Index: docs/ClangPlugins.rst
===================================================================
--- docs/ClangPlugins.rst
+++ docs/ClangPlugins.rst
@@ -37,11 +37,14 @@
 ====================
 
 A plugin is loaded from a dynamic library at runtime by the compiler. To
-register a plugin in a library, use ``FrontendPluginRegistry::Add<>``:
+register a plugin in a library, use ``FrontendPluginRegistry::Add<>``.
+On Windows, you also need to export your plugin registry using
+``LLVM_EXPORT_REGISTRY``.  Here is an example:
 
 .. code-block:: c++
 
   static FrontendPluginRegistry::Add<MyPlugin> X("my-plugin-name", "my plugin description");
+  LLVM_EXPORT_REGISTRY(FrontendPluginRegistry)
 
 Defining pragmas
 ================
Index: examples/AnnotateFunctions/AnnotateFunctions.cpp
===================================================================
--- examples/AnnotateFunctions/AnnotateFunctions.cpp
+++ examples/AnnotateFunctions/AnnotateFunctions.cpp
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@
 
 static PragmaHandlerRegistry::Add<PragmaAnnotateHandler>
 Y("enable_annotate","enable annotation");
+
+LLVM_EXPORT_REGISTRY(FrontendPluginRegistry)
+LLVM_EXPORT_REGISTRY(PragmaHandlerRegistry)
Index: examples/PrintFunctionNames/PrintFunctionNames.cpp
===================================================================
--- examples/PrintFunctionNames/PrintFunctionNames.cpp
+++ examples/PrintFunctionNames/PrintFunctionNames.cpp
@@ -121,3 +121,4 @@
 
 static FrontendPluginRegistry::Add<PrintFunctionNamesAction>
 X("print-fns", "print function names");
+LLVM_EXPORT_REGISTRY(FrontendPluginRegistry)
Index: lib/FrontendTool/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/FrontendTool/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ lib/FrontendTool/ExecuteCompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "clang/Frontend/FrontendDiagnostic.h"
 #include "clang/Frontend/FrontendPluginRegistry.h"
 #include "clang/Frontend/Utils.h"
+#include "clang/Lex/Preprocessor.h"
 #include "clang/Rewrite/Frontend/FrontendActions.h"
 #include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/FrontendActions.h"
 #include "llvm/Option/OptTable.h"
@@ -191,9 +192,16 @@
          e = Clang->getFrontendOpts().Plugins.size(); i != e; ++i) {
     const std::string &Path = Clang->getFrontendOpts().Plugins[i];
     std::string Error;
-    if (llvm::sys::DynamicLibrary::LoadLibraryPermanently(Path.c_str(), &Error))
+    llvm::sys::DynamicLibrary DL(
+        llvm::sys::DynamicLibrary::getPermanentLibrary(Path.c_str(), &Error));
+    if (DL.isValid()) {
+      // On Windows, we need to import the plugin registries dynamically.
+      LLVM_IMPORT_REGISTRY(FrontendPluginRegistry, DL);
+      LLVM_IMPORT_REGISTRY(PragmaHandlerRegistry, DL);
+    } else {
       Clang->getDiagnostics().Report(diag::err_fe_unable_to_load_plugin)
         << Path << Error;
+    }
   }
 
   // Check if any of the loaded plugins replaces the main AST action