diff --git a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
index 4f7734153ac..107ae56e91f 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -2119,12 +2119,6 @@ bool AsmParser::parseAssignment(StringRef Name, bool allow_redef,
   if (Lexer.isNot(AsmToken::EndOfStatement))
     return TokError("unexpected token in assignment");
 
-  // Error on assignment to '.'.
-  if (Name == ".") {
-    return Error(EqualLoc, ("assignment to pseudo-symbol '.' is unsupported "
-                            "(use '.space' or '.org').)"));
-  }
-
   // Eat the end of statement marker.
   Lex();
 
@@ -2152,11 +2146,15 @@ bool AsmParser::parseAssignment(StringRef Name, bool allow_redef,
 
     // Don't count these checks as uses.
     Sym->setUsed(false);
+  } else if (Name == ".") {
+    if (Out.EmitValueToOffset(Value, 0)) {
+      Error(EqualLoc, "expected absolute expression");
+      eatToEndOfStatement();
+    }
+    return false;
   } else
     Sym = getContext().GetOrCreateSymbol(Name);
 
-  // FIXME: Handle '.'.
-
   // Do the assignment.
   Out.EmitAssignment(Sym, Value);
   if (NoDeadStrip)
diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-assignment-backwards.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-assignment-backwards.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2619788203a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-assignment-backwards.s
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# RUN: not llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple i386-unknown-unknown %s 2> %t
+# RUN: FileCheck -input-file %t %s
+
+. = 0x10
+	.byte 1
+
+. = . + 10
+	.byte 2
+
+# CHECK: LLVM ERROR: invalid .org offset '24' (at offset '28')
+. = 0x18
+	.byte 3
diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-assignment.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-assignment.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65651d77485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-assignment.s
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# RUN: llvm-mc -triple i386-unknown-unknown %s | FileCheck %s
+
+	.extern	start
+
+# CHECK: .org 1024, 0
+. = 0x400
+	lgdt	0x400 + 0x100
+
+	ljmpl	$0x08, $(0x400 + 0x150)
+
+
+# CHECK: .org 1280, 0
+. = 0x400 + 0x100
+	.word	(3*8)-1
+	.quad	(0x400 + 0x110)
+
+# CHECK: .org 1296, 0
+. = 0x400 + 0x110
+	.quad	0x0
+	.quad	0x0020980000000000
+	.quad	0x0000900000000000
+
+	.code64
+
+# CHECK: .org 1360, 0
+. = 0x400 + 0x150
+	movabsq	$start, %rcx
+	jmp	*%rcx
+
+
+. = 0x300
diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-non-absolute.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-non-absolute.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7342365fe1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol-non-absolute.s
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# RUN: not llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple i386-unknown-unknown %s 2> %t
+# RUN: FileCheck -input-file %t %s
+
+
+	.extern foo
+
+# CHECK: error: expected absolute expression
+. = foo + 10
+	.byte 1
diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol.s
index 4a38a405324..4bae3231868 100644
--- a/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol.s
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/dot-symbol.s
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 # Historically 'as' treats '.' as a reference to the current location in
-# arbitrary contects. We don't support this in general.
+# arbitrary contexts. We don't support this in general.
 
 # RUN: not llvm-mc -triple i386-unknown-unknown %s 2> %t
 # RUN: FileCheck -input-file %t %s
 
-# CHECK: assignment to pseudo-symbol '.' is unsupported (use '.space' or '.org').
-. = . + 8
-
 # CHECK: invalid use of pseudo-symbol '.' as a label
 .:
         .long 0
diff --git a/test/MC/ELF/dot-symbol-assignment.s b/test/MC/ELF/dot-symbol-assignment.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..00fe205082b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/ELF/dot-symbol-assignment.s
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple x86_64-pc-linux-gnu %s -o - | llvm-readobj -sections -section-data | FileCheck %s
+
+one:
+	.quad 0xffffffffffffffff
+
+. = . + 16
+two:
+	.quad 0xeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
+
+. = 0x20
+three:
+	.quad 0xdddddddddddddddd
+
+// CHECK:        Section {
+// CHECK:          Name: .text
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Type:
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Flags [
+// CHECK:          SectionData (
+// CHECK-NEXT:     0000: FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF 00000000 00000000
+// CHECK-NEXT:     0010: 00000000 00000000 EEEEEEEE EEEEEEEE
+// CHECK-NEXT:     0020: DDDDDDDD DDDDDDDD
+// CHECK-NEXT:     )