diff --git a/lib/Target/XCore/MCTargetDesc/XCoreMCAsmInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/XCore/MCTargetDesc/XCoreMCAsmInfo.cpp
index 6f4455117a0..235028cf595 100644
--- a/lib/Target/XCore/MCTargetDesc/XCoreMCAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/XCore/MCTargetDesc/XCoreMCAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ XCoreMCAsmInfo::XCoreMCAsmInfo(StringRef TT) {
     
   PrivateGlobalPrefix = ".L";
   AscizDirective = ".asciiz";
-  WeakDefDirective = "\t.weak\t";
   WeakRefDirective = "\t.weak\t";
 
   // Debug
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/XCore/linkage.ll b/test/CodeGen/XCore/linkage.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12915842394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CodeGen/XCore/linkage.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+; RUN: llc < %s -march=xcore | FileCheck %s
+
+; CHECK: .weak fd
+define weak void @fd() {
+  call void @fr(i32* @gd, i32* @gr)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; CHECK: .weak gd
+@gd = weak global i32 0
+
+; CHECK: .weak gr
+@gr = extern_weak global i32
+
+; CHECK: .weak fr
+declare extern_weak void @fr(i32*, i32*)
+