diff --git a/include/llvm/MC/MCTargetAsmParser.h b/include/llvm/MC/MCTargetAsmParser.h
index 6e96e8becda..512fd8649ae 100644
--- a/include/llvm/MC/MCTargetAsmParser.h
+++ b/include/llvm/MC/MCTargetAsmParser.h
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ public:
   virtual void convertToMapAndConstraints(unsigned Kind,
                       const SmallVectorImpl<MCParsedAsmOperand*> &Operands) = 0;
 
+  /// End of assembly processing.
+  /// This gets called when all assembly has been read and gives the local
+  /// Target AsmParsers an opportunity for any final data processing, etc..
+  virtual void emitEndOfAsmFile(MCStreamer &Out) {}
+
   virtual const MCExpr *applyModifierToExpr(const MCExpr *E,
                                             MCSymbolRefExpr::VariantKind,
                                             MCContext &Ctx) {
diff --git a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
index 9854b07a6c4..53ce02c0899 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -673,8 +673,10 @@ bool AsmParser::Run(bool NoInitialTextSection, bool NoFinalize) {
 
   // Finalize the output stream if there are no errors and if the client wants
   // us to.
-  if (!HadError && !NoFinalize)
+  if (!HadError && !NoFinalize) {
+    getTargetParser().emitEndOfAsmFile(Out);
     Out.Finish();
+  }
 
   return HadError;
 }
@@ -779,7 +781,8 @@ bool AsmParser::parsePrimaryExpr(const MCExpr *&Res, SMLoc &EndLoc) {
           // temporary label to the streamer and refer to it.
           MCSymbol *Sym = Ctx.CreateTempSymbol();
           Out.EmitLabel(Sym);
-          Res = MCSymbolRefExpr::Create(Sym, MCSymbolRefExpr::VK_None, getContext());
+          Res = MCSymbolRefExpr::Create(Sym, MCSymbolRefExpr::VK_None,
+                                        getContext());
           EndLoc = FirstTokenLoc;
           return false;
         } else
diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmFlags.h b/lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmFlags.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf141db6320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmFlags.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+//=== MipsMCAsmFlags.h - MipsMCAsmFlags --------------------------------===//
+//
+//                    The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENCE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===-------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+#ifndef MIPSMCASMFLAGS_H_
+#define MIPSMCASMFLAGS_H_
+
+namespace llvm {
+class MipsMCAsmFlags;
+
+// We have the flags apart from the ELF defines because state will determine
+// the final values put into the ELF flag bits.
+//
+// Currently we have only Relocation Model, but will soon follow with ABI,
+// Architecture, and ASE.
+class MipsMCAsmFlags {
+public:
+  // These act as bit flags because more that one can be
+  // active at the same time, sometimes ;-)
+  enum MAFRelocationModelTy {
+    MAF_RM_DEFAULT = 0,
+    MAF_RM_STATIC = 1,
+    MAF_RM_CPIC = 2,
+    MAF_RM_PIC = 4
+  } MAFRelocationModel;
+
+public:
+  MipsMCAsmFlags() : Model(MAF_RM_DEFAULT) {}
+
+  ~MipsMCAsmFlags() {}
+
+  // Setting a bit we can later translate to the ELF header flags.
+  void setRelocationModel(unsigned RM) { (Model |= RM); }
+
+  bool isModelCpic() const { return (Model & MAF_RM_CPIC) == MAF_RM_CPIC; }
+  bool isModelPic() const { return (Model & MAF_RM_PIC) == MAF_RM_PIC; }
+  bool isModelStatic() const {
+    return (Model & MAF_RM_STATIC) == MAF_RM_STATIC;
+  }
+  bool isModelDefault() const {
+    return (Model & MAF_RM_DEFAULT) == MAF_RM_DEFAULT;
+  }
+
+private:
+  unsigned Model; // pic, cpic, etc.
+};
+}
+
+#endif /* MIPSMCASMFLAGS_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmParser.cpp b/lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmParser.cpp
index 447e7dc6e1c..c2e4bba87b3 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmParser.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+#include "AsmParser/MipsAsmFlags.h"
+#include "MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.h"
 #include "MCTargetDesc/MipsMCTargetDesc.h"
 #include "MipsRegisterInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringSwitch.h"
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ class MipsAsmParser : public MCTargetAsmParser {
   MCSubtargetInfo &STI;
   MCAsmParser &Parser;
   MipsAssemblerOptions Options;
+  MipsMCAsmFlags Flags;
   bool hasConsumedDollar;
 
 #define GET_ASSEMBLER_HEADER
@@ -228,6 +231,8 @@ class MipsAsmParser : public MCTargetAsmParser {
 
   bool processInstruction(MCInst &Inst, SMLoc IDLoc,
                         SmallVectorImpl<MCInst> &Instructions);
+  void emitEndOfAsmFile(MCStreamer &Out);
+
 public:
   MipsAsmParser(MCSubtargetInfo &sti, MCAsmParser &parser,
                 const MCInstrInfo &MII)
@@ -2172,9 +2177,23 @@ bool MipsAsmParser::ParseDirective(AsmToken DirectiveID) {
     return false;
   }
 
