diff --git a/include/clang/Frontend/Utils.h b/include/clang/Frontend/Utils.h
index cd6ffb0..fe722db 100644
--- a/include/clang/Frontend/Utils.h
+++ b/include/clang/Frontend/Utils.h
@@ -77,13 +77,6 @@
 /// a seekable stream.
 void CacheTokens(Preprocessor &PP, llvm::raw_fd_ostream* OS);
 
-
-/// ExecuteCompilerInvocation - Execute the given actions described by the
-/// compiler invocation object in the given compiler instance.
-///
-/// \return - True on success.
-bool ExecuteCompilerInvocation(CompilerInstance *Clang);
-
 }  // end namespace clang
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/clang/FrontendTool/Utils.h b/include/clang/FrontendTool/Utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..031ee7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/clang/FrontendTool/Utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+//===--- Utils.h - Misc utilities for the front-end -------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+//  This header contains miscellaneous utilities for various front-end actions
+//  which were split from Frontend to minimise Frontend's dependencies.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_FRONTENDTOOL_UTILS_H
+#define LLVM_CLANG_FRONTENDTOOL_UTILS_H
+
+namespace clang {
+
+class CompilerInstance;
+
+/// ExecuteCompilerInvocation - Execute the given actions described by the
+/// compiler invocation object in the given compiler instance.
+///
+/// \return - True on success.
+bool ExecuteCompilerInvocation(CompilerInstance *Clang);
+
+}  // end namespace clang
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8ecfcbe..bd5e342 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 add_subdirectory(Driver)
 add_subdirectory(Serialization)
 add_subdirectory(Frontend)
+add_subdirectory(FrontendTool)
 add_subdirectory(Index)
 add_subdirectory(Checker)
diff --git a/lib/Frontend/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/Frontend/CMakeLists.txt
index e546389..5a31495 100644
--- a/lib/Frontend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/Frontend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   DependencyFile.cpp
   DiagChecker.cpp
   DocumentXML.cpp
-  ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
   FrontendAction.cpp
   FrontendActions.cpp
   FrontendOptions.cpp
diff --git a/lib/FrontendTool/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/FrontendTool/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26c9fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/FrontendTool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+set(LLVM_NO_RTTI 1)
+
+add_clang_library(clangFrontendTool
+  ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
+  )
diff --git a/lib/Frontend/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp b/lib/FrontendTool/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from lib/Frontend/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
rename to lib/FrontendTool/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
index b432e8f..63c6287 100644
--- a/lib/Frontend/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ b/lib/FrontendTool/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
-#include "clang/Frontend/Utils.h"
+#include "clang/FrontendTool/Utils.h"
 #include "clang/Checker/FrontendActions.h"
 #include "clang/CodeGen/CodeGenAction.h"
 #include "clang/Driver/CC1Options.h"
diff --git a/lib/FrontendTool/Makefile b/lib/FrontendTool/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c43213f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/FrontendTool/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+##===- clang/lib/FrontendTool/Makefile ---------------------*- Makefile -*-===##
+#
+#                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+#
+# This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+# License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+#
+##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+
+CLANG_LEVEL := ../..
+LIBRARYNAME := clangFrontendTool
+
+include $(CLANG_LEVEL)/Makefile
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 843b574..dbd0eb6 100755
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 CLANG_LEVEL := ..
 
 PARALLEL_DIRS = Headers Basic Lex Parse AST Sema CodeGen Analysis \
-                Checker Rewrite Serialization Frontend Index Driver
+                Checker Rewrite Serialization Frontend FrontendTool Index Driver
 
 include $(CLANG_LEVEL)/Makefile
 
diff --git a/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ca6fa1..ec6e9c6 100644
--- a/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 set(LLVM_NO_RTTI 1)
 
 set( LLVM_USED_LIBS
+  clangFrontendTool
   clangFrontend
   clangDriver
   clangSerialization
diff --git a/tools/driver/Makefile b/tools/driver/Makefile
index 0fc0d65..447f0e4 100644
--- a/tools/driver/Makefile
+++ b/tools/driver/Makefile
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
 
 LINK_COMPONENTS := $(TARGETS_TO_BUILD) asmparser bitreader bitwriter codegen \
                    ipo selectiondag
-USEDLIBS = clangFrontend.a clangDriver.a clangSerialization.a clangCodeGen.a \
-           clangParse.a clangSema.a clangChecker.a clangAnalysis.a \
-	   clangIndex.a clangRewrite.a clangAST.a clangLex.a clangBasic.a
+USEDLIBS = clangFrontendTool.a clangFrontend.a clangDriver.a \
+           clangSerialization.a clangCodeGen.a clangParse.a clangSema.a \
+           clangChecker.a clangAnalysis.a clangIndex.a clangRewrite.a \
+           clangAST.a clangLex.a clangBasic.a
 
 include $(CLANG_LEVEL)/Makefile
 
diff --git a/tools/driver/cc1_main.cpp b/tools/driver/cc1_main.cpp
index 2cab8da..de5e8bf 100644
--- a/tools/driver/cc1_main.cpp
+++ b/tools/driver/cc1_main.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #include "clang/Frontend/FrontendDiagnostic.h"
 #include "clang/Frontend/TextDiagnosticBuffer.h"
 #include "clang/Frontend/TextDiagnosticPrinter.h"
-#include "clang/Frontend/Utils.h"
+#include "clang/FrontendTool/Utils.h"
 #include "llvm/LLVMContext.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"