diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Host.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Host.h
index 0e0577c1859f..7745a50efda9 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Host.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/Host.h
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@ public:
     static Error
     LaunchProcess (ProcessLaunchInfo &launch_info);
     
+    static lldb::TargetSP
+    GetDummyTarget (Debugger &debugger);
+    
     static bool
     OpenFileInExternalEditor (const FileSpec &file_spec, 
                               uint32_t line_no);
diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.cpp b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.cpp
index 3ec585ee33d9..5134b28b08d9 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.cpp
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ CommandObjectExpression::EvaluateExpression
 )
 {
     Target *target = m_exe_ctx.GetTargetPtr();
+    
+    if (!target)
+        target = Host::GetDummyTarget(m_interpreter.GetDebugger()).get();
+    
     if (target)
     {
         lldb::ValueObjectSP result_valobj_sp;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
index f88c76b0c606..ebb15cc5ff10 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/common/Host.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "lldb/Host/Host.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/ArchSpec.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/ConstString.h"
+#include "lldb/Core/Debugger.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/Error.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/Log.h"
 #include "lldb/Core/StreamString.h"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "lldb/Host/FileSpec.h"
 #include "lldb/Host/Mutex.h"
 #include "lldb/Target/Process.h"
+#include "lldb/Target/TargetList.h"
 
 #include "llvm/Support/Host.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/MachO.h"
@@ -1165,6 +1167,24 @@ Host::GetProcessInfo (lldb::pid_t pid, ProcessInstanceInfo &process_info)
 }
 #endif
 
+lldb::TargetSP
+Host::GetDummyTarget (lldb_private::Debugger &debugger)
+{
+    static TargetSP dummy_target;
+    
+    if (!dummy_target)
+    {
+        Error err = debugger.GetTargetList().CreateTarget(debugger, 
+                                                          FileSpec(), 
+                                                          Host::GetTargetTriple().AsCString(), 
+                                                          false, 
+                                                          NULL, 
+                                                          dummy_target);
+    }
+    
+    return dummy_target;
+}
+
 #if !defined (__APPLE__)
 bool
 Host::OpenFileInExternalEditor (const FileSpec &file_spec, uint32_t line_no)