Index: llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -1539,16 +1539,15 @@
       macro(SelectInst)                     \
       macro(ShuffleVectorInst)              \
       macro(StoreInst)                      \
-      macro(TerminatorInst)                 \
-        macro(BranchInst)                   \
-        macro(IndirectBrInst)               \
-        macro(InvokeInst)                   \
-        macro(ReturnInst)                   \
-        macro(SwitchInst)                   \
-        macro(UnreachableInst)              \
-        macro(ResumeInst)                   \
-        macro(CleanupReturnInst)            \
-        macro(CatchReturnInst)              \
+      macro(BranchInst)                     \
+      macro(IndirectBrInst)                 \
+      macro(InvokeInst)                     \
+      macro(ReturnInst)                     \
+      macro(SwitchInst)                     \
+      macro(UnreachableInst)                \
+      macro(ResumeInst)                     \
+      macro(CleanupReturnInst)              \
+      macro(CatchReturnInst)                \
       macro(FuncletPadInst)                 \
         macro(CatchPadInst)                 \
         macro(CleanupPadInst)               \
@@ -2679,7 +2678,7 @@
  * If the basic block does not have a terminator (it is not well-formed
  * if it doesn't), then NULL is returned.
  *
- * The returned LLVMValueRef corresponds to a llvm::TerminatorInst.
+ * The returned LLVMValueRef corresponds to an llvm::Instruction.
  *
  * @see llvm::BasicBlock::getTerminator()
  */
@@ -2951,6 +2950,15 @@
  */
 LLVMValueRef LLVMInstructionClone(LLVMValueRef Inst);
 
+/**
+ * Determine whether an instruction is a terminator. This routine is named to
+ * be compatible with historical functions that did this by querying the
+ * underlying C++ type.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::Instruction::isTerminator()
+ */
+LLVMValueRef LLVMIsATerminatorInst(LLVMValueRef Inst);
+
 /**
  * @defgroup LLVMCCoreValueInstructionCall Call Sites and Invocations
  *
@@ -3091,8 +3099,8 @@
 /**
  * @defgroup LLVMCCoreValueInstructionTerminator Terminators
  *
- * Functions in this group only apply to instructions that map to
- * llvm::TerminatorInst instances.
+ * Functions in this group only apply to instructions for which LLVMIsTerminator
+ * returns true.
  *
  * @{
  */
@@ -3100,21 +3108,21 @@
 /**
  * Return the number of successors that this terminator has.
  *
- * @see llvm::TerminatorInst::getNumSuccessors
+ * @see llvm::Instruction::getNumSuccessors
  */
 unsigned LLVMGetNumSuccessors(LLVMValueRef Term);
 
 /**
  * Return the specified successor.
  *
- * @see llvm::TerminatorInst::getSuccessor
+ * @see llvm::Instruction::getSuccessor
  */
 LLVMBasicBlockRef LLVMGetSuccessor(LLVMValueRef Term, unsigned i);
 
 /**
  * Update the specified successor to point at the provided block.
  *
- * @see llvm::TerminatorInst::setSuccessor
+ * @see llvm::Instruction::setSuccessor
  */
 void LLVMSetSuccessor(LLVMValueRef Term, unsigned i, LLVMBasicBlockRef block);
 
Index: llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -2595,6 +2595,11 @@
   return nullptr;
 }
 
+LLVMValueRef LLVMIsATerminatorInst(LLVMValueRef Inst) {
+  Instruction *I = dyn_cast<Instruction>(unwrap(Inst));
+  return (I && I->isTerminator()) ? wrap(I) : nullptr;
+}
+
 unsigned LLVMGetNumArgOperands(LLVMValueRef Instr) {
   if (FuncletPadInst *FPI = dyn_cast<FuncletPadInst>(unwrap(Instr))) {
     return FPI->getNumArgOperands();
@@ -2710,15 +2715,15 @@
 /*--.. Operations on terminators ...........................................--*/
 
 unsigned LLVMGetNumSuccessors(LLVMValueRef Term) {
-  return unwrap<TerminatorInst>(Term)->getNumSuccessors();
+  return unwrap<Instruction>(Term)->getNumSuccessors();
 }
 
 LLVMBasicBlockRef LLVMGetSuccessor(LLVMValueRef Term, unsigned i) {
-  return wrap(unwrap<TerminatorInst>(Term)->getSuccessor(i));
+  return wrap(unwrap<Instruction>(Term)->getSuccessor(i));
 }
 
 void LLVMSetSuccessor(LLVMValueRef Term, unsigned i, LLVMBasicBlockRef block) {
-  return unwrap<TerminatorInst>(Term)->setSuccessor(i,unwrap(block));
+  return unwrap<Instruction>(Term)->setSuccessor(i, unwrap(block));
 }
 
 /*--.. Operations on branch instructions (only) ............................--*/