diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
index 9def5158299e..9b11df519318 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ int LLVMIsUndef(LLVMValueRef Val);
 LLVMValueRef LLVMConstInt(LLVMTypeRef IntTy, unsigned long long N,
                           int SignExtend);
 LLVMValueRef LLVMConstReal(LLVMTypeRef RealTy, double N);
+LLVMValueRef LLVMConstRealOfString(LLVMTypeRef RealTy, const char *Text);
 
 /* Operations on composite constants */
 LLVMValueRef LLVMConstString(const char *Str, unsigned Length,
diff --git a/llvm/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp b/llvm/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
index 8722785bd395..0c913ffbf73f 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/VMCore/Core.cpp
@@ -284,8 +284,30 @@ LLVMValueRef LLVMConstInt(LLVMTypeRef IntTy, unsigned long long N,
   return wrap(ConstantInt::get(unwrap<IntegerType>(IntTy), N, SignExtend != 0));
 }
 
+static const fltSemantics &SemanticsForType(Type *Ty) {
+  assert(Ty->isFloatingPoint() && "Type is not floating point!");
+  if (Ty == Type::FloatTy)
+    return APFloat::IEEEsingle;
+  if (Ty == Type::DoubleTy)
+    return APFloat::IEEEdouble;
+  if (Ty == Type::X86_FP80Ty)
+    return APFloat::x87DoubleExtended;
+  if (Ty == Type::FP128Ty)
+    return APFloat::IEEEquad;
+  if (Ty == Type::PPC_FP128Ty)
+    return APFloat::PPCDoubleDouble;
+  return APFloat::Bogus;
+}
+
 LLVMValueRef LLVMConstReal(LLVMTypeRef RealTy, double N) {
-  return wrap(ConstantFP::get(unwrap(RealTy), APFloat(N)));
+  APFloat APN(N);
+  APN.convert(SemanticsForType(unwrap(RealTy)), APFloat::rmNearestTiesToEven);
+  return wrap(ConstantFP::get(unwrap(RealTy), APN));
+}
+
+LLVMValueRef LLVMConstRealOfString(LLVMTypeRef RealTy, const char *Text) {
+  return wrap(ConstantFP::get(unwrap(RealTy),
+                              APFloat(SemanticsForType(unwrap(RealTy)), Text)));
 }
 
 /*--.. Operations on composite constants ...................................--*/
diff --git a/llvm/test/Bindings/Ocaml/vmcore.ml b/llvm/test/Bindings/Ocaml/vmcore.ml
index 457e7664efae..cfa22d503e51 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Bindings/Ocaml/vmcore.ml
+++ b/llvm/test/Bindings/Ocaml/vmcore.ml
@@ -211,12 +211,18 @@ let test_constants () =
   ignore (define_global "Const05" c m);
   insist ((array_type i8_type 9) = type_of c);
 
-  (* RUN: grep {Const06.*3.1459} < %t.ll
+  (* RUN: grep {ConstSingle.*2.75} < %t.ll
+   * RUN: grep {ConstDouble.*3.1459} < %t.ll
    *)
-  group "real";
-  let c = const_float double_type 3.1459 in
-  ignore (define_global "Const06" c m);
-  insist (double_type = type_of c);
+  begin group "real";
+    let cs = const_float float_type 2.75 in
+    ignore (define_global "ConstSingle" cs m);
+    insist (float_type = type_of cs);
+    
+    let cd = const_float double_type 3.1459 in
+    ignore (define_global "ConstDouble" cd m);
+    insist (double_type = type_of cd)
+  end;
   
   let one = const_int i16_type 1 in
   let two = const_int i16_type 2 in