diff --git a/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/include/llvm-c/Core.h
index f9717cc5f55..a48ea7e7457 100644
--- a/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -722,6 +722,14 @@ LLVMContextRef LLVMGetTypeContext(LLVMTypeRef Ty);
  */
 void LLVMDumpType(LLVMTypeRef Val);
 
+/**
+ * Return a string representation of the type. Use
+ * LLVMDisposeMessage to free the string.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::Type::print()
+ */
+char *LLVMPrintTypeToString(LLVMTypeRef Val);
+
 /**
  * @defgroup LLVMCCoreTypeInt Integer Types
  *
diff --git a/lib/IR/Core.cpp b/lib/IR/Core.cpp
index 7d52386b061..16af7332d3c 100644
--- a/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ b/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,16 @@ void LLVMDumpType(LLVMTypeRef Ty) {
   return unwrap(Ty)->dump();
 }
 
+char *LLVMPrintTypeToString(LLVMTypeRef Ty) {
+  std::string buf;
+  raw_string_ostream os(buf);
+
+  unwrap(Ty)->print(os);
+  os.flush();
+
+  return strdup(buf.c_str());
+}
+
 /*--.. Operations on integer types .........................................--*/
 
 LLVMTypeRef LLVMInt1TypeInContext(LLVMContextRef C)  {