diff --git a/include/llvm/System/ThreadLocal.h b/include/llvm/System/ThreadLocal.h
index 3d44f62e959..e6edd79d6ff 100644
--- a/include/llvm/System/ThreadLocal.h
+++ b/include/llvm/System/ThreadLocal.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace llvm {
       virtual ~ThreadLocalImpl();
       void setInstance(const void* d);
       const void* getInstance();
+      void removeInstance();
     };
     
     /// ThreadLocal - A class used to abstract thread-local storage.  It holds,
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ namespace llvm {
       
       // set - Associates a pointer to an object with the current thread.
       void set(T* d) { setInstance(d); }
+      
+      // erase - Removes the pointer associated with the current thread.
+      void erase() { removeInstance(); }
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/System/ThreadLocal.cpp b/lib/System/ThreadLocal.cpp
index e7054b52814..b84a8e7fd6f 100644
--- a/lib/System/ThreadLocal.cpp
+++ b/lib/System/ThreadLocal.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ const void* ThreadLocalImpl::getInstance() {
   return pthread_getspecific(*key);
 }
 
+void ThreadLocalImpl::removeInstance() {
+  setInstance(0);
+}
+
 }
 
 #elif defined(LLVM_ON_UNIX)
diff --git a/lib/System/Unix/ThreadLocal.inc b/lib/System/Unix/ThreadLocal.inc
index 83d554d3077..6769520a6fb 100644
--- a/lib/System/Unix/ThreadLocal.inc
+++ b/lib/System/Unix/ThreadLocal.inc
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ ThreadLocalImpl::ThreadLocalImpl() { }
 ThreadLocalImpl::~ThreadLocalImpl() { }
 void ThreadLocalImpl::setInstance(const void* d) { data = const_cast<void*>(d);}
 const void* ThreadLocalImpl::getInstance() { return data; }
+void ThreadLocalImpl::removeInstance() { setInstance(0); }
 }
diff --git a/lib/System/Win32/ThreadLocal.inc b/lib/System/Win32/ThreadLocal.inc
index c8f7840b003..b8b933c4d29 100644
--- a/lib/System/Win32/ThreadLocal.inc
+++ b/lib/System/Win32/ThreadLocal.inc
@@ -46,4 +46,8 @@ void ThreadLocalImpl::setInstance(const void* d){
   assert(errorcode != 0);
 }
 
+void ThreadLocalImpl::removeInstance() {
+  setInstance(0);
+}
+
 }