diff --git a/clang/include/clang/AST/ExprCXX.h b/clang/include/clang/AST/ExprCXX.h
--- a/clang/include/clang/AST/ExprCXX.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/AST/ExprCXX.h
@@ -1155,6 +1155,11 @@
 
   CXXThisExpr(EmptyShell Empty) : Expr(CXXThisExprClass, Empty) {}
 
+  static CXXThisExpr *Create(const ASTContext &C, SourceLocation Loc,
+                             QualType Ty, bool IsImplicit) {
+    return new (C) CXXThisExpr(Loc, Ty, IsImplicit);
+  }
+
   SourceLocation getLocation() const { return CXXThisExprBits.Loc; }
   void setLocation(SourceLocation L) { CXXThisExprBits.Loc = L; }
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/ExprClassification.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/ExprClassification.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/AST/ExprClassification.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/ExprClassification.cpp
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@
   case Expr::CXXPseudoDestructorExprClass:
   case Expr::UnaryExprOrTypeTraitExprClass:
   case Expr::CXXNewExprClass:
-  case Expr::CXXThisExprClass:
   case Expr::CXXNullPtrLiteralExprClass:
   case Expr::ImaginaryLiteralClass:
   case Expr::GNUNullExprClass:
@@ -205,6 +204,10 @@
   case Expr::RequiresExprClass:
     return Cl::CL_PRValue;
 
+  // Make HLSL this reference-like
+  case Expr::CXXThisExprClass:
+    return Lang.HLSL ? Cl::CL_LValue : Cl::CL_PRValue;
+
   case Expr::ConstantExprClass:
     return ClassifyInternal(Ctx, cast<ConstantExpr>(E)->getSubExpr());
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExpr.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExpr.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExpr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExpr.cpp
@@ -1383,6 +1383,8 @@
     return EmitOMPArraySectionExpr(cast<OMPArraySectionExpr>(E));
   case Expr::ExtVectorElementExprClass:
     return EmitExtVectorElementExpr(cast<ExtVectorElementExpr>(E));
+  case Expr::CXXThisExprClass:
+    return MakeAddrLValue(LoadCXXThisAddress(), E->getType());
   case Expr::MemberExprClass:
     return EmitMemberExpr(cast<MemberExpr>(E));
   case Expr::CompoundLiteralExprClass:
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/HLSLExternalSemaSource.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/HLSLExternalSemaSource.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/HLSLExternalSemaSource.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/HLSLExternalSemaSource.cpp
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@
     Expr *Call = CallExpr::Create(AST, Fn, {RCExpr}, AST.VoidPtrTy, VK_PRValue,
                                   SourceLocation(), FPOptionsOverride());
 
-    CXXThisExpr *This = new (AST)
-        CXXThisExpr(SourceLocation(), Constructor->getThisType(), true);
-    Expr *Handle = MemberExpr::CreateImplicit(AST, This, true, Fields["h"],
+    CXXThisExpr *This = CXXThisExpr::Create(
+        AST, SourceLocation(),
+        Constructor->getThisType().getTypePtr()->getPointeeType(), true);
+    This->setValueKind(ExprValueKind::VK_LValue);
+    Expr *Handle = MemberExpr::CreateImplicit(AST, This, false, Fields["h"],
                                               Fields["h"]->getType(), VK_LValue,
                                               OK_Ordinary);
 
@@ -259,10 +261,12 @@
     auto FnProtoLoc = TSInfo->getTypeLoc().getAs<FunctionProtoTypeLoc>();
     FnProtoLoc.setParam(0, IdxParam);
 
-    auto *This = new (AST)
-        CXXThisExpr(SourceLocation(), MethodDecl->getThisType(), true);
+    auto *This = CXXThisExpr::Create(
+        AST, SourceLocation(),
+        MethodDecl->getThisType().getTypePtr()->getPointeeType(), true);
+    This->setValueKind(ExprValueKind::VK_LValue);
     auto *HandleAccess = MemberExpr::CreateImplicit(
-        AST, This, true, Handle, Handle->getType(), VK_LValue, OK_Ordinary);
+        AST, This, false, Handle, Handle->getType(), VK_LValue, OK_Ordinary);
 
     auto *IndexExpr = DeclRefExpr::Create(
         AST, NestedNameSpecifierLoc(), SourceLocation(), IdxParam, false,
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprCXX.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprCXX.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprCXX.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprCXX.cpp
@@ -1390,7 +1390,14 @@
 
