diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86ISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86ISelLowering.cpp
index 09052eddc930..67fa64b29fd3 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86ISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86ISelLowering.cpp
@@ -515,6 +515,14 @@ void X86TargetLowering::resetOperationActions() {
     }
   }
 
+  // Special handling for half-precision floating point conversions.
+  // If we don't have F16C support, then lower half float conversions
+  // into library calls.
+  if (TM.Options.UseSoftFloat || !Subtarget->hasF16C()) {
+    setOperationAction(ISD::FP16_TO_FP32, MVT::f32, Expand);
+    setOperationAction(ISD::FP32_TO_FP16, MVT::i16, Expand);
+  }
+
   if (Subtarget->hasPOPCNT()) {
     setOperationAction(ISD::CTPOP          , MVT::i8   , Promote);
   } else {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrSSE.td b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrSSE.td
index e6ca519b7d5d..f9a5ae1a3d52 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrSSE.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrSSE.td
@@ -8538,6 +8538,21 @@ let Predicates = [HasF16C] in {
             (VCVTPH2PSrm addr:$src)>;
 }
 
+// Patterns for  matching conversions from float to half-float and vice versa.
+let Predicates = [HasF16C] in {
+  def : Pat<(f32_to_f16 FR32:$src),
+            (i16 (EXTRACT_SUBREG (VMOVPDI2DIrr (VCVTPS2PHrr
+              (COPY_TO_REGCLASS FR32:$src, VR128), 0)), sub_16bit))>;
+
+  def : Pat<(f16_to_f32 GR16:$src),
+            (f32 (COPY_TO_REGCLASS (VCVTPH2PSrr
+              (COPY_TO_REGCLASS (MOVSX32rr16 GR16:$src), VR128)), FR32)) >;
+
+  def : Pat<(f16_to_f32 (i16 (f32_to_f16 FR32:$src))),
+            (f32 (COPY_TO_REGCLASS (VCVTPH2PSrr
+              (VCVTPS2PHrr (COPY_TO_REGCLASS FR32:$src, VR128), 0)), FR32)) >;
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // AVX2 Instructions
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/cvt16.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/cvt16.ll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..951b5c3ed389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/cvt16.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+; RUN: llc < %s -march=x86-64 -mtriple=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -mcpu=corei7 -mattr=-f16c | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK -check-prefix=LIBCALL
+; RUN: llc < %s -march=x86-64 -mtriple=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -mcpu=corei7 -mattr=+f16c | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK -check-prefix=F16C
+; RUN: llc < %s -march=x86-64 -mtriple=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -mcpu=corei7 -soft-float=1 -mattr=-f16c | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK -check-prefix=SOFTFLOAT
+; RUN: llc < %s -march=x86-64 -mtriple=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -mcpu=corei7 -soft-float=1 -mattr=+f16c | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK -check-prefix=SOFTFLOAT
+
+; This is a test for float to half float conversions on x86-64.
+;
+; If flag -soft-float is set, or if there is no F16C support, then:
+; 1) half float to float conversions are
+;    translated into calls to __gnu_h2f_ieee defined
+;    by the compiler runtime library;
+; 2) float to half float conversions are translated into calls
+;    to __gnu_f2h_ieee which expected to be defined by the
+;    compiler runtime library.
+;
+; Otherwise (we have F16C support):
+; 1) half float to float conversion are translated using
+;    vcvtph2ps instructions;
+; 2) float to half float conversions are translated using
+;    vcvtps2ph instructions
+
+
+define void @test1(float %src, i16* %dest) {
+  %1 = tail call i16 @llvm.convert.to.fp16(float %src)
+  store i16 %1, i16* %dest, align 2
+  ret void
+}
+; CHECK-LABEL: test1
+; LIBCALL: callq  __gnu_f2h_ieee
+; SOFTFLOAT: callq  __gnu_f2h_ieee
+; F16C: vcvtps2ph
+; CHECK: ret
+
+
+define float @test2(i16* nocapture %src) {
+  %1 = load i16* %src, align 2
+  %2 = tail call float @llvm.convert.from.fp16(i16 %1)
+  ret float %2
+}
+; CHECK-LABEL: test2:
+; LIBCALL: jmp  __gnu_h2f_ieee
+; SOFTFLOAT: callq  __gnu_h2f_ieee
+; F16C: vcvtph2ps
+; F16C: ret
+
+
+define float @test3(float %src) nounwind uwtable readnone {
+  %1 = tail call i16 @llvm.convert.to.fp16(float %src)
+  %2 = tail call float @llvm.convert.from.fp16(i16 %1)
+  ret float %2
+}
+
+; CHECK-LABEL: test3:
+; LIBCALL: callq  __gnu_f2h_ieee
+; LIBCALL: jmp   __gnu_h2f_ieee
+; SOFTFLOAT: callq  __gnu_f2h_ieee
+; SOFTFLOAT: callq  __gnu_h2f_ieee
+; F16C: vcvtps2ph
+; F16C-NEXT: vcvtph2ps
+; F16C: ret
+
+declare float @llvm.convert.from.fp16(i16) nounwind readnone
+declare i16 @llvm.convert.to.fp16(float) nounwind readnone
+