diff --git a/include/llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h b/include/llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h
index e0c50eb..dc185ae 100644
--- a/include/llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h
+++ b/include/llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
     // symbol section in the constructor and initialize it here?
     virtual void EmitLabel(MCSymbol *Symbol) = 0;
 
+    /// SubsectionsViaSymbols - Note in the output that the conventions used in
+    /// in the assembly file allows the bytes of a section to be divided up at
+    /// the boundaries of the symbols by a link editor for processing as atoms.
+    virtual void SubsectionsViaSymbols(void) = 0;
+
     /// EmitAssignment - Emit an assignment of @param Value to @param Symbol.
     ///
     /// This corresponds to an assembler statement such as:
diff --git a/lib/MC/MCAsmStreamer.cpp b/lib/MC/MCAsmStreamer.cpp
index 172ae9e..c0a334a 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCAsmStreamer.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCAsmStreamer.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
     virtual void EmitLabel(MCSymbol *Symbol);
 
+    virtual void SubsectionsViaSymbols(void);
+
     virtual void EmitAssignment(MCSymbol *Symbol, const MCValue &Value,
                                 bool MakeAbsolute = false);
 
@@ -117,6 +119,10 @@
   Symbol->setExternal(false);
 }
 
+void MCAsmStreamer::SubsectionsViaSymbols(void) {
+  OS << ".subsections_via_symbols\n";
+}
+
 void MCAsmStreamer::EmitAssignment(MCSymbol *Symbol, const MCValue &Value,
                                    bool MakeAbsolute) {
   assert(!Symbol->getSection() && "Cannot assign to a label!");
diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_subsections_via_symbols.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_subsections_via_symbols.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..826b7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_subsections_via_symbols.s
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# RUN: llvm-mc %s | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: TEST0:
+# CHECK: .subsections_via_symbols
+TEST0:  
+	.subsections_via_symbols
diff --git a/tools/llvm-mc/AsmParser.cpp b/tools/llvm-mc/AsmParser.cpp
index a2cdea4..fe9d4f3 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-mc/AsmParser.cpp
+++ b/tools/llvm-mc/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -527,6 +527,9 @@
     if (!strcmp(IDVal, ".zerofill"))
       return ParseDirectiveDarwinZerofill();
 
+    if (!strcmp(IDVal, ".subsections_via_symbols"))
+      return ParseDirectiveDarwinSubsectionsViaSymbols();
+
     Warning(IDLoc, "ignoring directive for now");
     EatToEndOfStatement();
     return false;
@@ -1052,3 +1055,16 @@
 
   return false;
 }
+
+/// ParseDirectiveDarwinSubsectionsViaSymbols
+///  ::= .subsections_via_symbols
+bool AsmParser::ParseDirectiveDarwinSubsectionsViaSymbols() {
+  if (Lexer.isNot(asmtok::EndOfStatement))
+    return TokError("unexpected token in '.subsections_via_symbols' directive");
+  
+  Lexer.Lex();
+
+  Out.SubsectionsViaSymbols();
+
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/tools/llvm-mc/AsmParser.h b/tools/llvm-mc/AsmParser.h
index 620ac19..fcdd064 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-mc/AsmParser.h
+++ b/tools/llvm-mc/AsmParser.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
 
   bool ParseDirectiveComm(bool IsLocal); // ".comm" and ".lcomm"
   bool ParseDirectiveDarwinZerofill(); // Darwin specific ".zerofill"
+
+  // Darwin specific ".subsections_via_symbols"
+  bool ParseDirectiveDarwinSubsectionsViaSymbols();
 };
 
 } // end namespace llvm