diff --git a/gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in b/gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in
index a4e005ac2bd..cbb31d63c30 100644
--- a/gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in
+++ b/gcc/cobol/Make-lang.in
@@ -367,3 +367,5 @@ cobol.stagefeedback: stagefeedback-start
 	-mv cobol/*$(objext) stagefeedback/cobol
 
 selftest-cobol:
+
+lang_checks += check-cobol
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/dg.exp b/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/dg.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c81634ac817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/dg.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#   Copyright (C) 2004-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# GCC testsuite that uses the `dg.exp' driver.
+
+# Load support procs.
+load_lib cobol-dg.exp
+
+# If a testcase doesn't have special options, use these.
+global DEFAULT_COBFLAGS
+if ![info exists DEFAULT_COBFLAGS] then {
+    set DEFAULT_COBFLAGS " "
+}
+
+# Initialize `dg'.
+dg-init
+
+global cobol_test_path
+set cobol_test_path $srcdir/$subdir
+
+set all_flags $DEFAULT_COBFLAGS
+
+# Main loop.
+cobol-dg-runtest [lsort \
+       [glob -nocomplain $srcdir/$subdir/*.cob ] ] "" $all_flags
+
+# All done.
+dg-finish
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/error-1.cob b/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/error-1.cob
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e51a90b841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/error-1.cob
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+*> { dg-do compile }
+IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
+PROGRAM-ID. error-1.
+ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
+DATA DIVISION.
+    WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
+    02 VAR PIC S9(3) VALUE 1. *> { dg-error "not part of" }
+PROCEDURE DIVISION.
+    STOP RUN.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/fail.cob b/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/fail.cob
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0dd3eade21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/fail.cob
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*> { dg-do run { xfail *-*-* } }
+IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
+PROGRAM-ID. fail.
+ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
+PROCEDURE DIVISION.
+    STOP RUN ERROR 1.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/pass.cob b/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/pass.cob
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47cfd2bb09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/cobol.dg/pass.cob
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*> { dg-do run }
+IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
+PROGRAM-ID. pass.
+ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
+PROCEDURE DIVISION.
+    STOP RUN.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/lib/cobol-dg.exp b/gcc/testsuite/lib/cobol-dg.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51df13df19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/lib/cobol-dg.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#   Copyright (C) 2004-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+load_lib gcc-dg.exp
+load_lib torture-options.exp
+
+# Define cobol callbacks for dg.exp.
+
+proc cobol-dg-test { prog do_what extra_tool_flags } {
+    set result \
+	[gcc-dg-test-1 cobol_target_compile $prog $do_what $extra_tool_flags]
+    
+    set comp_output [lindex $result 0]
+    set output_file [lindex $result 1]
+
+    return [list $comp_output $output_file]
+}
+
+proc cobol-dg-prune { system text } {
+    # cobol prints an extra stray error at the end when compilation fails
+    regsub -all "(^|\n)cobol1: error: failed compiling \[^\n\]*" $text "" text
+    return [gcc-dg-prune $system $text]
+}
+
+# Utility routines.
+
+# Modified dg-runtest that can cycle through a list of optimization options
+# as c-torture does.
+proc cobol-dg-runtest { testcases flags default-extra-flags } {
+    global runtests
+    global torture_with_loops
+
+    # Some callers initialize torture testing themselves; don't override those.
+    set existing_torture_init [torture-init-done]
+    if { $existing_torture_init == 0 } {
+	torture-init
+    }
+    # Some callers set torture options themselves; don't override those.
+    set existing_torture_options [torture-options-exist]
+    if { $existing_torture_options == 0 } {
+	global DG_TORTURE_OPTIONS
+	set-torture-options $DG_TORTURE_OPTIONS
+    }
+    dump-torture-options
+
+    foreach test $testcases {
+	# If we're only testing specific files and this isn't one of
+	# them, skip it.
+	if ![runtest_file_p $runtests $test] {
+	    continue
+        }
+
+	# look if this is dg-do run test, in which case
+	# we cycle through the option list, otherwise we don't
+	if [expr [search_for $test "dg-do run"]] {
+	    set option_list $torture_with_loops
+	} else {
+	    set option_list [list { -O } ]
+	}
+
+	set nshort [file tail [file dirname $test]]/[file tail $test]
+
+	foreach flags_t $option_list {
+	    verbose "Testing $nshort, $flags $flags_t" 1
+	    dg-test $test "$flags $flags_t" ${default-extra-flags}
+	}
+    }
+
+    if { $existing_torture_init == 0 } {
+	torture-finish
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/lib/cobol.exp b/gcc/testsuite/lib/cobol.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd88bcb66d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/lib/cobol.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,291 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#
+# cobol support library routines
+#
+load_lib prune.exp
+load_lib gcc-defs.exp
+load_lib timeout.exp
+load_lib target-libpath.exp
+load_lib target-supports.exp
+
+#
+# COBOL_UNDER_TEST is the compiler under test.
