diff --git a/Xcode/LLVM.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Xcode/LLVM.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 97f73286617..24939d9b7de 100644
--- a/Xcode/LLVM.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Xcode/LLVM.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
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@@ -1071,6 +1074,7 @@
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 				9FD3E56D0CA0116100E54D15 /* bindings */,
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 				DE66F38C08ABF35300323D32 /* CREDITS.TXT */,
 				CFD99AA80AFE827B0068D19C /* LICENSE.TXT */,
@@ -1170,6 +1174,33 @@
 			path = analysis;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
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+			);
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+			sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT;
+		};
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+			isa = PBXGroup;
+			children = (
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+			sourceTree = "<group>";
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diff --git a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
index 0361001b6eb..9766d83810e 100644
--- a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
+++ b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.ml
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ external visibility : llvalue -> visibility = "llvm_visibility"
 external set_visibility : visibility -> llvalue -> unit = "llvm_set_visibility"
 external alignment : llvalue -> int = "llvm_alignment"
 external set_alignment : int -> llvalue -> unit = "llvm_set_alignment"
+external is_global_constant : llvalue -> bool = "llvm_is_global_constant"
+external set_global_constant : bool -> llvalue -> unit
+                             = "llvm_set_global_constant"
 
 (*--... Operations on global variables .....................................--*)
 external declare_global : lltype -> string -> llmodule -> llvalue
diff --git a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
index d2f6cb4ce7a..ae37e9d02d7 100644
--- a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
+++ b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm.mli
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ external visibility : llvalue -> visibility = "llvm_visibility"
 external set_visibility : visibility -> llvalue -> unit = "llvm_set_visibility"
 external alignment : llvalue -> int = "llvm_alignment"
 external set_alignment : int -> llvalue -> unit = "llvm_set_alignment"
+external is_global_constant : llvalue -> bool = "llvm_is_global_constant"
+external set_global_constant : bool -> llvalue -> unit
+                             = "llvm_set_global_constant"
 
 (*--... Operations on global variables .....................................--*)
 external declare_global : lltype -> string -> llmodule -> llvalue
diff --git a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
index 4d721822f13..61115f2c19a 100644
--- a/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
+++ b/bindings/ocaml/llvm/llvm_ocaml.c
@@ -445,6 +445,17 @@ CAMLprim value llvm_set_thread_local(value IsThreadLocal,
   return Val_unit;
 }
 
+/* llvalue -> bool */
+CAMLprim value llvm_is_global_constant(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar) {
+  return Val_bool(LLVMIsGlobalConstant(GlobalVar));
+}
+
+/* bool -> llvalue -> unit */
+CAMLprim value llvm_set_global_constant(value Flag, LLVMValueRef GlobalVar) {
+  LLVMSetGlobalConstant(GlobalVar, Bool_val(Flag));
+  return Val_unit;
+}
+
 /*--... Operations on functions ............................................--*/
 
 /* string -> lltype -> llmodule -> llvalue */
diff --git a/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/include/llvm-c/Core.h
index ee1f69f6111..3f8961b7651 100644
--- a/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ LLVMValueRef LLVMGetInitializer(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar);
 void LLVMSetInitializer(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar, LLVMValueRef ConstantVal);
 int LLVMIsThreadLocal(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar);
 void LLVMSetThreadLocal(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar, int IsThreadLocal);
+int LLVMIsGlobalConstant(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar);
+void LLVMSetGlobalConstant(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar, int IsConstant);
 
 /* Operations on functions */
 LLVMValueRef LLVMAddFunction(LLVMModuleRef M, const char *Name,
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
index 15a54b332ac..66ab03cb5e0 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
@@ -557,6 +557,17 @@ void LLVMSetThreadLocal(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar, int IsThreadLocal) {
   unwrap<GlobalVariable>(GlobalVar)->setThreadLocal(IsThreadLocal != 0);
 }
 
+int LLVMIsGlobalConstant(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar) {
+  bool res = unwrap<GlobalVariable>(GlobalVar)->isConstant();
+  fprintf(stderr, "LLVMIsConstantGlobal(0x%08x) = %s\n",
+                  (int) GlobalVar, res? "YES" : "NO");
+  return unwrap<GlobalVariable>(GlobalVar)->isConstant();
+}
+
+void LLVMSetGlobalConstant(LLVMValueRef GlobalVar, int IsConstant) {
+  unwrap<GlobalVariable>(GlobalVar)->setConstant(IsConstant != 0);
+}
+
 /*--.. Operations on functions .............................................--*/
 
 LLVMValueRef LLVMAddFunction(LLVMModuleRef M, const char *Name,
diff --git a/test/Bindings/Ocaml/vmcore.ml b/test/Bindings/Ocaml/vmcore.ml
index 0282241d0c9..8aa6e43603e 100644
--- a/test/Bindings/Ocaml/vmcore.ml
+++ b/test/Bindings/Ocaml/vmcore.ml
@@ -418,7 +418,15 @@ let test_global_variables () =
    *)
   group "delete";
   let g = define_global "GVar05" fourty_two32 m in
-  delete_global g
+  delete_global g;
+
+  (* RUN: grep -v {ConstGlobalVar.*constant} < %t.ll
+   *)
+  group "constant";
+  let g = define_global "ConstGlobalVar" fourty_two32 m in
+  insist (not (is_global_constant g));
+  set_global_constant true g;
+  insist (is_global_constant g)
 
 
 (*===-- Functions ---------------------------------------------------------===*)