Index: lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -11367,6 +11367,16 @@
         !isTemplateInstantiation(VDecl->getTemplateSpecializationKind()))
       Diag(VDecl->getLocation(), diag::warn_extern_init);
 
+    // In Microsoft C++ mode, a const variable defined in namespace scope has
+    // external linkage by default if the variable is declared with
+    // __declspec(dllexport).
+    if (Context.getTargetInfo().getCXXABI().isMicrosoft() &&
+        getLangOpts().CPlusPlus &&
+        VDecl->getType().isLocalConstQualified() &&
+        VDecl->hasAttr<DLLExportAttr>() &&
+        VDecl->getDefinition())
+      VDecl->setStorageClass(SC_Extern);
+
     // C99 6.7.8p4. All file scoped initializers need to be constant.
     if (!getLangOpts().CPlusPlus && !VDecl->isInvalidDecl())
       CheckForConstantInitializer(Init, DclT);
Index: test/Sema/dllexport-1.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Sema/dllexport-1.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple i686-win32 -fsyntax-only -fms-extensions -verify %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple x86_64-win32   -fsyntax-only -fms-extensions -verify -std=c++11 %s
+
+// CHECK: @"?x@@3HB" = dso_local dllexport constant i32 3, align 4
+
+// Export const variable initialization.
+
+// expected-no-diagnostics
+__declspec(dllexport) int const x = 3;
Index: test/Sema/dllexport-2.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Sema/dllexport-2.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple i686-win32 -fsyntax-only -fms-extensions -verify %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple x86_64-win32   -fsyntax-only -fms-extensions -verify -std=c++11 %s
+
+// Export const variable.
+
+__declspec(dllexport) int const j; // expected-error {{default initialization of an object of const type 'const int'}} // expected-error {{'j' must have external linkage when declared 'dllexport'}}