diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Object.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Object.h
index 3e6e1e3ffce0..6acad85c55a1 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Object.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Object.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ void LLVMDisposeSectionIterator(LLVMSectionIteratorRef SI);
 LLVMBool LLVMIsSectionIteratorAtEnd(LLVMObjectFileRef ObjectFile,
                                 LLVMSectionIteratorRef SI);
 void LLVMMoveToNextSection(LLVMSectionIteratorRef SI);
+void LLVMMoveToContainingSection(LLVMSectionIteratorRef Sect,
+                                 LLVMSymbolIteratorRef Sym);
 
 // ObjectFile Symbol iterators
 LLVMSymbolIteratorRef LLVMGetSymbols(LLVMObjectFileRef ObjectFile);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/Object.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/Object.cpp
index 2ce98d7f9ca9..638105b56b37 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/Object.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/Object.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ void LLVMMoveToNextSection(LLVMSectionIteratorRef SI) {
   if (ec) report_fatal_error("LLVMMoveToNextSection failed: " + ec.message());
 }
 
+void LLVMMoveToContainingSection(LLVMSectionIteratorRef Sect,
+                                 LLVMSymbolIteratorRef Sym) {
+  if (error_code ec = (*unwrap(Sym))->getSection(*unwrap(Sect)))
+    report_fatal_error(ec.message());
+}
+
 // ObjectFile Symbol iterators
 LLVMSymbolIteratorRef LLVMGetSymbols(LLVMObjectFileRef ObjectFile) {
   symbol_iterator SI = unwrap(ObjectFile)->begin_symbols();