Index: include/llvm/IR/Instructions.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/IR/Instructions.h
+++ include/llvm/IR/Instructions.h
@@ -845,6 +845,13 @@
     return cast<SequentialType>(Instruction::getType());
   }
 
+  Type *getSourceElementType() const {
+    SequentialType *Ty = cast<SequentialType>(getPointerOperandType());
+    if (VectorType *VTy = dyn_cast<VectorType>(Ty))
+      Ty = cast<SequentialType>(VTy->getElementType());
+    return Ty->getElementType();
+  }
+
   /// \brief Returns the address space of this instruction's pointer type.
   unsigned getAddressSpace() const {
     // Note that this is always the same as the pointer operand's address space
Index: lib/AsmParser/LLParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/AsmParser/LLParser.cpp
+++ lib/AsmParser/LLParser.cpp
@@ -5364,8 +5364,18 @@
 
   bool InBounds = EatIfPresent(lltok::kw_inbounds);
 
+  Type *Ty = nullptr;
+  if (ParseType(Ty)) return true;
+  ParseToken(lltok::comma, "expected comma after getelementptr's type");
+
   if (ParseTypeAndValue(Ptr, Loc, PFS)) return true;
 
+
+  Type *PtrTy = Ptr->getType();
+  if (VectorType *VT = dyn_cast<VectorType>(PtrTy))
+    PtrTy = VT->getElementType();
+  assert(Ty == cast<SequentialType>(PtrTy)->getElementType());
+
   Type *BaseType = Ptr->getType();
   PointerType *BasePointerType = dyn_cast<PointerType>(BaseType->getScalarType());
   if (!BasePointerType)
Index: lib/IR/AsmWriter.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/IR/AsmWriter.cpp
+++ lib/IR/AsmWriter.cpp
@@ -2880,6 +2880,11 @@
     Out << ", ";
     TypePrinter.print(I.getType(), Out);
   } else if (Operand) {   // Print the normal way.
+    if (const GetElementPtrInst *GEP = dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(&I)) {
+      Out << ' ';
+      TypePrinter.print(GEP->getSourceElementType(), Out);
+      Out << ',';
+    }
 
     // PrintAllTypes - Instructions who have operands of all the same type
     // omit the type from all but the first operand.  If the instruction has
Index: unittests/IR/ConstantsTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- unittests/IR/ConstantsTest.cpp
+++ unittests/IR/ConstantsTest.cpp
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@
   // FIXME: getGetElementPtr() actually creates an inbounds ConstantGEP,
   //        not a normal one!
   //CHECK(ConstantExpr::getGetElementPtr(Global, V, false),
-  //      "getelementptr i32** @dummy, i32 1");
+  //      "getelementptr i32*, i32** @dummy, i32 1");
   CHECK(ConstantExpr::getInBoundsGetElementPtr(Global, V),
-        "getelementptr inbounds i32** @dummy, i32 1");
+        "getelementptr inbounds i32*, i32** @dummy, i32 1");
 
   CHECK(ConstantExpr::getExtractElement(P6, One), "extractelement <2 x i16> "
         P6STR ", i32 1");