diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.h
index 49c5601dc0e5..aa784add7409 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.h
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ public:
         return (UpdateValueIfNeeded(), m_provides_value == eLazyBoolYes);
     }
     
+    virtual bool
+    SetValueFromCString (const char *value_str, Error& error);
+    
 protected:
     virtual bool
     UpdateValue ();
diff --git a/lldb/source/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.cpp b/lldb/source/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.cpp
index dafe73a5e57e..e266267981b8 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Core/ValueObjectSyntheticFilter.cpp
@@ -298,3 +298,9 @@ ValueObjectSynthetic::CanProvideValue ()
         return true;
     return m_parent->CanProvideValue();
 }
+
+bool
+ValueObjectSynthetic::SetValueFromCString (const char *value_str, Error& error)
+{
+    return m_parent->SetValueFromCString(value_str, error);
+}
diff --git a/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/Makefile b/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62a57f6cd9be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+LEVEL = ../../../make
+OBJC_SOURCES := main.m
+include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.rules
+LDFLAGS += -framework Foundation
diff --git a/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/TestSetValueFromCString.py b/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/TestSetValueFromCString.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a70d2ca74147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/TestSetValueFromCString.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import lldbinline
+
+lldbinline.MakeInlineTest(__file__, globals())
diff --git a/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/main.m b/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/main.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3dd455081007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/functionalities/data-formatter/setvaluefromcstring/main.m
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//===-- main.m ---------------------------------------------------*- ObjC -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+int main() {
+    NSDictionary* dic = @{@1 : @2};
+    NSLog(@"hello world"); //% dic = self.frame().FindVariable("dic")
+    //% dic.SetPreferSyntheticValue(True)
+    //% dic.SetPreferDynamicValue(lldb.eDynamicCanRunTarget)
+    //% dic.SetValueFromCString("12")
+    return 0; //% dic = self.frame().FindVariable("dic")
+    //% self.assertTrue(dic.GetValueAsUnsigned() == 0xC, "failed to read what I wrote")
+}