diff --git a/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h b/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
index 74d3eaaf34f..2015a66bd82 100644
--- a/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
+++ b/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
@@ -223,6 +223,23 @@ namespace llvm {
       return Count;
     }
 
+    /// @}
+    /// @name Helpful Algorithms
+    /// @{
+    
+    /// getAsInteger - Parse the current string as an integer of the specified
+    /// radix.  If Radix is specified as zero, this does radix autosensing using
+    /// extended C rules: 0 is octal, 0x is hex, 0b is binary.
+    ///
+    /// If the string is invalid or if only a subset of the string is valid,
+    /// this returns true to signify the error.  The string is considered
+    /// erroneous if empty.
+    ///
+    //bool getAsInteger(unsigned Radix, long long &Result) const;
+    bool getAsInteger(unsigned Radix, unsigned long long &Result) const;
+
+    // TODO: Provide overloads for int/unsigned that check for overflow.
+    
     /// @}
     /// @name Substring Operations
     /// @{
diff --git a/lib/Support/StringRef.cpp b/lib/Support/StringRef.cpp
index 4751f06645c..2e7d3c0c6e8 100644
--- a/lib/Support/StringRef.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/StringRef.cpp
@@ -11,3 +11,66 @@
 using namespace llvm;
 
 const size_t StringRef::npos;
+
+static bool GetAsUnsignedInteger(StringRef Str, unsigned Radix,
+                                 unsigned long long &Result) {
+  // Autosense radix if not specified.
+  if (Radix == 0) {
+    if (Str[0] != '0') {
+      Radix = 10;
+    } else {
+      if (Str.size() < 2) {
+        Radix = 8;
+      } else {
+        if (Str[1] == 'x') {
+          Str = Str.substr(2);
+          Radix = 16;
+        } else if (Str[1] == 'b') {
+          Str = Str.substr(2);
+          Radix = 2;
+        } else {
+          Radix = 8;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  // Empty strings (after the radix autosense) are invalid.
+  if (Str.empty()) return true;
+  
+  // Parse all the bytes of the string given this radix.  Watch for overflow.
+  Result = 0;
+  while (!Str.empty()) {
+    unsigned CharVal;
+    if (Str[0] >= '0' && Str[0] <= '9')
+      CharVal = Str[0]-'0';
+    else if (Str[0] >= 'a' && Str[0] <= 'z')
+      CharVal = Str[0]-'a'+10;
+    else if (Str[0] >= 'A' && Str[0] <= 'Z')
+      CharVal = Str[0]-'A'+10;
+    else
+      return true;
+    
+    // If the parsed value is larger than the integer radix, the string is
+    // invalid.
+    if (CharVal >= Radix)
+      return true;
+    
+    // Add in this character.
+    unsigned long long PrevResult = Result;
+    Result = Result*Radix+CharVal;
+    
+    // Check for overflow.
+    if (Result < PrevResult)
+      return true;
+
+    Str = Str.substr(1);
+  }
+  
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool StringRef::getAsInteger(unsigned Radix, unsigned long long &Result) const {
+  return GetAsUnsignedInteger(*this, Radix, Result);
+}
+