diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h
@@ -2033,6 +2033,34 @@
         "TargetInstrInfo::createVirtualVectorRegisterForSpillToReg!");
   }
 
+  /// \Returns true if it is profitable to perform spill2reg on \p MI.
+  virtual bool isSpill2RegProfitable(const MachineInstr *MI,
+                                     const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI,
+                                     const MachineRegisterInfo *MRI) const {
+    llvm_unreachable(
+        "Target didn't implement TargetInstrInfo::isSpill2RegProfitable!");
+  }
+
+  /// Inserts \p SrcReg into the first lane of \p DstReg.
+  virtual MachineInstr *
+  spill2RegInsertToVectorReg(Register DstReg, Register SrcReg,
+                             int OperationBits, MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
+                             MachineBasicBlock::iterator InsertBeforeIt,
+                             const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI) const {
+    llvm_unreachable(
+        "Target didn't implement TargetInstrInfo::spill2RegInsertToVectorReg!");
+  }
+
+  /// Extracts the first lane of \p SrcReg into \p DstReg.
+  virtual MachineInstr *
+  spill2RegExtractFromVectorReg(Register DstReg, Register SrcReg,
+                                int OperationBits, MachineBasicBlock *InsertMBB,
+                                MachineBasicBlock::iterator InsertBeforeIt,
+                                const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI) const {
+    llvm_unreachable("Target didn't implement "
+                     "TargetInstrInfo::spill2RegExtractFromVectorReg!");
+  }
+
 private:
   mutable std::unique_ptr<MIRFormatter> Formatter;
   unsigned CallFrameSetupOpcode, CallFrameDestroyOpcode;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
@@ -680,6 +680,22 @@
   const TargetRegisterClass *
   getVectorRegisterClassForSpill2Reg(const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI,
                                      Register SpilledReg) const override;
+
+  bool isSpill2RegProfitable(const MachineInstr *MI,
+                             const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI,
+                             const MachineRegisterInfo *MRI) const override;
+
+  MachineInstr *
+  spill2RegInsertToVectorReg(Register DstReg, Register SrcReg,
+                             int OperationBits, MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
+                             MachineBasicBlock::iterator InsertBeforeIt,
+                             const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI) const override;
+
+  MachineInstr *
+  spill2RegExtractFromVectorReg(Register DstReg, Register SrcReg,
+                                int OperationBits, MachineBasicBlock *InsertMBB,
+                                MachineBasicBlock::iterator InsertBeforeIt,
+                                const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI) const override;
 };
 
 } // namespace llvm
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,21 @@
                            "certain undef register reads"),
                   cl::init(128), cl::Hidden);
 
+// A value of 2 was empirically found to work with Skylake.
+static cl::opt<int> Spill2RegMemInstrsThreshold(
+    "spill2reg-mem-instrs", cl::Hidden, cl::init(80),
+    cl::desc("Apply spill2reg if we find at least this much percentage of "
+             "memory nstrs within the explored distance."));
+
+static cl::opt<int> Spill2RegVecInstrsThreshold(
+    "spill2reg-vec-instrs", cl::Hidden, cl::init(0),
+    cl::desc("Apply spill2reg if we find at most this many vector instrs "
+             "within the explored distance."));
+
+static cl::opt<int> Spill2RegExplorationDst(
+    "spill2reg-exploration-distance", cl::Hidden, cl::init(4),
+    cl::desc("When checking for profitability, explore nearby instructions "
+             "at this maximum distance."));
 
 // Pin the vtable to this file.
 void X86InstrInfo::anchor() {}
@@ -9702,5 +9717,116 @@
   return VecRegClass;
 }
 
