diff --git a/test/tools/gold/vectorize.ll b/test/tools/gold/vectorize.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d305db1e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/gold/vectorize.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+; RUN: llvm-as %s -o %t.o
+
+; RUN: ld -plugin %llvmshlibdir/LLVMgold.so \
+; RUN:    --plugin-opt=save-temps \
+; RUN:    -shared %t.o -o %t2.o
+; RUN: llvm-dis %t2.o.opt.bc -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+; test that the vectorizer is run.
+; CHECK: fadd <4 x float>
+
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+define void @f(float* nocapture %x, i64 %n) {
+bb:
+  br label %bb1
+
+bb1:
+  %i.0 = phi i64 [ 0, %bb ], [ %tmp4, %bb1 ]
+  %tmp = getelementptr inbounds float* %x, i64 %i.0
+  %tmp2 = load float* %tmp, align 4
+  %tmp3 = fadd float %tmp2, 1.000000e+00
+  store float %tmp3, float* %tmp, align 4
+  %tmp4 = add nsw i64 %i.0, 1
+  %tmp5 = icmp slt i64 %tmp4, %n
+  br i1 %tmp5, label %bb1, label %bb6
+
+bb6:
+  ret void
+}
diff --git a/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp b/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
index fb1566ca396..db21c1bd59d 100644
--- a/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
+++ b/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ static void runLTOPasses(Module &M, TargetMachine &TM) {
   PMB.Inliner = createFunctionInliningPass();
   PMB.VerifyInput = true;
   PMB.VerifyOutput = true;
+  PMB.LoopVectorize = true;
   PMB.populateLTOPassManager(passes, &TM);
   passes.run(M);
 }