diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -1855,6 +1855,12 @@
   if (Kind.isData())
     return DataSection;
 
+  // Zero initialized data must be emitted to the .data section because external
+  // linkage control sections that get mapped to the .bss section will be linked
+  // as tentative defintions, which is only appropriate for SectionKind::Common.
+  if (Kind.isBSS())
+    return DataSection;
+
   report_fatal_error("XCOFF other section types not yet implemented.");
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@
     report_fatal_error("COMDAT not yet supported by AIX.");
 
   SectionKind GVKind = getObjFileLowering().getKindForGlobal(GV, TM);
-  if (!GVKind.isCommon() && !GVKind.isBSSLocal() && !GVKind.isData())
+  if (!GVKind.isCommon() && !GVKind.isBSS() && !GVKind.isData())
     report_fatal_error("Encountered a global variable kind that is "
                        "not supported yet.");
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-xcoff-data.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-xcoff-data.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-xcoff-data.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-xcoff-data.ll
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 @over_aligned = local_unnamed_addr global double 9.000000e+02, align 32
 @chrarray = local_unnamed_addr global [4 x i8] c"abcd", align 1
 @dblarr = local_unnamed_addr global [4 x double] [double 1.000000e+00, double 2.000000e+00, double 3.000000e+00, double 4.000000e+00], align 8
+@d_0 = global double 0.000000e+00, align 8
+@s_0 = global i16 0, align 2
+@f_0 = global float 0.000000e+00, align 4
 
 @a = common global i32 0, align 4
 @b = common global i64 0, align 8
@@ -68,6 +71,21 @@
 ; CHECK-NEXT: .llong  4613937818241073152
 ; CHECK-NEXT: .llong  4616189618054758400
 
+; CHECK:      .globl  d_0
+; CHECK-NEXT: .align 3
+; CHECK-NEXT: d_0:
+; CHECK-NEXT: .llong 0
+
+; CHECK:      .globl  s_0
+; CHECK-NEXT: .align  1
+; CHECK-NEXT: s_0:
+; CHECK-NEXT: .short 0
+
+; CHECK:      .globl f_0
+; CHECK-NEXT: .align 2
+; CHECK-NEXT: f_0:
+; CHECK-NEXT: .long 0
+
 ; CHECK:      .comm   a,4,2
 ; CHECK-NEXT: .comm   b,8,3
 ; CHECK-NEXT: .comm   c,2,1
@@ -97,7 +115,7 @@
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     Name: .data
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     PhysicalAddress: 0x0
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     VirtualAddress: 0x0
-; OBJ-NEXT:     Size: 0x50
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Size: 0x60
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     RawDataOffset: 0x8C
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     RelocationPointer: 0x0
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     LineNumberPointer: 0x0
@@ -109,8 +127,8 @@
 ; OBJ:        Section {
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     Index: 3
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     Name: .bss
-; OBJ-NEXT:     PhysicalAddress: 0x50
-; OBJ-NEXT:     VirtualAddress: 0x50
+; OBJ-NEXT:     PhysicalAddress: 0x60
+; OBJ-NEXT:     VirtualAddress: 0x60
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     Size: 0x14
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     RawDataOffset: 0x0
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     RelocationPointer: 0x0
@@ -153,7 +171,7 @@
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     NumberOfAuxEntries: 1
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     CSECT Auxiliary Entry {
 ; OBJ-NEXT:       Index: [[#INDX+3]]
-; OBJ-NEXT:       SectionLen: 80
+; OBJ-NEXT:       SectionLen: 96
 ; OBJ-NEXT:       ParameterHashIndex: 0x0
 ; OBJ-NEXT:       TypeChkSectNum: 0x0
 ; OBJ-NEXT:       SymbolAlignmentLog2: 5
@@ -331,4 +349,68 @@
 ; OBJ-NEXT:       StabSectNum: 0x0
 ; OBJ-NEXT:     }
 ; OBJ-NEXT:   }
+
+; OBJ:        Symbol {
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Index: [[#INDX+20]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Name: d_0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Value (RelocatableAddress): 0x50
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Section: .data
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Type: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     StorageClass: C_EXT (0x2)
+; OBJ-NEXT:     NumberOfAuxEntries: 1
+; OBJ-NEXT:     CSECT Auxiliary Entry {
+; OBJ-NEXT:       Index: [[#INDX+21]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:       ContainingCsectSymbolIndex: [[#INDX+2]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:       ParameterHashIndex: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       TypeChkSectNum: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       SymbolAlignmentLog2: 0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       SymbolType: XTY_LD (0x2)
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StorageMappingClass: XMC_RW (0x5)
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StabInfoIndex: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StabSectNum: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     }
+; OBJ-NEXT:   }
+
+; OBJ:        Symbol {
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Index: [[#INDX+22]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Name: s_0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Value (RelocatableAddress): 0x58
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Section: .data
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Type: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     StorageClass: C_EXT (0x2)
+; OBJ-NEXT:     NumberOfAuxEntries: 1
+; OBJ-NEXT:     CSECT Auxiliary Entry {
+; OBJ-NEXT:       Index: [[#INDX+23]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:       ContainingCsectSymbolIndex: [[#INDX+2]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:       ParameterHashIndex: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       TypeChkSectNum: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       SymbolAlignmentLog2: 0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       SymbolType: XTY_LD (0x2)
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StorageMappingClass: XMC_RW (0x5)
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StabInfoIndex: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StabSectNum: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     }
+; OBJ-NEXT:   }
+
+; OBJ:        Symbol {
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Index: [[#INDX+24]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Name: f_0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Value (RelocatableAddress): 0x5C
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Section: .data
+; OBJ-NEXT:     Type: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     StorageClass: C_EXT (0x2)
+; OBJ-NEXT:     NumberOfAuxEntries: 1
+; OBJ-NEXT:     CSECT Auxiliary Entry {
+; OBJ-NEXT:       Index: [[#INDX+25]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:       ContainingCsectSymbolIndex: [[#INDX+2]]
+; OBJ-NEXT:       ParameterHashIndex: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       TypeChkSectNum: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       SymbolAlignmentLog2: 0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       SymbolType: XTY_LD (0x2)
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StorageMappingClass: XMC_RW (0x5)
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StabInfoIndex: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:       StabSectNum: 0x0
+; OBJ-NEXT:     }
+; OBJ-NEXT:   }
+
 ; OBJ:      ]