diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h
index 14588661d2b7..bf1e89181eaa 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h
@@ -40,9 +40,14 @@ class GlobalVariable : public GlobalValue, public ilist_node<GlobalVariable> {
 
   void setParent(Module *parent);
 
-  bool isConstantGlobal : 1;           // Is this a global constant?
-  unsigned threadLocalMode : 3;        // Is this symbol "Thread Local",
-                                       // if so, what is the desired model?
+  bool isConstantGlobal : 1;                   // Is this a global constant?
+  unsigned threadLocalMode : 3;                // Is this symbol "Thread Local",
+                                               // if so, what is the desired
+                                               // model?
+  bool isExternallyInitializedConstant : 1;    // Is this a global whose value
+                                               // can change from its initial
+                                               // value before global
+                                               // initializers are run?
 
 public:
   // allocate space for exactly one operand
@@ -62,15 +67,15 @@ public:
   /// automatically inserted into the end of the specified modules global list.
   GlobalVariable(Type *Ty, bool isConstant, LinkageTypes Linkage,
                  Constant *Initializer = 0, const Twine &Name = "",
-                 ThreadLocalMode = NotThreadLocal, unsigned AddressSpace = 0);
+                 ThreadLocalMode = NotThreadLocal, unsigned AddressSpace = 0,
+                 bool isExternallyInitialized = false);
   /// GlobalVariable ctor - This creates a global and inserts it before the
   /// specified other global.
   GlobalVariable(Module &M, Type *Ty, bool isConstant,
                  LinkageTypes Linkage, Constant *Initializer,
-                 const Twine &Name = "",
-                 GlobalVariable *InsertBefore = 0,
-                 ThreadLocalMode = NotThreadLocal,
-                 unsigned AddressSpace = 0);
+                 const Twine &Name = "", GlobalVariable *InsertBefore = 0,
+                 ThreadLocalMode = NotThreadLocal, unsigned AddressSpace = 0,
+                 bool isExternallyInitialized = false);
 
   ~GlobalVariable() {
     NumOperands = 1; // FIXME: needed by operator delete
@@ -155,6 +160,13 @@ public:
     return static_cast<ThreadLocalMode>(threadLocalMode);
   }
 
+  bool isExternallyInitialized() const {
+    return isExternallyInitializedConstant;
+  }
+  void setExternallyInitialized(bool Val) {
+    isExternallyInitializedConstant = Val;
+  }
+
   /// copyAttributesFrom - copy all additional attributes (those not needed to
   /// create a GlobalVariable) from the GlobalVariable Src to this one.
   void copyAttributesFrom(const GlobalValue *Src);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Globals.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Globals.cpp
index 2e52aa302867..6d547f3edf3f 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Globals.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Globals.cpp
@@ -82,13 +82,16 @@ bool GlobalValue::isDeclaration() const {
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 GlobalVariable::GlobalVariable(Type *Ty, bool constant, LinkageTypes Link,
-                               Constant *InitVal, const Twine &Name,
-                               ThreadLocalMode TLMode, unsigned AddressSpace)
+                               Constant *InitVal,
+                               const Twine &Name, ThreadLocalMode TLMode,
+                               unsigned AddressSpace,
+                               bool isExternallyInitialized)
   : GlobalValue(PointerType::get(Ty, AddressSpace),
                 Value::GlobalVariableVal,
                 OperandTraits<GlobalVariable>::op_begin(this),
                 InitVal != 0, Link, Name),
-    isConstantGlobal(constant), threadLocalMode(TLMode) {
+    isConstantGlobal(constant), threadLocalMode(TLMode),
+    isExternallyInitializedConstant(isExternallyInitialized) {
   if (InitVal) {
     assert(InitVal->getType() == Ty &&
            "Initializer should be the same type as the GlobalVariable!");
@@ -102,12 +105,14 @@ GlobalVariable::GlobalVariable(Module &M, Type *Ty, bool constant,
                                LinkageTypes Link, Constant *InitVal,
                                const Twine &Name,
                                GlobalVariable *Before, ThreadLocalMode TLMode,
-                               unsigned AddressSpace)
+                               unsigned AddressSpace,
+                               bool isExternallyInitialized)
   : GlobalValue(PointerType::get(Ty, AddressSpace),
                 Value::GlobalVariableVal,
                 OperandTraits<GlobalVariable>::op_begin(this),
                 InitVal != 0, Link, Name),
-    isConstantGlobal(constant), threadLocalMode(TLMode) {
+    isConstantGlobal(constant), threadLocalMode(TLMode),
+    isExternallyInitializedConstant(isExternallyInitialized) {
   if (InitVal) {
     assert(InitVal->getType() == Ty &&
            "Initializer should be the same type as the GlobalVariable!");