+  if (IDVal == ".abicalls") {
+    Flags.setRelocationModel(MipsMCAsmFlags::MAF_RM_CPIC);
+    if (Parser.getTok().isNot(AsmToken::EndOfStatement))
+      return Error(Parser.getTok().getLoc(), "unexpected token in directive");
+    return false;
+  }
+
   return true;
 }
 
+/// End of assembly processing such as updating ELF header flags.
+void MipsAsmParser::emitEndOfAsmFile(MCStreamer &OutStreamer) {
+  if (MipsELFStreamer *MES = dyn_cast<MipsELFStreamer>(&OutStreamer))
+    MES->emitELFHeaderFlagsAsm(Flags);
+  MCTargetAsmParser::emitEndOfAsmFile(OutStreamer);
+}
+
 extern "C" void LLVMInitializeMipsAsmParser() {
   RegisterMCAsmParser<MipsAsmParser> X(TheMipsTarget);
   RegisterMCAsmParser<MipsAsmParser> Y(TheMipselTarget);
diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.cpp b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.cpp
index cfcb877805a..144cb1e4397 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //
 //===-------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 #include "MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.h"
+#include "AsmParser/MipsAsmFlags.h"
 #include "MipsSubtarget.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCAssembler.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCELF.h"
@@ -66,10 +67,26 @@ namespace llvm {
     Reloc::Model RM = Subtarget.getRelocationModel();
     if (RM == Reloc::PIC_ || RM == Reloc::Default)
       EFlags |= ELF::EF_MIPS_PIC;
-    else if (RM == Reloc::Static)
+
+    MCA.setELFHeaderEFlags(EFlags);
+  }
+
+  // For llvm-mc. Set a group of ELF header flags
+  void MipsELFStreamer::emitELFHeaderFlagsAsm(const MipsMCAsmFlags &Flags) {
+
+    // Update e_header flags
+    MCAssembler &MCA = getAssembler();
+    unsigned EFlags = MCA.getELFHeaderEFlags();
+
+    // Relocation Model
+    if (Flags.isModelCpic() || Flags.isModelDefault())
+      EFlags |= ELF::EF_MIPS_CPIC;
+    if (Flags.isModelStatic())
       ; // Do nothing for Reloc::Static
+    else if (Flags.isModelPic() || Flags.isModelDefault())
+      EFlags |= ELF::EF_MIPS_PIC;
     else
-      llvm_unreachable("Unsupported relocation model for e_flags");
+      assert(0 && "Unsupported relocation model for e_flags");
 
     MCA.setELFHeaderEFlags(EFlags);
   }
diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.h b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.h
index b10ccc78e66..9987f348ae6 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.h
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFStreamer.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 namespace llvm {
 class MipsAsmPrinter;
+class MipsMCAsmFlags;
 class MipsSubtarget;
 class MCSymbol;
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ public:
 
   ~MipsELFStreamer() {}
   void emitELFHeaderFlagsCG(const MipsSubtarget &Subtarget);
+  void emitELFHeaderFlagsAsm(const MipsMCAsmFlags &MAFlags);
   void emitMipsSTOCG(const MipsSubtarget &Subtarget,
                      MCSymbol *Sym,
                      unsigned Val);
diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MipsAsmPrinter.cpp b/lib/Target/Mips/MipsAsmPrinter.cpp
index 1dc33265783..b12cb625a78 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MipsAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MipsAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -594,8 +594,8 @@ void MipsAsmPrinter::EmitEndOfAsmFile(Module &M) {
   // Emit Mips ELF register info
   Subtarget->getMReginfo().emitMipsReginfoSectionCG(
              OutStreamer, getObjFileLowering(), *Subtarget);
-  if (MipsELFStreamer *MES = dyn_cast<MipsELFStreamer>(&OutStreamer))
-    MES->emitELFHeaderFlagsCG(*Subtarget);
+  MipsELFStreamer *MES = cast<MipsELFStreamer>(&OutStreamer);
+  MES->emitELFHeaderFlagsCG(*Subtarget);
 }
 
 void MipsAsmPrinter::PrintDebugValueComment(const MachineInstr *MI,
diff --git a/test/MC/Mips/mips_directives.s b/test/MC/Mips/mips_directives.s
index bbb26165523..b1f81827288 100644
--- a/test/MC/Mips/mips_directives.s
+++ b/test/MC/Mips/mips_directives.s
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 # RUN: llvm-mc -show-encoding -triple mips-unknown-unknown %s | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple mips-unknown-unknown %s | \
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -h | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK-ELF %s
 #
 # CHECK:  .text
 # CHECK:  $BB0_2:
 $BB0_2:
-  .ent directives_test
+    .ent directives_test
+    .abicalls
     .frame    $sp,0,$ra
     .mask     0x00000000,0
     .fmask    0x00000000,0
@@ -43,3 +46,5 @@ $JTI0_0:
 # CHECK:    and     $3, $15, $15       # encoding: [0x01,0xef,0x18,0x24]
     abs.s  f6,FPU_MASK
     and    r3,$t7,STORE_MASK
+
+# CHECK-ELF: Flags [ (0x6)