diff --git a/include/llvm-c/Initialization.h b/include/llvm-c/Initialization.h
index 9a2f04c03e6..775af4fce1f 100644
--- a/include/llvm-c/Initialization.h
+++ b/include/llvm-c/Initialization.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ void LLVMInitializeIPO(LLVMPassRegistryRef R);
 void LLVMInitializeAnalysis(LLVMPassRegistryRef R);
 void LLVMInitializeIPA(LLVMPassRegistryRef R);
 void LLVMInitializeCodeGen(LLVMPassRegistryRef R);
+void LLVMInitializeTarget(LLVMPassRegistryRef R);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/include/llvm/InitializePasses.h b/include/llvm/InitializePasses.h
index 1a1f2e09a7d..62d0574b9bc 100644
--- a/include/llvm/InitializePasses.h
+++ b/include/llvm/InitializePasses.h
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ void initializeIPA(PassRegistry&);
 /// initializeCodeGen - Initialize all passes linked into the CodeGen library.
 void initializeCodeGen(PassRegistry&);
 
+/// initializeCodeGen - Initialize all passes linked into the CodeGen library.
+void initializeTarget(PassRegistry&);
+
 void initializeAAEvalPass(PassRegistry&);
 void initializeADCEPass(PassRegistry&);
 void initializeAliasAnalysisAnalysisGroup(PassRegistry&);
diff --git a/lib/Target/Target.cpp b/lib/Target/Target.cpp
index f5c969ae133..bae4bdf8e22 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Target.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Target.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 //
-// This file implements the C bindings for libLLVMTarget.a, which implements
-// target information.
+// This file implements the core infrastructure (including C bindings) for 
+// libLLVMTarget.a, which implements target information.
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "llvm-c/Target.h"
+#include "llvm-c/Initialization.h"
+#include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
 #include "llvm/PassManager.h"
 #include "llvm/Target/TargetData.h"
 #include "llvm/LLVMContext.h"
@@ -20,6 +22,14 @@
 
 using namespace llvm;
 
+void llvm::initializeTarget(PassRegistry &Registry) {
+  initializeTargetDataPass(Registry);
+}
+
+void LLVMInitializeTarget(LLVMPassRegistryRef R) {
+  initializeTarget(*unwrap(R));
+}
+
 LLVMTargetDataRef LLVMCreateTargetData(const char *StringRep) {
   return wrap(new TargetData(StringRep));
 }