Index: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/MC/MCTargetAsmParser.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/MC/MCTargetAsmParser.h
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/MC/MCTargetAsmParser.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 enum AsmRewriteKind {
   AOK_Delete = 0,     // Rewrite should be ignored.
   AOK_Align,          // Rewrite align as .align.
+  AOK_EVEN,           // Rewrite even as .even.
   AOK_DotOperator,    // Rewrite a dot operator expression as an immediate.
                       // E.g., [eax].foo.bar -> [eax].8
   AOK_Emit,           // Rewrite _emit as .byte.
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 const char AsmRewritePrecedence [] = {
   0, // AOK_Delete
   2, // AOK_Align
+  2, // AOK_EVEN
   2, // AOK_DotOperator
   2, // AOK_Emit
   4, // AOK_Imm
Index: llvm/trunk/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -1714,6 +1714,8 @@
   if (ParsingInlineAsm && (IDVal == "align" || IDVal == "ALIGN"))
     return parseDirectiveMSAlign(IDLoc, Info);
 
+  if (ParsingInlineAsm && (IDVal == "even"))
+    Info.AsmRewrites->emplace_back(AOK_EVEN, IDLoc, 4);
   checkForValidSection();
 
   // Canonicalize the opcode to lower case.
@@ -4863,6 +4865,9 @@
       AdditionalSkip = (Val < 4) ? 2 : Val < 7 ? 3 : 4;
       break;
     }
+    case AOK_EVEN:
+      OS << ".even";
+      break;
     case AOK_DotOperator:
       // Insert the dot if the user omitted it.
       OS.flush();
Index: llvm/trunk/lib/Target/X86/AsmParser/X86AsmParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/Target/X86/AsmParser/X86AsmParser.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/Target/X86/AsmParser/X86AsmParser.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "llvm/MC/MCParser/MCAsmParser.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCParser/MCParsedAsmOperand.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCRegisterInfo.h"
+#include "llvm/MC/MCSection.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCSubtargetInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCSymbol.h"
@@ -714,6 +715,7 @@
                         SMLoc End, unsigned Size, StringRef Identifier,
                         InlineAsmIdentifierInfo &Info);
 
+  bool parseDirectiveEven(SMLoc L);
   bool ParseDirectiveWord(unsigned Size, SMLoc L);
   bool ParseDirectiveCode(StringRef IDVal, SMLoc L);
 
@@ -2844,10 +2846,29 @@
                                            "a '%' prefix in .intel_syntax");
     }
     return false;
-  }
+  } else if (IDVal == ".even")
+    return parseDirectiveEven(DirectiveID.getLoc());
   return true;
 }
 
+/// parseDirectiveEven
+///  ::= .even
+bool X86AsmParser::parseDirectiveEven(SMLoc L) {
+  const MCSection *Section = getStreamer().getCurrentSection().first;
+  if (getLexer().isNot(AsmToken::EndOfStatement)) {
+    TokError("unexpected token in directive");
+    return false;  
+  }
+  if (!Section) {
+    getStreamer().InitSections(false);
+    Section = getStreamer().getCurrentSection().first;
+  }
+  if (Section->UseCodeAlign())
+    getStreamer().EmitCodeAlignment(2, 0);
+  else
+    getStreamer().EmitValueToAlignment(2, 0, 1, 0);
+  return false;
+}
 /// ParseDirectiveWord
 ///  ::= .word [ expression (, expression)* ]
 bool X86AsmParser::ParseDirectiveWord(unsigned Size, SMLoc L) {
Index: llvm/trunk/test/MC/X86/x86-evenDirective.s
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/MC/X86/x86-evenDirective.s
+++ llvm/trunk/test/MC/X86/x86-evenDirective.s
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype obj -o - %s | llvm-readobj -s -sd \
+# RUN:   | FileCheck %s
+
+	.text
+	even_check:
+	.byte 0x00
+	.byte 0x01
+	.byte 0x02
+	.byte 0x03
+	.byte 0x04
+	.byte 0x05
+	.byte 0x06
+	.byte 0x07
+	.byte 0x08
+	.byte 0x09
+	.byte 0x10
+	.even
+	.byte 0x11
+	.byte 0x12
+	.even
+	.byte 0x13
+	.even
+	.byte 0x00
+	.byte 0x01
+	.byte 0x02
+	.byte 0x03
+	.byte 0x04
+	.byte 0x05
+	.byte 0x06
+	.byte 0x07
+	.byte 0x08
+	.byte 0x09
+	.byte 0x10
+	.byte 0x11
+	.byte 0x12
+	.byte 0x13
+	.byte 0x14
+	.byte 0x15
+
+# CHECK: Section {
+# CHECK:   Name: .text
+# CHECK:   SectionData (
+# CHECK:      0000: 00010203 04050607 08091090 11121390
+# CHECK:	  0010: 00010203 04050607 08091011 12131415
+# CHECK:   )
+# CHECK: }
+