diff --git a/include/llvm/LLVMContext.h b/include/llvm/LLVMContext.h
index 8afa4a523f0..128175c5664 100644
--- a/include/llvm/LLVMContext.h
+++ b/include/llvm/LLVMContext.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class ConstantFP;
 class ConstantVector;
 class UndefValue;
 class MDNode;
+class MDString;
 class IntegerType;
 class PointerType;
 class StructType;
@@ -180,6 +181,10 @@ public:
   // MDNode accessors
   MDNode* getMDNode(Value* const* Vals, unsigned NumVals);
   
+  // MDString accessors
+  MDString* getMDString(const char *StrBegin, const char *StrEnd);
+  MDString* getMDString(const std::string &Str);
+  
   // FunctionType accessors
   FunctionType* getFunctionType(const Type* Result,
                                 const std::vector<const Type*>& Params,
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/LLVMContext.cpp b/lib/VMCore/LLVMContext.cpp
index 6e06c55428e..fd69c4c93f8 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/LLVMContext.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/LLVMContext.cpp
@@ -411,6 +411,15 @@ MDNode* LLVMContext::getMDNode(Value* const* Vals, unsigned NumVals) {
   return MDNode::get(Vals, NumVals);
 }
 
+// MDString accessors
+MDString* LLVMContext::getMDString(const char *StrBegin, const char *StrEnd) {
+  return MDString::get(StrBegin, StrEnd);
+}
+
+MDString* LLVMContext::getMDString(const std::string &Str) {
+  return MDString::get(Str);
+}
+
 // FunctionType accessors
 FunctionType* LLVMContext::getFunctionType(const Type* Result,
                                          const std::vector<const Type*>& Params,