diff --git a/src/rose/counting_miracle.h b/src/rose/counting_miracle.h
index 668de996..d61cc12c 100644
--- a/src/rose/counting_miracle.h
+++ b/src/rose/counting_miracle.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Arm Limited
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -41,15 +42,14 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SVE2
 
-
 static really_inline
-size_t countMatches(const svuint8_t chars, const svbool_t pg, const u8 *buf) {
+size_t countMatches(svuint8_t chars, svbool_t pg, const u8 *buf) {
     svuint8_t vec = svld1_u8(pg, buf);
     return svcntp_b8(svptrue_b8(), svmatch(pg, vec, chars));
 }
 
 static really_inline
-bool countLoopBody(const svuint8_t chars, const svbool_t pg, const u8 *d,
+bool countLoopBody(svuint8_t chars, svbool_t pg, const u8 *d,
                    u32 target_count, u32 *count_inout, const u8 **d_out) {
     *count_inout += countMatches(chars, pg, d);
     if (*count_inout >= target_count) {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ bool countLoopBody(const svuint8_t chars, const svbool_t pg, const u8 *d,
 }
 
 static really_inline
-bool countOnce(const svuint8_t chars, const u8 *d, const u8 *d_end,
+bool countOnce(svuint8_t chars, const u8 *d, const u8 *d_end,
                u32 target_count, u32 *count_inout, const u8 **d_out) {
     assert(d <= d_end);
     svbool_t pg = svwhilelt_b8_s64(0, d_end - d);
@@ -145,6 +145,74 @@ char roseCountingMiracleScan(u8 c, const u8 *d, const u8 *d_end,
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SVE
+
+static really_inline
+size_t countShuftiMatches(svuint8_t mask_lo, svuint8_t mask_hi,
+                          const svbool_t pg, const u8 *buf) {
+    svuint8_t vec = svld1_u8(pg, buf);
+    svuint8_t c_lo = svtbl(mask_lo, svand_z(svptrue_b8(), vec, (uint8_t)0xf));
+    svuint8_t c_hi = svtbl(mask_hi, svlsr_z(svptrue_b8(), vec, 4));
+    svuint8_t t = svand_z(svptrue_b8(), c_lo, c_hi);
+    return svcntp_b8(svptrue_b8(), svcmpne(pg, t, (uint8_t)0));
+}
+
+static really_inline
+bool countShuftiLoopBody(svuint8_t mask_lo, svuint8_t mask_hi,
+                         const svbool_t pg, const u8 *d, u32 target_count,
+                         u32 *count_inout, const u8 **d_out) {
+    *count_inout += countShuftiMatches(mask_lo, mask_hi, pg, d);
+    if (*count_inout >= target_count) {
+        *d_out = d;
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+static really_inline
+bool countShuftiOnce(svuint8_t mask_lo, svuint8_t mask_hi,
+                     const u8 *d, const u8 *d_end, u32 target_count,
+                     u32 *count_inout, const u8 **d_out) {
+    svbool_t pg = svwhilelt_b8_s64(0, d_end - d);
+    return countShuftiLoopBody(mask_lo, mask_hi, pg, d, target_count,
+                               count_inout, d_out);
+}
+
+static really_inline
+bool roseCountingMiracleScanShufti(svuint8_t mask_lo, svuint8_t mask_hi,
+                                   UNUSED u8 poison, const u8 *d,
+                                   const u8 *d_end, u32 target_count,
+                                   u32 *count_inout, const u8 **d_out) {
+    assert(d <= d_end);
+    size_t len = d_end - d;
+    if (len <= svcntb()) {
+        char rv = countShuftiOnce(mask_lo, mask_hi, d, d_end, target_count,
+                                  count_inout, d_out);
+        return rv;
+    }
+    // peel off first part to align to the vector size
+    const u8 *aligned_d_end = ROUNDDOWN_PTR(d_end, svcntb_pat(SV_POW2));
+    assert(d < aligned_d_end);
+    if (d_end != aligned_d_end) {
+        if (countShuftiOnce(mask_lo, mask_hi, aligned_d_end, d_end,
+                            target_count, count_inout, d_out)) return true;
+        d_end = aligned_d_end;
+    }
+    size_t loops = (d_end - d) / svcntb();
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < loops; i++) {
+        d_end -= svcntb();
+        if (countShuftiLoopBody(mask_lo, mask_hi, svptrue_b8(), d_end,
+                                target_count, count_inout, d_out)) return true;
+    }
+    if (d != d_end) {
+        if (countShuftiOnce(mask_lo, mask_hi, d, d_end,
+                            target_count, count_inout, d_out)) return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+#else
+
 #define GET_LO_4(chars) and128(chars, low4bits)
 #define GET_HI_4(chars) rshift64_m128(andnot128(low4bits, chars), 4)
 
@@ -198,6 +266,8 @@ u32 roseCountingMiracleScanShufti(m128 mask_lo, m128 mask_hi, u8 poison,
     return 0;
 }
 
+#endif
+
 /**
  * \brief "Counting Miracle" scan: If we see more than N instances of a
  * particular character class we know that the engine must be dead.
@@ -277,8 +347,13 @@ int roseCountingMiracleOccurs(const struct RoseEngine *t,
             }
         }
     } else {
+#ifdef HAVE_SVE
+        svuint8_t lo = getSVEMaskFrom128(cm->lo);
+        svuint8_t hi = getSVEMaskFrom128(cm->hi);
+#else
         m128 lo = cm->lo;
         m128 hi = cm->hi;
+#endif
         u8 poison = cm->poison;
 
         // Scan buffer.