diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/GCOVProfiling.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/GCOVProfiling.cpp
index e8d4ac8ebcb..7fa4cfb2d13 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/GCOVProfiling.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/GCOVProfiling.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ ModulePass *llvm::createGCOVProfilerPass(const GCOVOptions &Options) {
   return new GCOVProfiler(Options);
 }
 
+static std::string getFunctionName(DISubprogram SP) {
+  if (!SP.getLinkageName().empty())
+    return SP.getLinkageName();
+  return SP.getName();
+}
+
 namespace {
   class GCOVRecord {
    protected:
@@ -290,7 +296,7 @@ namespace {
       ReturnBlock = new GCOVBlock(i++, os);
 
       writeBytes(FunctionTag, 4);
-      uint32_t BlockLen = 1 + 1 + 1 + lengthOfGCOVString(SP.getName()) +
+      uint32_t BlockLen = 1 + 1 + 1 + lengthOfGCOVString(getFunctionName(SP)) +
           1 + lengthOfGCOVString(SP.getFilename()) + 1;
       if (UseCfgChecksum)
         ++BlockLen;
@@ -299,7 +305,7 @@ namespace {
       write(0);  // lineno checksum
       if (UseCfgChecksum)
         write(0);  // cfg checksum
-      writeGCOVString(SP.getName());
+      writeGCOVString(getFunctionName(SP));
       writeGCOVString(SP.getFilename());
       write(SP.getLineNumber());
     }
@@ -724,12 +730,12 @@ Function *GCOVProfiler::insertCounterWriteout(
                           Builder.CreateGlobalStringPtr(ReversedVersion));
       for (unsigned j = 0, e = CountersBySP.size(); j != e; ++j) {
         DISubprogram SP(CountersBySP[j].second);
-        Builder.CreateCall3(EmitFunction,
-                            Builder.getInt32(j),
-                            Options.FunctionNamesInData ?
-                              Builder.CreateGlobalStringPtr(SP.getName()) :
-                              Constant::getNullValue(Builder.getInt8PtrTy()),
-                            Builder.getInt8(Options.UseCfgChecksum));
+        Builder.CreateCall3(
+            EmitFunction, Builder.getInt32(j),
+            Options.FunctionNamesInData ?
+              Builder.CreateGlobalStringPtr(getFunctionName(SP)) :
+              Constant::getNullValue(Builder.getInt8PtrTy()),
+            Builder.getInt8(Options.UseCfgChecksum));
 
         GlobalVariable *GV = CountersBySP[j].first;
         unsigned Arcs =
diff --git a/test/Transforms/GCOVProfiling/linkagename.ll b/test/Transforms/GCOVProfiling/linkagename.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc0357f63fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Transforms/GCOVProfiling/linkagename.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+; RUN: echo '!9 = metadata !{metadata !"%s", metadata !0}' > %t1
+; RUN: cat %s %t1 > %t2
+; RUN: opt -insert-gcov-profiling -disable-output < %t2
+; RUN: grep _Z3foov %S/linkagename.gcno
+; RUN: rm %S/linkagename.gcno
+
+define void @_Z3foov() {
+entry:
+  ret void, !dbg !8
+}
+
+!llvm.dbg.cu = !{!0}
+!llvm.gcov = !{!9}
+
+!0 = metadata !{i32 786449, i32 0, i32 4, metadata !1, metadata !"clang version 3.3 (trunk 177323)", i1 false, metadata !"", i32 0, metadata !3, metadata !3, metadata !4, metadata !3, metadata !""} ; [ DW_TAG_compile_unit ] [/home/nlewycky/hello.cc] [DW_LANG_C_plus_plus]
+!1 = metadata !{i32 786473, metadata !2}          ; [ DW_TAG_file_type ] [/home/nlewycky/hello.cc]
+!2 = metadata !{metadata !"hello.cc", metadata !"/home/nlewycky"}
+!3 = metadata !{i32 0}
+!4 = metadata !{metadata !5}
+!5 = metadata !{i32 786478, i32 0, metadata !1, metadata !"foo", metadata !"foo", metadata !"_Z3foov", metadata !1, i32 1, metadata !6, i1 false, i1 true, i32 0, i32 0, null, i32 256, i1 false, void ()* @_Z3foov, null, null, metadata !3, i32 1} ; [ DW_TAG_subprogram ] [line 1] [def] [foo]
+!6 = metadata !{i32 786453, i32 0, metadata !"", i32 0, i32 0, i64 0, i64 0, i64 0, i32 0, null, metadata !7, i32 0, i32 0} ; [ DW_TAG_subroutine_type ] [line 0, size 0, align 0, offset 0] [from ]
+!7 = metadata !{null}
+!8 = metadata !{i32 1, i32 0, metadata !5, null}
+
+