 Expr *Sema::BuildCXXThisExpr(SourceLocation Loc, QualType Type,
                              bool IsImplicit) {
-  auto *This = new (Context) CXXThisExpr(Loc, Type, IsImplicit);
+  if (getLangOpts().HLSL && Type.getTypePtr()->isPointerType()) {
+    auto *This = CXXThisExpr::Create(
+        Context, Loc, Type.getTypePtr()->getPointeeType(), IsImplicit);
+    This->setValueKind(ExprValueKind::VK_LValue);
+    MarkThisReferenced(This);
+    return This;
+  }
+  auto *This = CXXThisExpr::Create(Context, Loc, Type, IsImplicit);
   MarkThisReferenced(This);
   return This;
 }
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprMember.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprMember.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprMember.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExprMember.cpp
@@ -1903,6 +1903,14 @@
     if (SS.getRange().isValid())
       Loc = SS.getRange().getBegin();
     baseExpr = BuildCXXThisExpr(loc, ThisTy, /*IsImplicit=*/true);
+    if (getLangOpts().HLSL && ThisTy.getTypePtr()->isPointerType()) {
+      ThisTy = ThisTy.getTypePtr()->getPointeeType();
+      return BuildMemberReferenceExpr(baseExpr, ThisTy,
+                                      /*OpLoc*/ SourceLocation(),
+                                      /*IsArrow*/ false, SS, TemplateKWLoc,
+                                      /*FirstQualifierInScope*/ nullptr, R,
+                                      TemplateArgs, S);
+    }
   }
 
   return BuildMemberReferenceExpr(baseExpr, ThisTy,
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/HLSL/RWBuffer-AST.hlsl b/clang/test/AST/HLSL/RWBuffer-AST.hlsl
--- a/clang/test/AST/HLSL/RWBuffer-AST.hlsl
+++ b/clang/test/AST/HLSL/RWBuffer-AST.hlsl
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT: CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>>
 // CHECK-NEXT: ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>>
 // CHECK-NEXT: ArraySubscriptExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'element_type' lvalue
-// CHECK-NEXT: MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'element_type *' lvalue ->h 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
-// CHECK-NEXT: CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'const RWBuffer<element_type> *' implicit this
+// CHECK-NEXT: MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'element_type *' lvalue .h 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT: CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'const RWBuffer<element_type>' lvalue implicit this
 // CHECK-NEXT: DeclRefExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'unsigned int' ParmVar 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} 'Idx' 'unsigned int'
 // CHECK-NEXT: AlwaysInlineAttr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> Implicit always_inline
 
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT: CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>>
 // CHECK-NEXT: ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>>
 // CHECK-NEXT: ArraySubscriptExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'element_type' lvalue
-// CHECK-NEXT: MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'element_type *' lvalue ->h 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
-// CHECK-NEXT: CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'RWBuffer<element_type> *' implicit this
+// CHECK-NEXT: MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'element_type *' lvalue .h 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT: CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'RWBuffer<element_type>' lvalue implicit this
 // CHECK-NEXT: DeclRefExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> 'unsigned int' ParmVar 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} 'Idx' 'unsigned int'
 // CHECK-NEXT: AlwaysInlineAttr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <<invalid sloc>> Implicit always_inline
 
