diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/UserSettingsController.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/UserSettingsController.h
index 1c0288574cc8..6c395c81c37b 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/UserSettingsController.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/UserSettingsController.h
@@ -88,6 +88,20 @@ public:
     lldb::OptionValuePropertiesSP
     GetSubProperty (const ExecutionContext *exe_ctx,
                     const ConstString &name);
+
+    // We sometimes need to introduce a setting to enable experimental features,
+    // but then we don't want the setting for these to cause errors when the setting
+    // goes away.  Add a sub-topic of the settings using this experimental name, and
+    // two things will happen.  One is that settings that don't find the name will not
+    // be treated as errors.  Also, if you decide to keep the settings just move them into
+    // the containing properties, and we will auto-forward the experimental settings to the
+    // real one.
+    static const char *
+    GetExperimentalSettingsName();
+    
+    static bool
+    IsSettingExperimental(const char *setting);
+
 protected:
     lldb::OptionValuePropertiesSP m_collection_sp;
 };
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/UserSettingsController.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/UserSettingsController.cpp
index 837ff18721e2..718c12d21a65 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/UserSettingsController.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/UserSettingsController.cpp
@@ -108,3 +108,27 @@ Properties::GetSubProperty (const ExecutionContext *exe_ctx,
     return lldb::OptionValuePropertiesSP();
 }
 
+const char *
+Properties::GetExperimentalSettingsName()
+{
+    return "experimental";
+}
+
+bool
+Properties::IsSettingExperimental(const char *setting)
+{
+    if (setting == nullptr)
+        return false;
+        
+    const char *experimental = GetExperimentalSettingsName();
+    char *dot_pos = strchr(setting, '.');
+    if (dot_pos == nullptr)
+        return strcmp(experimental, setting) == 0;
+    else
+    {
+        size_t first_elem_len = dot_pos - setting;
+        return strncmp(experimental, setting, first_elem_len) == 0;
+    }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.cpp b/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.cpp
index a3c28f70270f..7024c3601d9f 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/OptionValueProperties.cpp
@@ -164,8 +164,23 @@ OptionValueProperties::GetSubValue (const ExecutionContext *exe_ctx,
             switch (sub_name[0])
             {
             case '.':
-                return value_sp->GetSubValue (exe_ctx, sub_name + 1, will_modify, error);
-            
+            {
+                lldb::OptionValueSP return_val_sp;
+                return_val_sp = value_sp->GetSubValue (exe_ctx, sub_name + 1, will_modify, error);
+                if (!return_val_sp)
+                {
+                    if (Properties::IsSettingExperimental(sub_name + 1))
+                    {
+                        size_t experimental_len = strlen(Properties::GetExperimentalSettingsName()); 
+                        if (*(sub_name + experimental_len + 1) == '.')
+                        return_val_sp = value_sp->GetSubValue(exe_ctx, sub_name + experimental_len + 2, will_modify, error);
+                        // It isn't an error if an experimental setting is not present.
+                        if (!return_val_sp)
+                            error.Clear();
+                    }
+                }
+                return return_val_sp;
+            }
             case '{':
                 // Predicate matching for predicates like
                 // "<setting-name>{<predicate>}"