diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 192edc4bb5..4e4d50131c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ config ARCH_CORTEXM0
 	select ARM_THUMB
 	select ARCH_ARMV6M
 	select ARCH_HAVE_IRQPRIO
+	select ARCH_HAVE_IRQTRIGGER
 	select ARCH_HAVE_RAMVECTORS
 	select ARCH_HAVE_RESET
 	select ARCH_HAVE_HARDFAULT_DEBUG
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/CMakeLists.txt b/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/CMakeLists.txt
index deffc19040..6bfb544929 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ set(SRCS
     arm_svcall.c
     arm_systemreset.c
     arm_tcbinfo.c
+    arm_trigger_irq.c
     arm_vectors.c)
 
 if(CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES)
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/Make.defs b/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/Make.defs
index 669a586cef..9a39ab04bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/Make.defs
+++ b/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/Make.defs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ CMN_ASRCS += arm_exception.S arm_saveusercontext.S
 CMN_CSRCS += arm_cpuinfo.c arm_doirq.c arm_hardfault.c arm_initialstate.c
 CMN_CSRCS += arm_schedulesigaction.c arm_sigdeliver.c arm_svcall.c
 CMN_CSRCS += arm_systemreset.c arm_tcbinfo.c arm_vectors.c
+CMN_CSRCS += arm_trigger_irq.c
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES),y)
   CMN_CSRCS += arm_dumpnvic.c
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/arm_trigger_irq.c b/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/arm_trigger_irq.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..397a18705d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/arm_trigger_irq.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * arch/arm/src/armv6-m/arm_trigger_irq.c
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The
+ * ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
+ * License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Included Files
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <nuttx/config.h>
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include <nuttx/arch.h>
+#include <arch/irq.h>
+
+#include "arm_internal.h"
+#include "nvic.h"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_IRQTRIGGER
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Public Functions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Name: up_trigger_irq
+ *
+ * Description:
+ *   Trigger an IRQ by software.
+ *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+void up_trigger_irq(int irq, cpu_set_t cpuset)
+{
+  uint32_t pend_bit = 0;
+
+  DEBUGASSERT(irq >= NVIC_IRQ_NMI && irq < NR_IRQS);
+
+  if (irq >= NVIC_IRQ_FIRST)
+    {
+      putreg32(irq - NVIC_IRQ_FIRST, ARMV6M_NVIC2_BASE);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      switch (irq)
+        {
+          case NVIC_IRQ_PENDSV:
+            pend_bit = SYSCON_ICSR_PENDSVSET;
+            break;
+
+          case NVIC_IRQ_NMI:
+            pend_bit = SYSCON_ICSR_NMIPENDSET;
+            break;
+
+          case NVIC_IRQ_SYSTICK:
+            pend_bit = SYSCON_ICSR_PENDSTSET;
+            break;
+
+          default:
+            break;
+        }
+
+      if (pend_bit)
+        {
+          modifyreg32(ARMV6M_SYSCON_ICSR, 0, pend_bit);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAVE_IRQTRIGGER */
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/nvic.h b/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/nvic.h
index 62be901b69..3296006884 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/nvic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/src/armv6-m/nvic.h
@@ -32,6 +32,31 @@
  * Pre-processor Definitions
  ****************************************************************************/
 
+/* Exception/interrupt vector numbers ***************************************/
+
+                                              /* Vector  0: Reset stack
+                                               *            pointer value
+                                               */
+
+                                               /* Vector  1: Reset */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_NMI                    (2)    /* Vector  2: Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_HARDFAULT              (3)    /* Vector  3: Hard fault */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_MEMFAULT               (4)    /* Vector  4: Memory management (MPU) */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_BUSFAULT               (5)    /* Vector  5: Bus fault */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_USAGEFAULT             (6)    /* Vector  6: Usage fault */
+                                               /* Vectors 7-10: Reserved */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_SVCALL                 (11)   /* Vector 11: SVC call */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_DBGMONITOR             (12)   /* Vector 12: Debug Monitor */
+                                               /* Vector 13: Reserved */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_PENDSV                 (14)   /* Vector 14: Pendable system service request */
+#define NVIC_IRQ_SYSTICK                (15)   /* Vector 15: System tick */
+
+/* External interrupts (vectors >= 16).
+ * These definitions are chip-specific
+ */
+
+#define NVIC_IRQ_FIRST                  (16)    /* Vector number of the first interrupt */
+
 /* Base addresses ***********************************************************/
 
 #define ARMV6M_SYSCON1_BASE            0xe000e008 /* 0xe000e008-0xe000e00f System Control Block */