Index: lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetObjectFile.h
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetObjectFile.h
+++ lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetObjectFile.h
@@ -16,7 +16,26 @@
 
 /// This implementation is used for RISCV ELF targets.
 class RISCVELFTargetObjectFile : public TargetLoweringObjectFileELF {
+  MCSection *SmallDataSection;
+  MCSection *SmallBSSSection;
+
+public:
   void Initialize(MCContext &Ctx, const TargetMachine &TM) override;
+
+  /// Return true if this global address should be placed into small data/bss
+  /// section.
+  bool isGlobalInSmallSection(const GlobalObject *GO,
+                              const TargetMachine &TM) const;
+
+  MCSection *SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalObject *GO, SectionKind Kind,
+                                    const TargetMachine &TM) const override;
+
+  /// Return true if this constant should be placed into small data section.
+  bool isConstantInSmallSection(const DataLayout &DL, const Constant *CN) const;
+
+  MCSection *getSectionForConstant(const DataLayout &DL, SectionKind Kind,
+                                   const Constant *C,
+                                   unsigned &Align) const override;
 };
 
 } // end namespace llvm
Index: lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetObjectFile.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetObjectFile.cpp
+++ lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetObjectFile.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,111 @@
 
 #include "RISCVTargetObjectFile.h"
 #include "RISCVTargetMachine.h"
+#include "llvm/BinaryFormat/ELF.h"
+#include "llvm/MC/MCContext.h"
+#include "llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h"
 
 using namespace llvm;
 
+// riscv-ssection-threshold will be passed by clang if has -G flag.
+static cl::opt<unsigned> SSThreshold(
+    "riscv-ssection-threshold", cl::Hidden,
+    cl::desc("Small data and bss section threshold size (default=0)"),
+    cl::init(0));
+
 void RISCVELFTargetObjectFile::Initialize(MCContext &Ctx,
                                           const TargetMachine &TM) {
   TargetLoweringObjectFileELF::Initialize(Ctx, TM);
   InitializeELF(TM.Options.UseInitArray);
+
+  SmallDataSection = getContext().getELFSection(
+      ".sdata", ELF::SHT_PROGBITS, ELF::SHF_WRITE | ELF::SHF_ALLOC);
+  SmallBSSSection = getContext().getELFSection(".sbss", ELF::SHT_NOBITS,
+                                               ELF::SHF_WRITE | ELF::SHF_ALLOC);
+  // Setting default SSThreshold as integer size
+  // if the code model is not large.
+  if ((SSThreshold == 0) && (TM.getCodeModel() != CodeModel::Large)) {
+    if (TM.getTargetTriple().isArch32Bit())
+      SSThreshold = 4;
+    else if (TM.getTargetTriple().isArch64Bit())
+      SSThreshold = 8;
+  }
+}
+
+// A address must be loaded from a small section if its size is less than the
+// small section size threshold. Data in this section could be addressed by
+// using gp_rel operator.
+static bool isInSmallSection(uint64_t Size) {
+  // gcc has traditionally not treated zero-sized objects as small data, so this
+  // is effectively part of the ABI.
+  return Size > 0 && Size <= SSThreshold;
+}
+
+// Return true if this global address should be placed into small data/bss
+// section.
+bool RISCVELFTargetObjectFile::isGlobalInSmallSection(
+    const GlobalObject *GO, const TargetMachine &TM) const {
+  // Only global variables, not functions.
+  const GlobalVariable *GVA = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(GO);
+  if (!GVA)
+    return false;
+
+  // If the variable has an explicit section, it is placed in that section.
+  if (GVA->hasSection()) {
+    StringRef Section = GVA->getSection();
+
+    // Explicitly placing any variable in the small data section overrides
+    // the global -G value.
+    if (Section == ".sdata" || Section == ".sbss")
+      return true;
+
+    // Otherwise reject putting the variable to small section if it has an
+    // explicit section name.
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (GVA->hasLocalLinkage())
+    return false;
+
+  if (((GVA->hasExternalLinkage() && GVA->isDeclaration()) ||
+       GVA->hasCommonLinkage()))
+    return false;
+
+  Type *Ty = GVA->getValueType();
+  // It is possible that the type of the global is unsized, i.e. a declaration
+  // of a extern struct. In this case don't presume it is in the small data
+  // section. This happens e.g. when building the FreeBSD kernel.
+  if (!Ty->isSized())
+    return false;
+
+  return isInSmallSection(
+      GVA->getParent()->getDataLayout().getTypeAllocSize(Ty));
+}
+
+MCSection *RISCVELFTargetObjectFile::SelectSectionForGlobal(
+    const GlobalObject *GO, SectionKind Kind, const TargetMachine &TM) const {
+  // Handle Small Section classification here.
+  if (Kind.isBSS() && isGlobalInSmallSection(GO, TM))
+    return SmallBSSSection;
+  if (Kind.isData() && isGlobalInSmallSection(GO, TM))
+    return SmallDataSection;
+
+  // Otherwise, we work the same as ELF.
+  return TargetLoweringObjectFileELF::SelectSectionForGlobal(GO, Kind, TM);
+}
+
+/// Return true if this constant should be placed into small data section.
+bool RISCVELFTargetObjectFile::isConstantInSmallSection(
+    const DataLayout &DL, const Constant *CN) const {
+  return isInSmallSection(DL.getTypeAllocSize(CN->getType()));
+}
+
+MCSection *RISCVELFTargetObjectFile::getSectionForConstant(
+    const DataLayout &DL, SectionKind Kind, const Constant *C,
+    unsigned &Align) const {
+  if (isConstantInSmallSection(DL, C))
+    return SmallDataSection;
+
+  // Otherwise, we work the same as ELF.
+  return TargetLoweringObjectFileELF::getSectionForConstant(DL, Kind, C, Align);
 }
Index: test/CodeGen/RISCV/sdata.ll
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/CodeGen/RISCV/sdata.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=riscv32 < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=RV32 %s
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=riscv64 < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=RV64 %s
+
+@var0 = dso_local local_unnamed_addr global i32 0, align 4
+@var1 = dso_local local_unnamed_addr global i32 7, align 4
+
+define i32 @main(i32 signext %arvc) {
+entry:
+  %0 = load i32, i32* @var0, align 4
+  %add = add nsw i32 %0, %arvc
+  store i32 %add, i32* @var1, align 4
+  ret i32 0
+}
+; RV32:    .section        .sbss
+; RV32:    .section        .sdata
+; RV64:    .section        .sbss
+; RV64:    .section        .sdata