diff --git a/lib/MC/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/MC/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ead33b481f..4cf71dcabee 100644
--- a/lib/MC/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/MC/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ add_llvm_library(LLVMMC
   MCStreamer.cpp
   MCSymbol.cpp
   MCValue.cpp
+  TargetAsmBackend.cpp
   )
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/Target/X86/CMakeLists.txt
index 61f26a73933..eed3b45d743 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ tablegen(X86GenCallingConv.inc -gen-callingconv)
 tablegen(X86GenSubtarget.inc -gen-subtarget)
 
 set(sources
+  X86AsmBackend.cpp
   X86CodeEmitter.cpp
   X86COFFMachineModuleInfo.cpp
   X86ELFWriterInfo.cpp
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/X86.h b/lib/Target/X86/X86.h
index 1a1e4476d80..ba0ee6cedd7 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/X86.h
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/X86.h
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 
 namespace llvm {
 
-class X86TargetMachine;
 class FunctionPass;
-class MachineCodeEmitter;
+class JITCodeEmitter;
+class MCAssembler;
 class MCCodeEmitter;
 class MCContext;
-class JITCodeEmitter;
+class MachineCodeEmitter;
 class Target;
+class TargetAsmBackend;
+class X86TargetMachine;
 class formatted_raw_ostream;
 
 /// createX86ISelDag - This pass converts a legalized DAG into a 
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ MCCodeEmitter *createX86_32MCCodeEmitter(const Target &, TargetMachine &TM,
 MCCodeEmitter *createX86_64MCCodeEmitter(const Target &, TargetMachine &TM,
                                          MCContext &Ctx);
 
+TargetAsmBackend *createX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &, MCAssembler &);
+TargetAsmBackend *createX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &, MCAssembler &);
+
 /// createX86EmitCodeToMemory - Returns a pass that converts a register
 /// allocated function into raw machine code in a dynamically
 /// allocated chunk of memory.
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/X86AsmBackend.cpp b/lib/Target/X86/X86AsmBackend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6654efbbb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/X86AsmBackend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//===-- X86AsmBackend.cpp - X86 Assembler Backend -------------------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "llvm/Target/TargetAsmBackend.h"
+#include "X86.h"
+#include "llvm/Target/TargetRegistry.h"
+#include "llvm/Target/TargetAsmBackend.h"
+using namespace llvm;
+
+namespace {
+
+class X86AsmBackend : public TargetAsmBackend {
+public:
+  X86AsmBackend(const Target &T, MCAssembler &A)
+    : TargetAsmBackend(T) {}
+};
+
+}
+
+TargetAsmBackend *llvm::createX86_32AsmBackend(const Target &T,
+                                               MCAssembler &A) {
+  return new X86AsmBackend(T, A);
+}
+
+TargetAsmBackend *llvm::createX86_64AsmBackend(const Target &T,
+                                               MCAssembler &A) {
+  return new X86AsmBackend(T, A);
+}
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/X86TargetMachine.cpp b/lib/Target/X86/X86TargetMachine.cpp
index 7802f98f3a8..56ddaf858a6 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/X86TargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/X86TargetMachine.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ extern "C" void LLVMInitializeX86Target() {
                                       createX86_32MCCodeEmitter);
   TargetRegistry::RegisterCodeEmitter(TheX86_64Target,
                                       createX86_64MCCodeEmitter);
+
+  // Register the asm backend.
+  TargetRegistry::RegisterAsmBackend(TheX86_32Target,
+                                     createX86_32AsmBackend);
+  TargetRegistry::RegisterAsmBackend(TheX86_64Target,
+                                     createX86_64AsmBackend);
 }