diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTarget.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTarget.h
index 7985da218ac8..1f6595ba0892 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTarget.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTarget.h
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ public:
     
     SBProcess
     Launch (SBLaunchInfo &launch_info, SBError& error);
+    
+    SBProcess
+    LoadCore (const char *core_file);
 
     SBProcess
     Attach (SBAttachInfo &attach_info, SBError& error);
diff --git a/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBTarget.i b/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBTarget.i
index 8f9ea2ee6396..b60a8dba84f7 100644
--- a/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBTarget.i
+++ b/lldb/scripts/Python/interface/SBTarget.i
@@ -389,6 +389,26 @@ public:
     
     lldb::SBProcess
     Launch (lldb::SBLaunchInfo &launch_info, lldb::SBError& error);
+
+    %feature("docstring", "
+    //------------------------------------------------------------------
+    /// Load a core file
+    ///
+    /// @param[in] core_file
+    ///     File path of the core dump.
+    ///
+    /// @return
+    ///      A process object for the newly created core file.
+    //------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    For example,
+
+        process = target.LoadCore('./a.out.core')
+
+    loads a new core file and returns the process object.
+    ") LoadCore;
+    lldb::SBProcess
+    LoadCore(const char *core_file);
     
     lldb::SBProcess
     Attach (lldb::SBAttachInfo &attach_info, lldb::SBError& error);
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBTarget.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBTarget.cpp
index 8cddd0968b9c..383f7012bca6 100644
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBTarget.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBTarget.cpp
@@ -556,6 +556,26 @@ SBTarget::GetDebugger () const
     return debugger;
 }
 
+SBProcess
+SBTarget::LoadCore (const char *core_file)
+{
+    SBProcess sb_process;
+    TargetSP target_sp(GetSP());
+    if (target_sp)
+    {
+        FileSpec filespec(core_file, true);
+        ProcessSP process_sp (target_sp->CreateProcess(target_sp->GetDebugger().GetListener(),
+                                                       NULL,
+                                                       &filespec));
+        if (process_sp)
+        {
+            process_sp->LoadCore();
+            sb_process.SetSP (process_sp);
+        }
+    }
+    return sb_process;
+}
+
 SBProcess
 SBTarget::LaunchSimple
 (