diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/AsmParser/PPCAsmParser.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/AsmParser/PPCAsmParser.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/AsmParser/PPCAsmParser.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/AsmParser/PPCAsmParser.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
   bool ParseDirectiveMachine(SMLoc L);
   bool ParseDirectiveAbiVersion(SMLoc L);
   bool ParseDirectiveLocalEntry(SMLoc L);
+  bool ParseGNUAttribute(SMLoc L);
 
   bool MatchAndEmitInstruction(SMLoc IDLoc, unsigned &Opcode,
                                OperandVector &Operands, MCStreamer &Out,
@@ -1605,6 +1606,8 @@
     ParseDirectiveAbiVersion(DirectiveID.getLoc());
   else if (IDVal == ".localentry")
     ParseDirectiveLocalEntry(DirectiveID.getLoc());
+  else if (IDVal.startswith(".gnu_attribute"))
+    ParseGNUAttribute(DirectiveID.getLoc());
   else
     return true;
   return false;
@@ -1720,7 +1723,16 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+bool PPCAsmParser::ParseGNUAttribute(SMLoc L) {
+  int64_t Tag;
+  int64_t IntegerValue;
+  if (!getParser().parseGNUAttribute(L, Tag, IntegerValue))
+    return false;
+
+  getParser().getStreamer().emitGNUAttribute(Tag, IntegerValue);
 
+  return true;
+}
 
 /// Force static initialization.
 extern "C" LLVM_EXTERNAL_VISIBILITY void LLVMInitializePowerPCAsmParser() {
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/gnu-attribute.s b/llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/gnu-attribute.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/gnu-attribute.s
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# RUN: llvm-mc -triple powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu < %s | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-mc -triple powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu < %s | FileCheck %s
+
+	.text
+add:
+	add 3, 4, 3
+	blr
+	.gnu_attribute 4, 13
+
+# CHECK-LABEL: add:
+# CHECK: .gnu_attribute 4, 13