+#
+
+
+set gpp_compile_options ""
+
+
+#
+# cobol_version -- extract and print the version number of the compiler
+#
+
+proc cobol_version { } {
+    global COBOL_UNDER_TEST
+    
+    cobol_init
+
+    # ignore any arguments after the command
+    set compiler [lindex $COBOL_UNDER_TEST 0]
+    
+    # verify that the compiler exists
+    if { [is_remote host] || [which $compiler] != 0 } then {
+	set tmp [remote_exec host "$compiler -v"]
+	set status [lindex $tmp 0]
+	set output [lindex $tmp 1]
+	regexp " version \[^\n\r\]*" $output version
+	if { $status == 0 && [info exists version] } then {
+	    if [is_remote host] {
+		clone_output "$compiler $version\n"
+	    } else {
+		clone_output "[which $compiler] $version\n"
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    clone_output "Couldn't determine version of [which $compiler]\n"
+	}
+    } else {
+	# compiler does not exist (this should have already been detected)
+	warning "$compiler does not exist"
+    }
+}
+
+#
+# cobol_link_flags -- provide new version of cobol_link_flags
+# (originally from libgloss.exp) which knows about the gcc tree structure
+#
+
+proc cobol_link_flags { paths } {
+    global srcdir
+    global ld_library_path
+    global COBOL_UNDER_TEST
+    global shlib_ext
+    global ENABLE_DARWIN_AT_RPATH
+
+    set gccpath ${paths}
+    set libio_dir ""
+    set flags ""
+    set ld_library_path "."
+    set shlib_ext [get_shlib_extension]
+    verbose "shared lib extension: $shlib_ext"
+
+    # We need to add options to locate libgfortran and the dependent libs
+    # libquadmath (supporting REAL*16) and libatomic (supporting operations
+    # used by coarrays).  Usually '-L' options are added to point to the
+    # relevant directories for the uninstalled libraries.
+
+    # In cases where libraries are available as both shared and convenience
+    # some additional checks are made.
+
+    # For some targets -static-xxxx options are handled by specs substitution
+    # and need a '-B' option rather than '-L'.  For Darwin, when embedded
+    # runpaths are in use (the default for all versions after macOS 10.11),
+    # '-B' is also needed to provide the runpath.
+    # When '-B' is used, this results in a '-L' for each path that exists (so
+    # that appending a '-L' as well is a needless duplicate).  There are also
+    # cases where tools warn for duplicates, leading to spurious fails.
+    # Therefore the objective of the code below is to add just one '-L' or
+    # '-B' for each of the libraries.
+
+    set target_wants_B_option 0
+    if { [istarget *-*-darwin9* ] || [istarget *-*-darwin\[12\]* ] } {
+      set target_wants_B_option 1
+    }
+
+    if { $gccpath != "" } {
+      if [file exists "${gccpath}/libgcobol/libgcobol.a"] {
+          append flags "-L${gccpath}/libgcobol"
+      }
+      if { [file exists "${gccpath}/libgcobol/.libs/libgcobol.a"] ||
+	 [file exists "${gccpath}/libgobol/.libs/libgcobol.${shlib_ext}"] } {
+	if { $target_wants_B_option } {
+          append flags "-B${gccpath}/libgcobol/.libs "
+	} else {
+          append flags "-L${gccpath}/libgcobol/.libs "
+	}
+	append ld_library_path ":${gccpath}/libgcobol/.libs"
+      }
+      if { [file exists "${gccpath}/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/libstdc++.a"] ||
+          [file exists "${gccpath}/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/libstdc++.${shlib_ext}"] } {
+	if { $target_wants_B_option } {
+          append flags "-B${gccpath}/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs "
+	} else {
+          append flags "-L${gccpath}/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs "
+	}
+	append ld_library_path ":${gccpath}/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs"
+      }
+
+      if [file exists "${gccpath}/libiberty/libiberty.a"] {
+          append flags "-L${gccpath}/libiberty "
+      }
+      append ld_library_path \
+	[gcc-set-multilib-library-path $COBOL_UNDER_TEST ]
+    }
+
+    set_ld_library_path_env_vars
+
+    return "$flags"
+}
+
+#
+# cobol_init -- called at the start of each subdir of tests
+#
+
+proc cobol_init { args } {
+    global subdir
+    global gpp_initialized
+    global base_dir
+    global tmpdir
+    global libdir
+    global gluefile wrap_flags
+    global objdir srcdir
+    global ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS
+    global TOOL_EXECUTABLE TOOL_OPTIONS
+    global COBOL_UNDER_TEST
+    global TESTING_IN_BUILD_TREE
+    global gcc_warning_prefix
+    global gcc_error_prefix
+    global TEST_ALWAYS_FLAGS
+    global cobol_init_set_COBOL_UNDER_TEST
+
+    # We set LC_ALL and LANG to C so that we get the same error messages as expected.
