diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MipsTargetObjectFile.cpp b/lib/Target/Mips/MipsTargetObjectFile.cpp
index a7fb454512e..1f5e34f82c9 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MipsTargetObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MipsTargetObjectFile.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ SSThreshold("mips-ssection-threshold", cl::Hidden,
 
 void MipsTargetObjectFile::Initialize(MCContext &Ctx, const TargetMachine &TM){
   TargetLoweringObjectFileELF::Initialize(Ctx, TM);
+  InitializeELF(TM.Options.UseInitArray);
 
   SmallDataSection =
     getContext().getELFSection(".sdata", ELF::SHT_PROGBITS,
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/Mips/init-array.ll b/test/CodeGen/Mips/init-array.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f96ce264728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CodeGen/Mips/init-array.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple mipsel-unknown-linux -use-init-array < %s | FileCheck  %s
+
+target triple = "mipsel-unknown-linux"
+
+@llvm.global_ctors = appending global [1 x { i32, void ()* }] [{ i32, void ()* } { i32 65535, void ()* @test }]
+; CHECK: .section
+; CHECK: .init_array
+; CHECK-NOT: .ctors
+; CHECK: .4byte test
+
+define internal void @test() section ".text.startup" {
+entry:
+  ret void
+}