diff --git a/target/arm/mte_helper.c b/target/arm/mte_helper.c
index d55f8d1e1e..1c569336ea 100644
--- a/target/arm/mte_helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/mte_helper.c
@@ -78,8 +78,33 @@ static uint8_t *allocation_tag_mem(CPUARMState *env, int ptr_mmu_idx,
                                    int tag_size, uintptr_t ra)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-    /* Tag storage not implemented.  */
-    return NULL;
+    uint64_t clean_ptr = useronly_clean_ptr(ptr);
+    int flags = page_get_flags(clean_ptr);
+    uint8_t *tags;
+    uintptr_t index;
+
+    if (!(flags & (ptr_access == MMU_DATA_STORE ? PAGE_WRITE : PAGE_READ))) {
+        /* SIGSEGV */
+        arm_cpu_tlb_fill(env_cpu(env), ptr, ptr_size, ptr_access,
+                         ptr_mmu_idx, false, ra);
+        g_assert_not_reached();
+    }
+
+    /* Require both MAP_ANON and PROT_MTE for the page. */
+    if (!(flags & PAGE_ANON) || !(flags & PAGE_MTE)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    tags = page_get_target_data(clean_ptr);
+    if (tags == NULL) {
+        size_t alloc_size = TARGET_PAGE_SIZE >> (LOG2_TAG_GRANULE + 1);
+        tags = page_alloc_target_data(clean_ptr, alloc_size);
+        assert(tags != NULL);
+    }
+
+    index = extract32(ptr, LOG2_TAG_GRANULE + 1,
+                      TARGET_PAGE_BITS - LOG2_TAG_GRANULE - 1);
+    return tags + index;
 #else
     uintptr_t index;
     CPUIOTLBEntry *iotlbentry;