diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index 299bf08..e3fcd76 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ hardware for each kernel: Zen 3, Neoverse N1, SpacemiT X60, Loongson
 go-asmgen pins against GNU as and llvm-mc. A sabotaged one (`xvsubsp`) failed
 the bit-identity test on the POWER9.
 
+**2026-10-18 (v0.17.0).** The s390x block kernel (`blocks8VXE`) follows the
+same guards: `AddBlocks8F32`'s length check, the wrapper's touch of the last
+element, and the `useVXE` gate, so a CPU without vector-enhancements facility
+1 never reaches `vfasb`. On an IBM Z (LinuxONE) the PROT_NONE fence test and
+the whole suite pass, and a sabotaged kernel (`vfssb`) failed the bit-identity
+test. Its `vfasb` is `WORD`+`BYTE`+`BYTE`, pinned in go-asmgen against GNU as
+and llvm-mc and executed bit-exact on that machine.
+
 **2026-10-17 (after v0.12.0, tests only).** v0.10.0 added thirteen dtypes,
 and `FuzzOps` builds only float64 arrays; `values.json` checks every
 operation on operands of one dtype, so the values of a mixed-dtype operation
diff --git a/docs/perf.md b/docs/perf.md
index 478a45a..37daa03 100644
--- a/docs/perf.md
+++ b/docs/perf.md
@@ -910,9 +910,24 @@ tests passed on the POWER9, and a sabotaged kernel (one `xvsubsp`) failed them.
 |---|---:|---|
 | POWER9 (cfarm29) | −36% / −48% | float64, int32 ~ |
 
-Left: s390x runs the scalar block loop. Go's assembler lacks `vfasb`
-(vector-enhancements facility 1, z14), which [CL 846286](https://go.dev/cl/846286)
-adds, and go-asmgen's registry has no s390x entries yet to pin its encoding.
+**s390x (2026-10-18).** Go's assembler lacks `vfasb` (vector-enhancements
+facility 1, z14), which [CL 846286](https://go.dev/cl/846286) adds. go-asmgen
+v0.19.0 emits it as `WORD`+`BYTE`+`BYTE`, the 6 bytes pinned against GNU as
+(go-asmgen/asmgen#29). The eight accumulators sit in two vector registers;
+`VL`/`VST` keep memory order on this big-endian machine. The kernel runs
+behind the `useVXE` gate of max/min, so a z13 takes the scalar loop. The
+kernel tests passed on the z machine, and a sabotaged kernel (one `vfssb`)
+failed them. Same A/B protocol:
+
+| float32 `Sum`, 2¹⁴ / 2²⁰ | change | controls |
+|---|---:|---|
+| IBM Z, LinuxONE (vxe, vxe2) | −73% / −78% | int32 ~; float64 ~ / +2.0% |
+
+The float64 control at 2²⁰ moved +2.0% with its kernel byte-identical: the
+change moved `sumVX` by 32 bytes (0x18f920 → 0x18f940). It is attributed to
+layout, not proven.
+
+Every 64-bit target now adds the float32 block with SIMD.
 
 ## SIMD coverage
 
diff --git a/internal/kernels/asmgen/go.mod b/internal/kernels/asmgen/go.mod
index 2cd36d5..5bd679b 100644
--- a/internal/kernels/asmgen/go.mod
+++ b/internal/kernels/asmgen/go.mod
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ module github.com/go-ndarray/ndarray/internal/kernels/asmgen
 
