Index: lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmParser.cpp
+++ lib/Target/Mips/AsmParser/MipsAsmParser.cpp
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@
   bool parseDirectiveSet();
   bool parseDirectiveOption();
   bool parseInsnDirective();
+  bool parseRSectionDirective(StringRef Section);
   bool parseSSectionDirective(StringRef Section, unsigned Type);
 
   bool parseSetAtDirective();
@@ -6925,6 +6926,23 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+/// parseRSectionDirective
+///  ::= .rdata
+bool MipsAsmParser::parseRSectionDirective(StringRef Section) {
+  // If this is not the end of the statement, report an error.
+  if (getLexer().isNot(AsmToken::EndOfStatement)) {
+    reportParseError("unexpected token, expected end of statement");
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  MCSection *ELFSection = getContext().getELFSection(
+      Section, ELF::SHT_PROGBITS, ELF::SHF_ALLOC);
+  getParser().getStreamer().SwitchSection(ELFSection);
+
+  getParser().Lex(); // Eat EndOfStatement token.
+  return false;
+}
+
 /// parseSSectionDirective
 ///  ::= .sbss
 ///  ::= .sdata
@@ -7472,6 +7490,10 @@
     parseInsnDirective();
     return false;
   }
+  if (IDVal == ".rdata") {
+    parseRSectionDirective(".rodata");
+    return false;
+  }
   if (IDVal == ".sbss") {
     parseSSectionDirective(IDVal, ELF::SHT_NOBITS);
     return false;
Index: test/CodeGen/Mips/mips-rdata.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/CodeGen/Mips/mips-rdata.s
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Check that .rdata sections have proper name, flags, and section types.
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=mips-unknown-linux %s -o - \
+# RUN:   | llvm-readobj -s | FileCheck %s
+
+  .rdata
+  .word 0
+
+# CHECK:      Name: .rodata
+# CHECK-NEXT: Type: SHT_PROGBITS
+# CHECK-NEXT: Flags [ (0x2)
+# CHECK-NEXT:   SHF_ALLOC
+# CHECK-NEXT: ]