diff --git a/src/arch/arm/isa.cc b/src/arch/arm/isa.cc
index ed3bea2885..5c8c7436de 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/isa.cc
+++ b/src/arch/arm/isa.cc
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class MiscRegClassOps : public RegClassOps
     }
 } miscRegClassOps;
 
+VecElemRegClassOps vecRegElemClassOps(NumVecElemPerVecReg);
+
 ISA::ISA(const Params &p) : BaseISA(p), system(NULL),
     _decoderFlavor(p.decoderFlavor), pmu(p.pmu), impdefAsNop(p.impdef_nop),
     afterStartup(false)
@@ -87,7 +89,8 @@ ISA::ISA(const Params &p) : BaseISA(p), system(NULL),
     _regClasses.emplace_back(NUM_INTREGS, INTREG_ZERO);
     _regClasses.emplace_back(0);
     _regClasses.emplace_back(NumVecRegs);
-    _regClasses.emplace_back(NumVecRegs * TheISA::NumVecElemPerVecReg);
+    _regClasses.emplace_back(NumVecRegs * NumVecElemPerVecReg,
+            vecRegElemClassOps);
     _regClasses.emplace_back(NumVecPredRegs);
     _regClasses.emplace_back(NUM_CCREGS);
     _regClasses.emplace_back(NUM_MISCREGS, miscRegClassOps);
diff --git a/src/cpu/reg_class.cc b/src/cpu/reg_class.cc
index fc39e42a5e..b6678383bf 100644
--- a/src/cpu/reg_class.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/reg_class.cc
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ DefaultRegClassOps::regName(const RegId &id) const
     return csprintf("r%d", id.index());
 }
 
+std::string
+VecElemRegClassOps::regName(const RegId &id) const
+{
+    RegIndex reg_idx = id.index() / elemsPerVec;
+    RegIndex elem_idx = id.index() % elemsPerVec;
+    return csprintf("v%d[%d]", reg_idx, elem_idx);
+}
+
 const char *RegId::regClassStrings[] = {
     "IntRegClass",
     "FloatRegClass",
diff --git a/src/cpu/reg_class.hh b/src/cpu/reg_class.hh
index 3c3a6569e0..da6be67ea8 100644
--- a/src/cpu/reg_class.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/reg_class.hh
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ class DefaultRegClassOps : public RegClassOps
     std::string regName(const RegId &id) const override;
 };
 
+class VecElemRegClassOps : public RegClassOps
+{
+  protected:
+    size_t elemsPerVec;
+
+  public:
+    explicit VecElemRegClassOps(size_t elems_per_vec) :
+        elemsPerVec(elems_per_vec)
+    {}
+
+    std::string regName(const RegId &id) const override;
+};
+
 class RegClass
 {
   private: