Index: lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
+++ lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
@@ -11925,6 +11925,9 @@
       return true;
   }
 
+  if (Subtarget.hasVSX())
+    return true;
+
   return TargetLowering::shouldExpandBuildVectorWithShuffles(VT, DefinedValues);
 }
 
Index: test/CodeGen/PowerPC/pr27078.ll
===================================================================
--- test/CodeGen/PowerPC/pr27078.ll
+++ test/CodeGen/PowerPC/pr27078.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=powerpc64-linux-gnu -mcpu=pwr8 -mattr=+vsx < %s | FileCheck %s
+
+define <4 x float> @bar(float* %p, float* %q) {
+  %1 = bitcast float* %p to <12 x float>*
+  %2 = bitcast float* %q to <12 x float>*
+  %3 = load <12 x float>, <12 x float>* %1, align 16
+  %4 = load <12 x float>, <12 x float>* %2, align 16
+  %5 = fsub <12 x float> %4, %3
+  %6 = shufflevector <12 x float> %5, <12 x float> undef, <4 x i32> <i32 0, i32 3, i32 6, i32 9>
+  ret <4 x float>  %6
+
+; CHECK: vspltw
+; CHECK: vmrghw
+; CHECK: vsldoi
+}