diff --git a/lib/Target/Sparc/SparcAsmPrinter.cpp b/lib/Target/Sparc/SparcAsmPrinter.cpp
index 3fe2b44..b695dd8 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Sparc/SparcAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Sparc/SparcAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/AsmPrinter.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h"
+#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCAsmInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCSymbol.h"
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
                          const char *Modifier = 0);
     void printCCOperand(const MachineInstr *MI, int opNum, raw_ostream &OS);
 
+    virtual void EmitFunctionBodyStart();
     virtual void EmitInstruction(const MachineInstr *MI) {
       SmallString<128> Str;
       raw_svector_ostream OS(Str);
@@ -63,11 +65,35 @@
 
     virtual bool isBlockOnlyReachableByFallthrough(const MachineBasicBlock *MBB)
                        const;
+    void EmitGlobalRegisterDecl(unsigned reg) {
+      SmallString<128> Str;
+      raw_svector_ostream OS(Str);
+      OS << "\t.register "
+         << "%" << StringRef(getRegisterName(reg)).lower()
+         << ", "
+         << ((reg == SP::G6 || reg == SP::G7)? "#ignore" : "#scratch");
+      OutStreamer.EmitRawText(OS.str());
+    }
+
   };
 } // end of anonymous namespace
 
 #include "SparcGenAsmWriter.inc"
 
+void SparcAsmPrinter::EmitFunctionBodyStart() {
+  if (!TM.getSubtarget<SparcSubtarget>().is64Bit())
+    return;
+
+  const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI = MF->getRegInfo();
+  const unsigned globalRegs[] = { SP::G2, SP::G3, SP::G6, SP::G7, 0 };
+  for (unsigned i = 0; globalRegs[i] != 0; ++i) {
+    unsigned reg = globalRegs[i];
+    if (!MRI.isPhysRegUsed(reg))
+      continue;
+    EmitGlobalRegisterDecl(reg);
+  }
+}
+
 void SparcAsmPrinter::printOperand(const MachineInstr *MI, int opNum,
                                    raw_ostream &O) {
   const MachineOperand &MO = MI->getOperand (opNum);
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/SPARC/64abi.ll b/test/CodeGen/SPARC/64abi.ll
index 5a7eb40..00fb99a 100644
--- a/test/CodeGen/SPARC/64abi.ll
+++ b/test/CodeGen/SPARC/64abi.ll
@@ -376,3 +376,19 @@
 define signext i32 @ret_nozext(i32 signext %a0) {
   ret i32 %a0
 }
+
+; CHECK-LABEL: test_register_directive
+; CHECK:       .register %g2, #scratch
+; CHECK:       .register %g3, #scratch
+; CHECK:       .register %g6, #ignore
+; CHECK:       .register %g7, #ignore
+; CHECK:       add %i0, 2, %g2
+; CHECK:       add %i0, 3, %g3
+define i32 @test_register_directive(i32 %i0) {
+entry:
+  %0 = add nsw i32 %i0, 2
+  %1 = add nsw i32 %i0, 3
+  tail call void asm sideeffect "", "r,r,~{l0},~{l1},~{l2},~{l3},~{l4},~{l5},~{l6},~{l7},~{i0},~{i1},~{i2},~{i3},~{i4},~{i5},~{i6},~{i7},~{o0},~{o1},~{o2},~{o3},~{o4},~{o5},~{o6},~{o7},~{g1},~{g4},~{g5},~{g6},~{g7}"(i32 %0, i32 %1)
+  %2 = add nsw i32 %0, %1
+  ret i32 %2
+}