp_target_debug.c b/openmp/libomptarget/test/env/omp_target_debug.c
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/test/env/omp_target_debug.c
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/env/omp_target_debug.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu && env LIBOMPTARGET_DEBUG=0 %libomptarget-run-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu 2>&1 | %fcheck-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -allow-empty -check-prefix=NDEBUG
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda && env LIBOMPTARGET_DEBUG=1 %libomptarget-run-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda 2>&1 | %fcheck-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda -allow-empty -check-prefix=DEBUG
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda && env LIBOMPTARGET_DEBUG=0 %libomptarget-run-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda 2>&1 | %fcheck-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda -allow-empty -check-prefix=NDEBUG
+// RUN: %libomptarget-compile-ve-unknown-linux-unknown && env VE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%host-rtl-dir LIBOMPTARGET_DEBUG=1 %libomptarget-run-ve-unknown-linux-unknown 2>&1 | %fcheck-ve-unknown-linux-unknown -allow-empty -check-prefix=DEBUG
+// RUN: %libomptarget-compile-ve-unknown-linux-unknown && env VE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%host-rtl-dir LIBOMPTARGET_DEBUG=0 %libomptarget-run-ve-unknown-linux-unknown 2>&1 | %fcheck-ve-unknown-linux-unknown -allow-empty -check-prefix=NDEBUG
 // REQUIRES: libomptarget-debug
 
 int main(void) {
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/lit.cfg b/openmp/libomptarget/test/lit.cfg
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/test/lit.cfg
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/lit.cfg
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
     append_dynamic_library_path('LIBRARY_PATH', \
         config.omp_host_rtl_directory, ":")
 
+# Target specific flags
+target_flags = {}
+target_flags['ve-unknown-linux-unknown'] = "-Xopenmp-target \"-L " + \
+    config.omp_host_rtl_directory + "\""
+
 # substitutions
 # - for targets that exist in the system create the actual command.
 # - for valid targets that do not exist in the system, return false, so that the
@@ -116,9 +121,13 @@
             libomptarget_target, \
             "%not --crash %t-" + libomptarget_target))
         config.substitutions.append(("%clangxx-" + libomptarget_target, \
-            "%clangxx %openmp_flags %flags -fopenmp-targets=" + libomptarget_target))
+            "%clangxx %openmp_flags %flags-" + libomptarget_target + \
+            " -fopenmp-targets=" + libomptarget_target))
         config.substitutions.append(("%clang-" + libomptarget_target, \
-            "%clang %openmp_flags %flags -fopenmp-targets=" + libomptarget_target))
+            "%clang %openmp_flags %flags-" + libomptarget_target + \
+            " -fopenmp-targets=" + libomptarget_target))
+        config.substitutions.append(("%flags-" + libomptarget_target, \
+            "%flags " + target_flags.get(libomptarget_target, "")))
         config.substitutions.append(("%fcheck-" + libomptarget_target, \
             config.libomptarget_filecheck + " %s"))
     else:
@@ -157,4 +166,5 @@
 config.substitutions.append(("%clang", config.test_c_compiler))
 config.substitutions.append(("%openmp_flags", config.test_openmp_flags))
 config.substitutions.append(("%flags", config.test_flags))
+config.substitutions.append(("%host-rtl-dir", config.omp_host_rtl_directory))
 config.substitutions.append(("%not", config.libomptarget_not))
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/alloc_fail.c b/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/alloc_fail.c
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/alloc_fail.c
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/alloc_fail.c
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 // RUN: %libomptarget-run-fail-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda 2>&1 \
 // RUN: | %fcheck-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
 
+// RUN: %libomptarget-compile-ve-unknown-linux-unknown
+// RUN: env VE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%host-rtl-dir %libomptarget-run-fail-ve-unknown-linux-unknown 2>&1 \
+// RUN: | %fcheck-ve-unknown-linux-unknown
+
 // CHECK: Libomptarget fatal error 1: failure of target construct while offloading is mandatory
 
 int main() {
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/target_implicit_partial_map.c b/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/target_implicit_partial_map.c
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/target_implicit_partial_map.c
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/mapping/target_implicit_partial_map.c
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
 // RUN: %libomptarget-run-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu 2>&1 \
 // RUN: | %fcheck-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
+
+// RUN: %libomptarget-compile-ve-unknown-linux-unknown
+// RUN: env VE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%host-rtl-dir %libomptarget-run-ve-unknown-linux-unknown 2>&1 \
+// RUN: | %fcheck-ve-unknown-linux-unknown
 //
 // END.
 
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/offloading/offloading_success.c b/openmp/libomptarget/test/offloading/offloading_success.c
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/test/offloading/offloading_success.c
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/offloading/offloading_success.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-powerpc64le-ibm-linux-gnu
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
 // RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
+// RUN: %libomptarget-compile-ve-unknown-linux-unknown | env VE_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=%host-rtl-dir %libomptarget-run-ve-unknown-linux-unknown | %fcheck-ve-unknown-linux-unknown
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <omp.h>