diff --git a/include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h b/include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
index 1c6903ec94f..733b00d7bb7 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class BitVector;
 class MachineFunction;
 class RegScavenger;
 template<class T> class SmallVectorImpl;
+class VirtRegMap;
 class raw_ostream;
 
 class TargetRegisterClass {
@@ -626,6 +627,26 @@ public:
     return RC->getRawAllocationOrder(MF);
   }
 
+  /// Get a list of 'hint' registers that the register allocator should try
+  /// first when allocating a physical register for the virtual register
+  /// VirtReg. These registers are effectively moved to the front of the
+  /// allocation order.
+  ///
+  /// The Order argument is the allocation order for VirtReg's register class
+  /// as returned from RegisterClassInfo::getOrder(). The hint registers must
+  /// come from Order, and they must not be reserved.
+  ///
+  /// The default implementation of this function can resolve
+  /// target-independent hints provided to MRI::setRegAllocationHint with
+  /// HintType == 0. Targets that override this function should defer to the
+  /// default implementation if they have no reason to change the allocation
+  /// order for VirtReg. There may be target-independent hints.
+  virtual void getRegAllocationHints(unsigned VirtReg,
+                                     ArrayRef<MCPhysReg> Order,
+                                     SmallVectorImpl<MCPhysReg> &Hints,
+                                     const MachineFunction &MF,
+                                     const VirtRegMap *VRM = 0) const;
+
   /// ResolveRegAllocHint - Resolves the specified register allocation hint
   /// to a physical register. Returns the physical register if it is successful.
   virtual unsigned ResolveRegAllocHint(unsigned Type, unsigned Reg,
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.cpp
index 49dc3f9f17a..9b776d14120 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 
 #include "llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/BitVector.h"
+#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunction.h"
+#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h"
+#include "llvm/CodeGen/VirtRegMap.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 #include "llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h"
 
@@ -246,3 +249,38 @@ getCommonSuperRegClass(const TargetRegisterClass *RCA, unsigned SubA,
   }
   return BestRC;
 }
+
+// Compute target-independent register allocator hints to help eliminate copies.
+void
+TargetRegisterInfo::getRegAllocationHints(unsigned VirtReg,
+                                          ArrayRef<MCPhysReg> Order,
+                                          SmallVectorImpl<MCPhysReg> &Hints,
+                                          const MachineFunction &MF,
+                                          const VirtRegMap *VRM) const {
+  const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI = MF.getRegInfo();
+  std::pair<unsigned, unsigned> Hint = MRI.getRegAllocationHint(VirtReg);
+
+  // Hints with HintType != 0 were set by target-dependent code.
+  // Such targets must provide their own implementation of
+  // TRI::getRegAllocationHints to interpret those hint types.
+  assert(Hint.first == 0 && "Target must implement TRI::getRegAllocationHints");
+
+  // Target-independent hints are either a physical or a virtual register.
+  unsigned Phys = Hint.second;
+  if (VRM && isVirtualRegister(Phys))
+    Phys = VRM->getPhys(Phys);
+
+  // Check that Phys is a valid hint in VirtReg's register class.
+  if (!isPhysicalRegister(Phys))
+    return;
+  if (MRI.isReserved(Phys))
+    return;
+  // Check that Phys is in the allocation order. We shouldn't heed hints
+  // from VirtReg's register class if they aren't in the allocation order. The
+  // target probably has a reason for removing the register.
+  if (std::find(Order.begin(), Order.end(), Phys) == Order.end())
+    return;
+
+  // All clear, tell the register allocator to prefer this register.
+  Hints.push_back(Phys);
+}