 go 1.27.2
 
-require github.com/go-asmgen/asmgen v0.18.0
+require github.com/go-asmgen/asmgen v0.19.0
diff --git a/internal/kernels/asmgen/go.sum b/internal/kernels/asmgen/go.sum
index 3244dab..208aa81 100644
--- a/internal/kernels/asmgen/go.sum
+++ b/internal/kernels/asmgen/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-github.com/go-asmgen/asmgen v0.18.0 h1:fo2agcSeLGgS69guRwlL7V0kGN7FtkQAg/NhLI0fE+4=
-github.com/go-asmgen/asmgen v0.18.0/go.mod h1:FHWXZt1MrejOwSShl4tPYjI2GPEfNAJuXJUX6Z+ruyQ=
+github.com/go-asmgen/asmgen v0.19.0 h1:ESiyTkTS1KOi0uMsjmOo7pnBw+IOxvnGkTuVmipZmDo=
+github.com/go-asmgen/asmgen v0.19.0/go.mod h1:FHWXZt1MrejOwSShl4tPYjI2GPEfNAJuXJUX6Z+ruyQ=
diff --git a/internal/kernels/asmgen/s390x/gen.go b/internal/kernels/asmgen/s390x/gen.go
index d7e007b..aa46b0c 100644
--- a/internal/kernels/asmgen/s390x/gen.go
+++ b/internal/kernels/asmgen/s390x/gen.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func main() {
 	f.Add(gemmKernel())
 	f.Add(extremumKernel("maxVXE", "VFMAXDB", "WFMAXDB"))
 	f.Add(extremumKernel("minVXE", "VFMINDB", "WFMINDB"))
+	f.Add(blocks8Kernel())
 	if err := os.WriteFile("sum_s390x.s", []byte(f.String()), 0o644); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -216,3 +217,27 @@ func extremumKernel(name, vec, sca string) *emit.Function {
 		Ret()
 	return b.Func()
 }
+
+// blocks8Kernel builds blocks8VXE(r, a *float32, blocks int): for each of the
+// blocks of eight float32 at a, in order, r[j] += a[8i+j] (NumPy's pairwise-sum
+// block). The eight accumulators are split over two vector registers, V0 and
+// V1 (two dependency chains, as on the other targets), and VFASB is one IEEE
+// float32 addition per lane, so the result is the scalar loop's bit for bit.
+// VL/VST keep memory order on this big-endian machine, so every float keeps
+// its lane. VFASB is the vector-enhancements facility 1 (z14); Go's assembler
+// lacks it, and go-asmgen emits it as WORD+BYTE+BYTE pinned against GNU as
+// (the cmd/asm spelling is CL 846286). blocks >= 1.
+func blocks8Kernel() *emit.Function {
+	sig := s390x.Layout([]string{"r", "a", "blocks"},
+		[]s390x.Type{s390x.Ptr, s390x.Ptr, s390x.Int64}, nil, nil)
+	b := s390x.NewFunc("blocks8VXE", sig, 0)
+	b.LoadArg("r", "R1").LoadArg("a", "R2").LoadArg("blocks", "R3").
+		Raw("VL 0(R1), V0").Raw("VL 16(R1), V1").
+		Raw("b8loop:").
+		Raw("VL 0(R2), V2").Raw("VL 16(R2), V3")
+	b.VFASB(0, 0, 2).VFASB(1, 1, 3)
+	b.Raw("ADD $32, R2").Raw("SUB $1, R3").Raw("CMPBNE R3, $0, b8loop").
+		Raw("VST V0, 0(R1)").Raw("VST V1, 16(R1)").
+		Ret()
+	return b.Func()
+}
diff --git a/internal/kernels/blocks8_generic.go b/internal/kernels/blocks8_generic.go
index 102e1b5..a5bc9da 100644
--- a/internal/kernels/blocks8_generic.go
+++ b/internal/kernels/blocks8_generic.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:build !amd64 && !arm64 && !loong64 && !ppc64le && !riscv64
+//go:build !amd64 && !arm64 && !loong64 && !ppc64le && !riscv64 && !s390x
 
 package kernels
 
diff --git a/internal/kernels/blocks8_s390x.go b/internal/kernels/blocks8_s390x.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..852336e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/kernels/blocks8_s390x.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package kernels
+
+// addBlocks8F32 runs the VXE kernel (sum_s390x.s), the eight accumulators in
+// two vector registers, one VFASB per register per block, on a z14 or later
+// (VFASB is vector-enhancements facility 1, the useVXE gate of max/min); the
+// scalar loop otherwise. len(a) is a positive multiple of 8 (AddBlocks8F32
+// checks).
+func addBlocks8F32(r *[8]float32, a []float32) {
+	if !useVXE {
+		addBlocks8F32Go(r, a)
+		return
+	}
+	_ = a[len(a)-1] // the kernel reads len(a) of a
+	blocks8VXE(&r[0], &a[0], len(a)/8)
+}
+
+//go:noescape
+func blocks8VXE(r, a *float32, blocks int)
diff --git a/internal/kernels/sum_s390x.s b/internal/kernels/sum_s390x.s
index 5ff3933..04b17d5 100644
--- a/internal/kernels/sum_s390x.s
+++ b/internal/kernels/sum_s390x.s
@@ -401,3 +401,21 @@ TEXT ·minVXE(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-24
 	FMOVD F0, ret+16(FP)
 	RET
 
+TEXT ·blocks8VXE(SB), NOSPLIT, $0-24
+	MOVD r+0(FP), R1
+	MOVD a+8(FP), R2
+	MOVD blocks+16(FP), R3
+	VL 0(R1), V0
+	VL 16(R1), V1
+	b8loop:
+	VL 0(R2), V2
+	VL 16(R2), V3
+	WORD $0xe7002000; BYTE $0x20; BYTE $0xe3 // VFASB V0, V2, V0
+	WORD $0xe7113000; BYTE $0x20; BYTE $0xe3 // VFASB V1, V3, V1
+	ADD $32, R2
+	SUB $1, R3
+	CMPBNE R3, $0, b8loop
+	VST V0, 0(R1)
+	VST V1, 16(R1)
+	RET
+