diff --git a/include/llvm/MC/MCObjectWriter.h b/include/llvm/MC/MCObjectWriter.h
index bae3368f969..60625b4b536 100644
--- a/include/llvm/MC/MCObjectWriter.h
+++ b/include/llvm/MC/MCObjectWriter.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MCAsmLayout;
 class MCAssembler;
 class MCFixup;
 class MCFragment;
+class MCSymbolRefExpr;
 class MCValue;
 class raw_ostream;
 
@@ -77,6 +78,16 @@ public:
                                 const MCFixup &Fixup, MCValue Target,
                                 uint64_t &FixedValue) = 0;
 
+  /// \brief Check whether the difference (A - B) between two symbol
+  /// references is fully resolved.
+  ///
+  /// Clients are not required to answer precisely and may conservatively return
+  /// false, even when a difference is fully resolved.
+  virtual bool
+  IsSymbolRefDifferenceFullyResolved(const MCAssembler &Asm,
+                                     const MCSymbolRefExpr *A,
+                                     const MCSymbolRefExpr *B) const = 0;
+
   /// Check if a fixup is fully resolved.
   ///
   /// This routine is used by the assembler to let the file format decide
diff --git a/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp b/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
index 1369d827b14..b9804d474b3 100644
--- a/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -333,8 +333,17 @@ namespace {
                           uint64_t Size, uint32_t Link, uint32_t Info,
                           uint64_t Alignment, uint64_t EntrySize);
 
-    virtual void WriteRelocationsFragment(const MCAssembler &Asm, MCDataFragment *F,
-                                  const MCSectionData *SD);
+    virtual void WriteRelocationsFragment(const MCAssembler &Asm,
+                                          MCDataFragment *F,
+                                          const MCSectionData *SD);
+
+    virtual bool
+    IsSymbolRefDifferenceFullyResolved(const MCAssembler &Asm,
+                                       const MCSymbolRefExpr *A,
+                                       const MCSymbolRefExpr *B) const {
+      // FIXME: Implement this!
+      return false;
+    }
 
     virtual bool IsFixupFullyResolved(const MCAssembler &Asm,
                               const MCValue Target,
diff --git a/lib/MC/MachObjectWriter.cpp b/lib/MC/MachObjectWriter.cpp
index d050ef0bd49..e12daa708bc 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MachObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MachObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -1123,6 +1123,12 @@ public:
                        UndefinedSymbolData);
   }
 
+  bool IsSymbolRefDifferenceFullyResolved(const MCAssembler &Asm,
+                                          const MCSymbolRefExpr *A,
+                                          const MCSymbolRefExpr *B) const {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   bool IsFixupFullyResolved(const MCAssembler &Asm,
                             const MCValue Target,
                             bool IsPCRel,
diff --git a/lib/MC/WinCOFFObjectWriter.cpp b/lib/MC/WinCOFFObjectWriter.cpp
index 3a88a03f8bd..0ad086cbee0 100644
--- a/lib/MC/WinCOFFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/WinCOFFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -179,6 +179,14 @@ public:
                         MCValue Target,
                         uint64_t &FixedValue);
 
+  virtual bool
+  IsSymbolRefDifferenceFullyResolved(const MCAssembler &Asm,
+                                     const MCSymbolRefExpr *A,
+                                     const MCSymbolRefExpr *B) const {
+    // FIXME: Implement this!
+    return false;
+  }
+
   virtual bool IsFixupFullyResolved(const MCAssembler &Asm,
                                     const MCValue Target,
                                     bool IsPCRel,