+    setenv LC_ALL C
+    setenv LANG C
+
+    set gcc_warning_prefix "\[Ww\]arning:"
+    set gcc_error_prefix "(Fatal )?\[Ee\]rror:"
+
+    # Many hosts now default to a non-ASCII C locale, however, so
+    # they can set a charset encoding here if they need.
+    if { [ishost "*-*-cygwin*"] } {
+      setenv LC_ALL C.ASCII
+      setenv LANG C.ASCII
+    }
+
+    # COBOL_UNDER_TEST as set below contains $specpath, which depends on
+    # the used multilib config. Thus, its value may need to be reset;
+    # that's tracked via gfortran_init_set_COBOL_UNDER_TEST.
+    if { ![info exists COBOL_UNDER_TEST]
+	 || [info exists cobol_init_set_COBOL_UNDER_TEST] } then {
+	if [info exists TOOL_EXECUTABLE] {
+	    set COBOL_UNDER_TEST $TOOL_EXECUTABLE
+	} else {
+	    if { [is_remote host] || ! [info exists TESTING_IN_BUILD_TREE] } {
+		set COBOL_UNDER_TEST [transform gcobol]
+	    } else {
+		if [info exists TOOL_OPTIONS] {
+	            set specpath [get_multilibs ${TOOL_OPTIONS}]
+		} else {
+		    set specpath [get_multilibs]
+		}
+		set cobol_init_set_COBOL_UNDER_TEST 1
+		set COBOL_UNDER_TEST [findfile $base_dir/../../gcobol "$base_dir/../../gcobol -B$base_dir/../../ -B$specpath/libgcobol/.libs" [findfile $base_dir/gcobol "$base_dir/gcobol -B$base_dir/" [transform gcobol]]]
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    if ![is_remote host] {
+	if { [which $COBOL_UNDER_TEST] == 0 } then {
+	    perror "COBOL_UNDER_TEST ($COBOL_UNDER_TEST) does not exist"
+	    exit 1
+	}
+    }
+    if ![info exists tmpdir] {
+	set tmpdir "/tmp"
+    }
+
+    if [info exists gluefile] {
+	unset gluefile
+    }
+
+    cobol_maybe_build_wrapper "${tmpdir}/cobol-testglue.o"
+
+    set ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS ""
+
+    # TEST_ALWAYS_FLAGS are flags that should be passed to every
+    # compilation.  They are passed first to allow individual
+    # tests to override them.
+    if [info exists TEST_ALWAYS_FLAGS] {
+	lappend ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS "additional_flags=$TEST_ALWAYS_FLAGS"
+    }
+
+    if ![is_remote host] {
+	if [info exists TOOL_OPTIONS] {
+	    lappend ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS "ldflags=[cobol_link_flags [get_multilibs ${TOOL_OPTIONS}] ]"
+	} else {
+	    lappend ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS "ldflags=[cobol_link_flags [get_multilibs] ]"
+	}
+    }
+
+    if [info exists TOOL_OPTIONS] {
+	lappend ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS "additional_flags=$TOOL_OPTIONS"
+    }
+
+    verbose -log "ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS set to $ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS"
+
+    verbose "cobol is initialized" 3
+}
+
+#
+# cobol_target_compile -- compile a source file
+#
+
+proc cobol_target_compile { source dest type options } {
+    global tmpdir
+    global gluefile wrap_flags
+    global ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS
+    global COBOL_UNDER_TEST
+    global TEST_ALWAYS_FLAGS
+    global flags_to_postpone
+    global board_info
+
+    if { [target_info needs_status_wrapper] != "" && [info exists gluefile] } {
+	lappend options "libs=${gluefile}"
+	lappend options "ldflags=${wrap_flags}"
+    }
+
+    # TEST_ALWAYS_FLAGS are flags that should be passed to every
+    # compilation.  They are passed first to allow individual
+    # tests to override them.
+    if [info exists TEST_ALWAYS_FLAGS] {
+	set options [concat "{additional_flags=$TEST_ALWAYS_FLAGS}" $options]
+    }
+
+    # bind_pic_locally adds -fpie/-fPIE flags to flags_to_postpone and it is
+    # appended here to multilib_flags as it can be overridden by the latter
+    # if it was added earlier. After the target_compile, multilib_flags is
+    # restored to its orignal content.
+    set tboard [target_info name]
+    if {[board_info $tboard exists multilib_flags]} {
+        set orig_multilib_flags "[board_info [target_info name] multilib_flags]"
+        append board_info($tboard,multilib_flags) " $flags_to_postpone"
+    }
+
+    lappend options "compiler=$COBOL_UNDER_TEST"
+    lappend options "timeout=[timeout_value]"
+
+    set options [concat "$ALWAYS_COBOLFLAGS" $options]
+    set options [dg-additional-files-options $options $source $dest $type]
+    set return_val [target_compile $source $dest $type $options]
+
+    if {[board_info $tboard exists multilib_flags]} {
+        set board_info($tboard,multilib_flags) $orig_multilib_flags
+        set flags_to_postpone ""
+    }
+
+    return $return_val
+}