diff --git a/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h b/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
index ccef4cbeabd..c93c514da6a 100644
--- a/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
+++ b/include/llvm/DerivedTypes.h
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ public:
   /// @brief Get the number of bits in this IntegerType
   unsigned getBitWidth() const { return getSubclassData(); }
 
+  /// 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.
+  /// @brief Is this a power-of-2 byte-width IntegerType ?
+  bool isPowerOf2ByteWidth() const;
+
   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
   static inline bool classof(const IntegerType *T) { return true; }
   static inline bool classof(const Type *T) {
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
index 00e97520b7f..b41d1a0414e 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Type.cpp
@@ -975,6 +975,11 @@ const IntegerType *IntegerType::get(unsigned NumBits) {
   return ITy;
 }
 
+bool IntegerType::isPowerOf2ByteWidth() const {
+  unsigned BitWidth = getBitWidth();
+  return (BitWidth > 7 && Log2_32(BitWidth) == Log2_32_Ceil(BitWidth));
+}
+
 // FunctionValType - Define a class to hold the key that goes into the TypeMap
 //
 namespace llvm {