diff --git a/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h b/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
index 78870d9633e..111ad484ffb 100644
--- a/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
+++ b/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
@@ -137,11 +137,16 @@ namespace llvm {
 
     void *MachOUniquingMap, *ELFUniquingMap, *COFFUniquingMap;
 
+    /// Do automatic initialization in constructor and finalization in
+    /// destructor
+    bool AutoInitializationFinalization;
+
     MCSymbol *CreateSymbol(StringRef Name);
 
   public:
     explicit MCContext(const MCAsmInfo &MAI, const MCRegisterInfo &MRI,
-                       const MCObjectFileInfo *MOFI, const SourceMgr *Mgr = 0);
+                       const MCObjectFileInfo *MOFI, const SourceMgr *Mgr = 0,
+                       bool AutoInitializationFinalization = true);
     ~MCContext();
 
     const SourceMgr *getSourceManager() const { return SrcMgr; }
@@ -154,6 +159,17 @@ namespace llvm {
 
     void setAllowTemporaryLabels(bool Value) { AllowTemporaryLabels = Value; }
 
+    /// @name Module Lifetime Management
+    /// @{
+
+    /// doInitialization - prepare to process a new module
+    void doInitialization();
+
+    /// doFinalization - clean up state from the current module
+    void doFinalization();
+
+    /// @}
+
     /// @name Symbol Management
     /// @{
 
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/MachineModuleInfo.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/MachineModuleInfo.cpp
index 4fbbb05ee6b..ad88c511181 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/MachineModuleInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/MachineModuleInfo.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ void MMIAddrLabelMapCallbackPtr::allUsesReplacedWith(Value *V2) {
 MachineModuleInfo::MachineModuleInfo(const MCAsmInfo &MAI,
                                      const MCRegisterInfo &MRI,
                                      const MCObjectFileInfo *MOFI)
-  : ImmutablePass(ID), Context(MAI, MRI, MOFI) {
+  : ImmutablePass(ID), Context(MAI, MRI, MOFI, 0, false) {
   initializeMachineModuleInfoPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
 }
 
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ MachineModuleInfo::~MachineModuleInfo() {
 }
 
 bool MachineModuleInfo::doInitialization(Module &M) {
+  
+  Context.doInitialization();
+
   ObjFileMMI = 0;
   CompactUnwindEncoding = 0;
   CurCallSite = 0;
@@ -291,6 +294,8 @@ bool MachineModuleInfo::doFinalization(Module &M) {
   delete AddrLabelSymbols;
   AddrLabelSymbols = 0;
 
+  Context.doFinalization();
+
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp b/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
index dd9d956088a..23ec0bb12d6 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
@@ -31,12 +31,14 @@ typedef StringMap<const MCSectionCOFF*> COFFUniqueMapTy;
 
 
 MCContext::MCContext(const MCAsmInfo &mai, const MCRegisterInfo &mri,
-                     const MCObjectFileInfo *mofi, const SourceMgr *mgr) :
+                     const MCObjectFileInfo *mofi, const SourceMgr *mgr,
+                     bool DoAutoInitializationFinalization ) :
   SrcMgr(mgr), MAI(mai), MRI(mri), MOFI(mofi),
   Allocator(), Symbols(Allocator), UsedNames(Allocator),
   NextUniqueID(0),
   CurrentDwarfLoc(0,0,0,DWARF2_FLAG_IS_STMT,0,0),
-  AllowTemporaryLabels(true) {
+  AllowTemporaryLabels(true),
+  AutoInitializationFinalization(DoAutoInitializationFinalization) {
   MachOUniquingMap = 0;
   ELFUniquingMap = 0;
   COFFUniquingMap = 0;
@@ -45,22 +47,54 @@ MCContext::MCContext(const MCAsmInfo &mai, const MCRegisterInfo &mri,
   SecureLog = 0;
   SecureLogUsed = false;
 
+  if (AutoInitializationFinalization)
+    doInitialization();
+}
+
+MCContext::~MCContext() {
+
+  if (AutoInitializationFinalization)
+    doFinalization();
+
+  // NOTE: The symbols are all allocated out of a bump pointer allocator,
+  // we don't need to free them here.
+  
+  // If the stream for the .secure_log_unique directive was created free it.
+  delete (raw_ostream*)SecureLog;
+}
+
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Module Lifetime Management
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+void MCContext::doInitialization() {
+  NextUniqueID = 0;
+  AllowTemporaryLabels = true;
   DwarfLocSeen = false;
   GenDwarfForAssembly = false;
   GenDwarfFileNumber = 0;
 }
 
-MCContext::~MCContext() {
-  // NOTE: The symbols are all allocated out of a bump pointer allocator,
-  // we don't need to free them here.
+void MCContext::doFinalization() {
+  UsedNames.clear();
+  Symbols.clear();
+  Allocator.Reset();
+  Instances.clear();
+  MCDwarfFiles.clear();
+  MCDwarfDirs.clear();
+  MCGenDwarfLabelEntries.clear();
+  DwarfDebugFlags = StringRef();
+  MCLineSections.clear();
+  MCLineSectionOrder.clear();
+  CurrentDwarfLoc = MCDwarfLoc(0,0,0,DWARF2_FLAG_IS_STMT,0,0);
 
   // If we have the MachO uniquing map, free it.
   delete (MachOUniqueMapTy*)MachOUniquingMap;
   delete (ELFUniqueMapTy*)ELFUniquingMap;
   delete (COFFUniqueMapTy*)COFFUniquingMap;
-
-  // If the stream for the .secure_log_unique directive was created free it.
-  delete (raw_ostream*)SecureLog;
+  MachOUniquingMap = 0;
+  ELFUniquingMap = 0;
+  COFFUniquingMap = 0;
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//