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/HLSL/this-reference-template.hlsl b/clang/test/AST/HLSL/this-reference-template.hlsl
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/AST/HLSL/this-reference-template.hlsl
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple dxil-pc-shadermodel6.0-compute -x hlsl -ast-dump -disable-llvm-passes -o - -hlsl-entry main %s | FileCheck %s
+
+template<typename K, typename V>
+struct Pair {
+  K First;
+  V Second;
+
+  K getFirst() {
+	  return this.First;
+  }
+
+  V getSecond() {
+    return Second;
+  }
+};
+
+[numthreads(1, 1, 1)]
+void main() {
+  Pair<int, float> Vals = {1, 2.0};
+  Vals.First = Vals.getFirst();
+  Vals.Second = Vals.getSecond();
+}
+
+// CHECK:     -CXXMethodDecl 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:8:3, line:10:3> line:8:5 getFirst 'K ()' implicit-inline
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:16, line:10:3>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:9:4, col:16>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CXXDependentScopeMemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:11, col:16> '<dependent type>' lvalue .First
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:11> 'Pair<K, V>' lvalue this
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CXXMethodDecl 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:12:3, line:14:3> line:12:5 getSecond 'V ()' implicit-inline
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:17, line:14:3>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:13:5, col:12>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'V' lvalue .Second 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'Pair<K, V>' lvalue implicit this
+
+//CHECK:      -CXXMethodDecl 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:8:3, line:10:3> line:8:5 used getFirst 'int ()' implicit-inline
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:16, line:10:3>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:9:4, col:16>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-ImplicitCastExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:11, col:16> 'int':'int' <LValueToRValue>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:11, col:16> 'int':'int' lvalue .First 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:11> 'Pair<int, float>' lvalue this
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CXXMethodDecl 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:12:3, line:14:3> line:12:5 used getSecond 'float ()' implicit-inline
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:17, line:14:3>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:13:5, col:12>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-ImplicitCastExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'float':'float' <LValueToRValue>
+// CHECK-NEXT:-MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'float':'float' lvalue .Second 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'Pair<int, float>' lvalue implicit this
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/HLSL/this-reference.hlsl b/clang/test/AST/HLSL/this-reference.hlsl
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/AST/HLSL/this-reference.hlsl
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple dxil-pc-shadermodel6.0-compute -x hlsl -ast-dump -disable-llvm-passes -o - -hlsl-entry main %s | FileCheck %s
+
+class Pair {
+  int First;
+  int Second;
+
+  int getFirst() {
+	  return this.First;
+  }
+
+  int getSecond() {
+    return Second;
+  }
+};
+
+class PairInfo : Pair {
+  int Sum;
+
+  int getSum() {
+    return this.First + Second;
+  }
+};
+
+[numthreads(1, 1, 1)]
+void main() {
+  Pair Vals = {1, 2};
+  Vals.First = Vals.getFirst();
+  Vals.Second = Vals.getSecond();
+
+  PairInfo ValsInfo;
+  ValsInfo.First = Vals.First;
+  ValsInfo.Second = Vals.Second;
+  ValsInfo.Sum = ValsInfo.getSum();
+
+}
+
+// CHECK:     -CXXMethodDecl 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:7:3, line:9:3> line:7:7 used getFirst 'int ()' implicit-inline
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:18, line:9:3>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:8:4, col:16>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-ImplicitCastExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:11, col:16> 'int' <LValueToRValue>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:11, col:16> 'int' lvalue .First 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:11> 'Pair' lvalue this
+// CHECK-NEXT:-CXXMethodDecl 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:11:3, line:13:3> line:11:7 used getSecond 'int ()' implicit-inline
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:19, line:13:3>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:12:5, col:12>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-ImplicitCastExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'int' <LValueToRValue>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'int' lvalue .Second 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'Pair' lvalue implicit this
+
+
+// CHECK:     CXXMethodDecl 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:19:3, line:21:3> line:19:7 used getSum 'int ()' implicit-inline
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-CompoundStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:16, line:21:3>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-ReturnStmt 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <line:20:5, col:25>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-BinaryOperator 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12, col:25> 'int' '+'
+// CHECK-NEXT:-ImplicitCastExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12, col:17> 'int' <LValueToRValue>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12, col:17> 'int' lvalue .First 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-ImplicitCastExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'Pair' lvalue <UncheckedDerivedToBase (Pair)>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:12> 'PairInfo' lvalue this
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-ImplicitCastExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:25> 'int' <LValueToRValue>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-MemberExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:25> 'int' lvalue .Second 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}}
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-ImplicitCastExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:25> 'Pair' lvalue <UncheckedDerivedToBase (Pair)>
+// CHECK-NEXT:`-CXXThisExpr 0x{{[0-9A-Fa-f]+}} <col:25> 'PairInfo' lvalue implicit this