diff --git a/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h b/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
index 08a7aeffe3b..13e127a612a 100644
--- a/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
+++ b/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define LLVM_DERIVED_TYPES_H
 
 #include "llvm/Type.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/APInt.h"
 
 namespace llvm {
 
@@ -108,6 +109,13 @@ public:
     return ~uint64_t(0UL) >> (64-getPrimitiveSizeInBits());
   }
 
+  /// For example, this is 0xFF for an 8 bit integer, 0xFFFF for i16, etc.
+  /// @returns a bit mask with ones set for all the bits of this type.
+  /// @brief Get a bit mask for this type.
+  APInt getMask() const {
+    return APInt::getAllOnesValue(getBitWidth());
+  }
+
   /// This method determines if the width of this IntegerType is a power-of-2
   /// in terms of 8 bit bytes. 
   /// @returns true if this is a power-of-2 byte width.