+bool X86InstrInfo::isSpill2RegProfitable(const MachineInstr *MI,
+                                         const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI,
+                                         const MachineRegisterInfo *MRI) const {
+  auto IsVecMO = [TRI, MI](const MachineOperand &MO) {
+    const MachineFunction *MF = MI->getParent()->getParent();
+    if (MO.isReg() && MO.getReg().isPhysical()) {
+      for (auto ClassID :
+           {X86::VR128RegClassID, X86::VR256RegClassID, X86::VR512RegClassID})
+        if (TRI->getRegClass(ClassID)->contains(MO.getReg()))
+          return true;
+    }
+    if (MO.isFI()) {
+      const unsigned MinVecBits =
+          TRI->getRegSizeInBits(*TRI->getRegClass(X86::VR128RegClassID));
+      if (MF->getFrameInfo().getObjectSize(MO.getIndex()) >= MinVecBits)
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  };
+
+  /// \Returns the previous instruction, skipping debug instrs.
+  auto GetPrevNonDebug = [](const MachineInstr *MI) {
+    do {
+      MI = MI->getPrevNode();
+    } while (MI != nullptr && MI->isDebugInstr());
+    return MI;
+  };
+  /// \Returns the next instruction, skipping debug instrs.
+  auto GetNextNonDebug = [](const MachineInstr *MI) {
+    do {
+      MI = MI->getNextNode();
+    } while (MI != nullptr && MI->isDebugInstr());
+    return MI;
+  };
+
+  // This is a simple heuristic. We count the number of memory and vector
+  // instructions both above and below `MI` with a radius of
+  // Spill2RegExplorationDst, and check against threshold values.
+  int CntMem = 0;
+  int CntAll = 0;
+  int CntVec = 0;
+  const MachineInstr *TopMI = MI;
+  const MachineInstr *BotMI = GetNextNonDebug(MI);
+  for (int Radius = 0, MaxRadius = Spill2RegExplorationDst;
+       (TopMI != nullptr || BotMI != nullptr) && Radius < MaxRadius; ++Radius) {
+    if (TopMI != nullptr && !TopMI->memoperands_empty())
+      ++CntMem;
+    if (BotMI != nullptr && !BotMI->memoperands_empty())
+      ++CntMem;
+    if (TopMI != nullptr && llvm::any_of(TopMI->operands(), IsVecMO))
+      ++CntVec;
+    if (BotMI != nullptr && llvm::any_of(BotMI->operands(), IsVecMO))
+      ++CntVec;
+
+    if (TopMI != nullptr) {
+      TopMI = GetPrevNonDebug(TopMI);
+      ++CntAll;
+    }
+    if (BotMI != nullptr) {
+      BotMI = GetNextNonDebug(BotMI);
+      ++CntAll;
+    }
+  }
+  // Return false if exploration ended early because we reached the end of BB.
+  if (Spill2RegMemInstrsThreshold != 0 && CntAll < 2 * Spill2RegExplorationDst)
+    return false;
+  // Else check against the thresholds.
+  bool MemHeuristic = Spill2RegMemInstrsThreshold == 0 ||
+                      (CntMem * 100) / CntAll >= Spill2RegMemInstrsThreshold;
+  bool VecHeuristic = CntVec <= Spill2RegVecInstrsThreshold;
+  return MemHeuristic && VecHeuristic;
+  }
+
+static unsigned getInsertOrExtractOpcode(unsigned Bits, bool Insert) {
+  switch (Bits) {
+  case 32:
+    return Insert ? X86::MOVDI2PDIrr : X86::MOVPDI2DIrr;
+  case 64:
+    return Insert ? X86::MOV64toPQIrr : X86::MOVPQIto64rr;
+  default:
+    llvm_unreachable("Unsupported bits");
+  }
+}
+
+MachineInstr *X86InstrInfo::spill2RegInsertToVectorReg(
+    Register DstReg, Register SrcReg, int OperationBits, MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
+    MachineBasicBlock::iterator InsertBeforeIt,
+    const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI) const {
+  DebugLoc DL;
+  unsigned InsertOpcode =
+      getInsertOrExtractOpcode(OperationBits, true /*insert*/);
+  const MCInstrDesc &InsertMCID = get(InsertOpcode);
+  MachineInstr *InsertMI =
+      BuildMI(*MBB, InsertBeforeIt, DL, InsertMCID, DstReg).addReg(SrcReg);
+  return InsertMI;
+}
+
+MachineInstr *X86InstrInfo::spill2RegExtractFromVectorReg(
+    Register DstReg, Register SrcReg, int OperationBits,
+    MachineBasicBlock *InsertMBB, MachineBasicBlock::iterator InsertBeforeIt,
+    const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI) const {
+  DebugLoc DL;
+  unsigned ExtractOpcode =
+      getInsertOrExtractOpcode(OperationBits, false /*extract*/);
+  const MCInstrDesc &ExtractMCID = get(ExtractOpcode);
+  MachineInstr *ExtractMI =
+      BuildMI(*InsertMBB, InsertBeforeIt, DL, ExtractMCID, DstReg)
+          .addReg(SrcReg);
+  return ExtractMI;
+}
+
 #define GET_INSTRINFO_HELPERS
 #include "X86GenInstrInfo.inc"