diff --git a/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp b/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
index 99a675d392f..8931fcac6a5 100644
--- a/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -1264,6 +1264,8 @@ MCObjectWriter *llvm::createELFObjectWriter(MCELFObjectTargetWriter *MOTW,
     case ELF::EM_PPC:
     case ELF::EM_PPC64:
       return new PPCELFObjectWriter(MOTW, OS, IsLittleEndian); break;
+    case ELF::EM_MIPS:
+      return new MipsELFObjectWriter(MOTW, OS, IsLittleEndian); break;
     default: llvm_unreachable("Unsupported architecture"); break;
   }
 }
@@ -1809,3 +1811,19 @@ unsigned X86ELFObjectWriter::GetRelocType(const MCValue &Target,
 
   return Type;
 }
+
+MipsELFObjectWriter::MipsELFObjectWriter(MCELFObjectTargetWriter *MOTW,
+                                         raw_ostream &_OS,
+                                         bool IsLittleEndian)
+  : ELFObjectWriter(MOTW, _OS, IsLittleEndian) {}
+
+MipsELFObjectWriter::~MipsELFObjectWriter() {}
+
+unsigned MipsELFObjectWriter::GetRelocType(const MCValue &Target,
+                                           const MCFixup &Fixup,
+                                           bool IsPCRel,
+                                           bool IsRelocWithSymbol,
+                                           int64_t Addend) {
+  // tbd
+  return 1;
+}
diff --git a/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.h b/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.h
index d657d131bd3..862b085c76b 100644
--- a/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.h
+++ b/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.h
@@ -426,6 +426,21 @@ class ELFObjectWriter : public MCObjectWriter {
                                   bool IsPCRel, bool IsRelocWithSymbol,
                                   int64_t Addend);
   };
+
+  //===- MipsELFObjectWriter -------------------------------------------===//
+
+  class MipsELFObjectWriter : public ELFObjectWriter {
+  public:
+    MipsELFObjectWriter(MCELFObjectTargetWriter *MOTW,
+                        raw_ostream &_OS,
+                        bool IsLittleEndian);
+
+    virtual ~MipsELFObjectWriter();
+  protected:
+    virtual unsigned GetRelocType(const MCValue &Target, const MCFixup &Fixup,
+                                  bool IsPCRel, bool IsRelocWithSymbol,
+                                  int64_t Addend);
+  };
 }
 
 #endif