diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/Process.h b/include/llvm/Support/Process.h
index 33799229ff3..d796b7906d3 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/Process.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/Process.h
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ namespace sys {
       /// Same as OutputColor, but only enables the bold attribute.
       static const char *OutputBold(bool bg);
 
+      /// This function returns the escape sequence to reverse forground and
+      /// background colors.
+      static const char *OutputReverse();
+
       /// Resets the terminals colors, or returns an escape sequence to do so.
       static const char *ResetColor();
     /// @}
diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h b/include/llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h
index 6bfae5e2982..6c5d4787e0f 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ public:
   /// outputting colored text, or before program exit.
   virtual raw_ostream &resetColor() { return *this; }
 
+  /// Reverses the forground and background colors.
+  virtual raw_ostream &reverseColor() { return *this; }
+
   /// This function determines if this stream is connected to a "tty" or
   /// "console" window. That is, the output would be displayed to the user
   /// rather than being put on a pipe or stored in a file.
@@ -379,6 +382,8 @@ public:
                                    bool bg=false);
   virtual raw_ostream &resetColor();
 
+  virtual raw_ostream &reverseColor();
+
   virtual bool is_displayed() const;
 
   /// has_error - Return the value of the flag in this raw_fd_ostream indicating
diff --git a/lib/Support/Unix/Process.inc b/lib/Support/Unix/Process.inc
index 2d7fd384e8b..f640462a451 100644
--- a/lib/Support/Unix/Process.inc
+++ b/lib/Support/Unix/Process.inc
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ const char *Process::OutputBold(bool bg) {
   return "\033[1m";
 }
 
+const char *Process::OutputReverse() {
+  return "\033[7m";
+}
+
 const char *Process::ResetColor() {
   return "\033[0m";
 }
diff --git a/lib/Support/Windows/Process.inc b/lib/Support/Windows/Process.inc
index 913b0734ddc..9a388b4efc6 100644
--- a/lib/Support/Windows/Process.inc
+++ b/lib/Support/Windows/Process.inc
@@ -215,6 +215,38 @@ const char *Process::OutputColor(char code, bool bold, bool bg) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+static WORD GetConsoleTextAttribute(HANDLE hConsoleOutput) {
+  CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO info;
+  GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), &info);
+  return info.wAttributes;
+}
+
+const char *Process::OutputReverse() {
+  const WORD attributes
+   = GetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE));
+
+  const WORD foreground_mask = FOREGROUND_BLUE | FOREGROUND_GREEN |
+    FOREGROUND_RED | FOREGROUND_INTENSITY;
+  const WORD background_mask = BACKGROUND_BLUE | BACKGROUND_GREEN |
+    BACKGROUND_RED | BACKGROUND_INTENSITY;
+  const WORD color_mask = foreground_mask | background_mask;
+
+  WORD new_attributes =
+    ((attributes & FOREGROUND_BLUE     )?BACKGROUND_BLUE     :0) |
+    ((attributes & FOREGROUND_GREEN    )?BACKGROUND_GREEN    :0) |
+    ((attributes & FOREGROUND_RED      )?BACKGROUND_RED      :0) |
+    ((attributes & FOREGROUND_INTENSITY)?BACKGROUND_INTENSITY:0) |
+    ((attributes & BACKGROUND_BLUE     )?FOREGROUND_BLUE     :0) |
+    ((attributes & BACKGROUND_GREEN    )?FOREGROUND_GREEN    :0) |
+    ((attributes & BACKGROUND_RED      )?FOREGROUND_RED      :0) |
+    ((attributes & BACKGROUND_INTENSITY)?FOREGROUND_INTENSITY:0) |
+    0;
+  new_attributes = (attributes & ~color_mask) | (new_attributes & color_mask);
+
+  SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), new_attributes);
+  return 0;
+}
+
 const char *Process::ResetColor() {
   SetConsoleTextAttribute(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), defaultColors());
   return 0;
diff --git a/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp b/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp
index 72d3986f41d..86cdca15727 100644
--- a/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/raw_ostream.cpp
@@ -633,6 +633,19 @@ raw_ostream &raw_fd_ostream::resetColor() {
   return *this;
 }
 
+raw_ostream &raw_fd_ostream::reverseColor() {
+  if (sys::Process::ColorNeedsFlush())
+    flush();
+  const char *colorcode = sys::Process::OutputReverse();
+  if (colorcode) {
+    size_t len = strlen(colorcode);
+    write(colorcode, len);
+    // don't account colors towards output characters
+    pos -= len;
+  }
+  return *this;
+}
+
 bool raw_fd_ostream::is_displayed() const {
   return sys::Process::FileDescriptorIsDisplayed(FD);
 }