diff --git a/include/llvm/Target/TargetAsmInfo.h b/include/llvm/Target/TargetAsmInfo.h
index 75e797cd88a..a109d77db65 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Target/TargetAsmInfo.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Target/TargetAsmInfo.h
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ namespace llvm {
     /// DwarfEHFrameSection - Section directive for Exception frames.
     ///
     const char *DwarfEHFrameSection; // Defaults to ".eh_frame".
+    
+    /// DwarfExceptionSection - Section directive for Exception table.
+    ///
+    const char *DwarfExceptionSection; // Defaults to ".gcc_except_table".
+     
 
     //===--- CBE Asm Translation Table -----------------------------------===//
 
@@ -540,6 +545,9 @@ namespace llvm {
     const char *getDwarfEHFrameSection() const {
       return DwarfEHFrameSection;
     }
+    const char *getDwarfExceptionSection() const {
+      return DwarfExceptionSection;
+    }
     const char** getAsmCBE() const {
       return AsmTransCBE;
     }
diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
index 38e0d212bf6..bdda9909f4a 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ PPCTargetAsmInfo::PPCTargetAsmInfo(const PPCTargetMachine &TM) {
   DwarfMacInfoSection = ".section __DWARF,__debug_macinfo,regular,debug";
   DwarfEHFrameSection =
   ".section __TEXT,__eh_frame,coalesced,no_toc+strip_static_syms+live_support";
+  DwarfExceptionSection = ".section __DATA,__gcc_except_tab";
 }
 
 DarwinTargetAsmInfo::DarwinTargetAsmInfo(const PPCTargetMachine &TM)
diff --git a/lib/Target/TargetAsmInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/TargetAsmInfo.cpp
index e8e2de46bdd..efc54841b43 100644
--- a/lib/Target/TargetAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/TargetAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ TargetAsmInfo::TargetAsmInfo() :
   DwarfRangesSection(".debug_ranges"),
   DwarfMacInfoSection(".debug_macinfo"),
   DwarfEHFrameSection(".eh_frame"),
+  DwarfExceptionSection(".gcc_except_table"),
   AsmTransCBE(0) {
 }