Index: lib/Target/Sparc/AsmParser/SparcAsmParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/Sparc/AsmParser/SparcAsmParser.cpp
+++ lib/Target/Sparc/AsmParser/SparcAsmParser.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
   bool parseDirectiveWord(unsigned Size, SMLoc L);
 
   bool is64Bit() const { return STI.getTargetTriple().startswith("sparcv9"); }
+
+  void ExpandSET(MCInst &Inst, SMLoc IDLoc,
+                 SmallVectorImpl<MCInst> &Instructions,
+                 MCContext &OutContext);
+
 public:
   SparcAsmParser(MCSubtargetInfo &sti, MCAsmParser &parser,
                 const MCInstrInfo &MII,
@@ -421,6 +426,48 @@
 
 } // end namespace
 
+void SparcAsmParser::ExpandSET(MCInst &Inst, SMLoc IDLoc,
+                               SmallVectorImpl<MCInst> &Instructions,
+                               MCContext &OutContext) {
+  MCOperand MCRegOp = Inst.getOperand(0);
+  MCOperand MCValOp = Inst.getOperand(1);
+  assert(MCRegOp.isReg());
+  assert(MCValOp.isImm() || MCValOp.isExpr());
+
+  // the imm operand can be either an expression or an immediate.
+  bool IsImm = Inst.getOperand(1).isImm();
+  uint64_t ImmValue = IsImm ? Inst.getOperand(1).getImm() : 0;
+  const MCExpr *ValExpr;
+  if (IsImm)
+    ValExpr = MCConstantExpr::Create(ImmValue, OutContext);
+  else
+    ValExpr = MCValOp.getExpr();
+
+  MCOperand PrevReg = MCOperand::CreateReg(Sparc::G0);
+
+  if (!IsImm || (ImmValue & ~0x1fff)) {
+    MCInst TmpInst;
+    const MCExpr *Expr = SparcMCExpr::Create(SparcMCExpr::VK_Sparc_HI, ValExpr, OutContext);
+    TmpInst.setLoc(IDLoc);
+    TmpInst.setOpcode(SP::SETHIi);
+    TmpInst.addOperand(MCRegOp);
+    TmpInst.addOperand(MCOperand::CreateExpr(Expr));
+    Instructions.push_back(TmpInst);
+    PrevReg = MCRegOp;
+  }
+
+  if (!IsImm || ((ImmValue & 0x1fff) != 0 || ImmValue == 0)) {
+    MCInst TmpInst;
+    const MCExpr *Expr = SparcMCExpr::Create(SparcMCExpr::VK_Sparc_LO, ValExpr, OutContext);
+    TmpInst.setLoc(IDLoc);
+    TmpInst.setOpcode(SP::ORri);
+    TmpInst.addOperand(MCRegOp);
+    TmpInst.addOperand(PrevReg);
+    TmpInst.addOperand(MCOperand::CreateExpr(Expr));
+    Instructions.push_back(TmpInst);
+  }
+}
+
 bool SparcAsmParser::MatchAndEmitInstruction(SMLoc IDLoc, unsigned &Opcode,
                                              OperandVector &Operands,
                                              MCStreamer &Out,
@@ -432,8 +479,19 @@
                                               MatchingInlineAsm);
   switch (MatchResult) {
   case Match_Success: {
-    Inst.setLoc(IDLoc);
-    Out.EmitInstruction(Inst, STI);
+    switch (Inst.getOpcode()) {
+    default:
+      Inst.setLoc(IDLoc);
+      Instructions.push_back(Inst);
+      break;
+    case SP::SET:
+      ExpandSET(Inst, IDLoc, Instructions, Out.getContext());
+      break;
+    }
+
+    for (const MCInst &I : Instructions) {
+      Out.EmitInstruction(I, STI);
+    }
     return false;
   }
 
Index: lib/Target/Sparc/SparcInstrAliases.td
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/Sparc/SparcInstrAliases.td
+++ lib/Target/Sparc/SparcInstrAliases.td
@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@
 // mov simm13, rd -> or %g0, simm13, rd
 def : InstAlias<"mov $simm13, $rd", (ORri IntRegs:$rd, G0, i32imm:$simm13)>;
 
+// set value, rd
+// (turns into a sequence of sethi+or, depending on the value)
+// def : InstAlias<"set $val, $rd", (ORri IntRegs:$rd, (SETHIi (HI22 imm:$val)), (LO10 imm:$val))>;
+def SET : AsmPseudoInst<(outs IntRegs:$rd), (ins i32imm:$val), "set $val, $rd">;
+
 // restore -> restore %g0, %g0, %g0
 def : InstAlias<"restore", (RESTORErr G0, G0, G0)>;
 
@@ -327,3 +332,4 @@
 def : InstAlias<"fcmpeq $rs1, $rs2", (V9FCMPEQ FCC0, QFPRegs:$rs1,
                                                      QFPRegs:$rs2)>,
                 Requires<[HasHardQuad]>;
+
Index: lib/Target/Sparc/SparcInstrFormats.td
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/Sparc/SparcInstrFormats.td
+++ lib/Target/Sparc/SparcInstrFormats.td
@@ -331,3 +331,11 @@
    let Inst{10-8} = 0;
    let Inst{7-0}  = imm;
 }
+
+// Pseudo-instructions for alternate assembly syntax (never used by codegen).
+// These are aliases that require C++ handling to convert to the target
+// instruction, while InstAliases can be handled directly by tblgen.
+class AsmPseudoInst<dag outs, dag ins, string asm>
+  : InstSP<outs, ins, asm, []> {
+  let isPseudo = 1;
+}
Index: test/MC/Sparc/sparc-synthetic-instructions.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/MC/Sparc/sparc-synthetic-instructions.s
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+! RUN: llvm-mc %s -arch=sparc   -show-encoding | FileCheck %s
+! RUN: llvm-mc %s -arch=sparcv9 -show-encoding | FileCheck %s
+
+! Section A.3 Synthetic Instructions
+        ! CHECK: sethi %hi(40000), %g1            ! encoding: [0x03,0b00AAAAAA,A,A]
+        ! CHECK:                                  !   fixup A - offset: 0, value: %hi(40000), kind: fixup_sparc_hi22
+        ! CHECK: or %g1, %lo(40000), %g1          ! encoding: [0x82,0x10,0b011000AA,A]
+        ! CHECK:                                  !   fixup A - offset: 0, value: %lo(40000), kind: fixup_sparc_lo10
+        set 40000, %g1
+        ! CHECK: mov      %lo(1), %g1             ! encoding: [0x82,0x10,0b001000AA,A]
+        ! CHECK:                                  !   fixup A - offset: 0, value: %lo(1), kind: fixup_sparc_lo10
+        set 1, %g1
+
+        ! CHECK: sethi %hi(32768), %g1            ! encoding: [0x03,0b00AAAAAA,A,A]
+        ! CHECK:                                  !   fixup A - offset: 0, value: %hi(32768), kind: fixup_sparc_hi22
+        set 32768, %g1
+