diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
     return "Linux PPC Assembly Printer";
   }
 
+  void emitAttributes(Module &M);
+
   void emitStartOfAsmFile(Module &M) override;
   void emitEndOfAsmFile(Module &) override;
 
@@ -1388,6 +1390,20 @@
   EmitToStreamer(*OutStreamer, TmpInst);
 }
 
+void PPCLinuxAsmPrinter::emitAttributes(Module &M) {
+  Metadata *MD = M.getModuleFlag("float-abi");
+  MDString *FloatABI = dyn_cast_or_null<MDString>(MD);
+  if (!FloatABI)
+    return;
+  StringRef flt = FloatABI->getString();
+  if (flt == "doubledouble")
+    OutStreamer->emitGNUAttribute(4, 5);
+  else if (flt == "ieeequad")
+    OutStreamer->emitGNUAttribute(4, 13);
+  else if (flt == "ieeedouble")
+    OutStreamer->emitGNUAttribute(4, 9);
+}
+
 void PPCLinuxAsmPrinter::emitInstruction(const MachineInstr *MI) {
   if (!Subtarget->isPPC64())
     return PPCAsmPrinter::emitInstruction(MI);
@@ -1642,6 +1658,8 @@
   PPCTargetStreamer *TS =
       static_cast<PPCTargetStreamer *>(OutStreamer->getTargetStreamer());
 
+  emitAttributes(M);
+
   if (!TOC.empty()) {
     const char *Name = isPPC64 ? ".toc" : ".got2";
     MCSectionELF *Section = OutContext.getELFSection(
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/gnu-attribute.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/gnu-attribute.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/gnu-attribute.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; RUN: sed -e 's/FLTABI/ieeequad/' %s | llc -mtriple=powerpc64le | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=IEEE
+; RUN: sed -e 's/FLTABI/doubledouble/' %s | llc -mtriple=powerpc64le | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=IBM
+; RUN: sed -e 's/FLTABI/ieeedouble/' %s | llc -mtriple=powerpc64le | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DBL
+; RUN: sed -e 's/FLTABI//' %s | llc -mtriple=powerpc64le | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=NONE
+
+; IEEE: .gnu_attribute 4, 13
+; IBM: .gnu_attribute 4, 5
+; DBL: .gnu_attribute 4, 9
+; NONE-NOT: .gnu_attribute 4,
+
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!0, !1, !2}
+
+!0 = !{i32 1, !"wchar_size", i32 4}
+!1 = !{i32 7, !"uwtable", i32 1}
+!2 = !{i32 1, !"float-abi", !"FLTABI"}