diff --git a/include/llvm/Instructions.h b/include/llvm/Instructions.h
index 1594a0ace67..76190f146d5 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Instructions.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Instructions.h
@@ -944,6 +944,9 @@ public:
   /// @brief Determine if the call returns a structure.
   bool isStructReturn() const;
 
+  /// @brief Determine if any call argument is an aggregate passed by value.
+  bool hasByValArgument() const;
+
   /// getCalledFunction - Return the function being called by this instruction
   /// if it is a direct call.  If it is a call through a function pointer,
   /// return null.
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
index d8bcb31a476..a9cc275b548 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
@@ -404,6 +404,17 @@ bool CallInst::isStructReturn() const {
   return paramHasAttr(1, ParamAttr::StructRet);
 }
 
+/// @brief Determine if any call argument is an aggregate passed by value.
+bool CallInst::hasByValArgument() const {
+  const Value *Callee = getCalledValue();
+  const PointerType *CalleeTy = cast<PointerType>(Callee->getType());
+  const FunctionType *FTy = cast<FunctionType>(CalleeTy->getElementType());
+  for (unsigned i = 1, e = FTy->getNumParams()+1; i != e; ++i)
+    if (paramHasAttr(i, ParamAttr::ByVal))
+      return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
 void CallInst::setDoesNotThrow(bool doesNotThrow) {
   const ParamAttrsList *PAL = getParamAttrs();
   if (doesNotThrow)