diff --git a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/intrinsicck.rs b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/intrinsicck.rs
index 2672614a89548..8837fb6c471ab 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/intrinsicck.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_hir_analysis/src/check/intrinsicck.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> InlineAsmCtxt<'a, 'tcx> {
             ty::Int(IntTy::I64) | ty::Uint(UintTy::U64) => Some(InlineAsmType::I64),
             ty::Int(IntTy::I128) | ty::Uint(UintTy::U128) => Some(InlineAsmType::I128),
             ty::Int(IntTy::Isize) | ty::Uint(UintTy::Usize) => Some(asm_ty_isize),
+            ty::Float(FloatTy::F16) => Some(InlineAsmType::F16),
             ty::Float(FloatTy::F32) => Some(InlineAsmType::F32),
             ty::Float(FloatTy::F64) => Some(InlineAsmType::F64),
             ty::FnPtr(_) => Some(asm_ty_isize),
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/asm/aarch64.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/asm/aarch64.rs
index 1a3218da1af04..0310bb5d80db7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/asm/aarch64.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/asm/aarch64.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl AArch64InlineAsmRegClass {
         match self {
             Self::reg => types! { _: I8, I16, I32, I64, F32, F64; },
             Self::vreg | Self::vreg_low16 => types! {
-                neon: I8, I16, I32, I64, F32, F64,
+                neon: I8, I16, I32, I64, F16, F32, F64,
                     VecI8(8), VecI16(4), VecI32(2), VecI64(1), VecF32(2), VecF64(1),
                     VecI8(16), VecI16(8), VecI32(4), VecI64(2), VecF32(4), VecF64(2);
             },
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_target/src/asm/mod.rs b/compiler/rustc_target/src/asm/mod.rs
index 5f4ce5ed59974..8a57ab4cc6fb3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_target/src/asm/mod.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_target/src/asm/mod.rs
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ pub enum InlineAsmType {
     I32,
     I64,
     I128,
+    F16,
     F32,
     F64,
     VecI8(u64),
@@ -730,6 +731,7 @@ impl InlineAsmType {
             Self::I32 => 4,
             Self::I64 => 8,
             Self::I128 => 16,
+            Self::F16 => 2,
             Self::F32 => 4,
             Self::F64 => 8,
             Self::VecI8(n) => n * 1,
@@ -751,6 +753,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for InlineAsmType {
             Self::I32 => f.write_str("i32"),
             Self::I64 => f.write_str("i64"),
             Self::I128 => f.write_str("i128"),
+            Self::F16 => f.write_str("f16"),
             Self::F32 => f.write_str("f32"),
             Self::F64 => f.write_str("f64"),
             Self::VecI8(n) => write!(f, "i8x{n}"),
diff --git a/tests/ui/asm/aarch64/type-f16.rs b/tests/ui/asm/aarch64/type-f16.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e1adb89d11638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/asm/aarch64/type-f16.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//@ only-aarch64
+
+#![feature(f16, f128)]
+use std::arch::asm;
+#[inline(never)]
+pub fn f32_to_f16_asm(a: f32) -> f16 {
+    let ret: f16;
+    unsafe {
+        asm!(
+        "fcvt    {ret:h}, {a:s}",
+        a = in(vreg) a,
+        ret = lateout(vreg) ret,
+        options(nomem, nostack),
+        );
+    }
+    ret
+}