diff --git a/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp b/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
index 38ff49cc8c51..5b7a067b4c38 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
@@ -264,22 +264,9 @@ bool LTOCodeGenerator::determineTarget(std::string& errMsg)
             return true;
 
         // construct LTModule, hand over ownership of module and target
-        //
-        // FIXME: This is an inelegant way of specifying the features of a
-        // subtarget. It would be better if we could encode this information
-        // into the IR. See <rdar://5972456>.
-        SubtargetFeatures Features;
-        std::string FeatureStr;
-        std::string TargetTriple = _linker.getModule()->getTargetTriple();
-
-        if (strncmp(TargetTriple.c_str(), "powerpc-apple-", 14) == 0) {
-          Features.AddFeature("altivec", true);
-        } else if (strncmp(TargetTriple.c_str(), "powerpc64-apple-", 16) == 0) {
-          Features.AddFeature("64bit", true);
-          Features.AddFeature("altivec", true);
-        }
-
-        _target = march->CtorFn(*mergedModule, Features.getString());
+        std::string FeatureStr =
+          getFeatureString(_linker.getModule()->getTargetTriple().c_str());
+        _target = march->CtorFn(*mergedModule, FeatureStr.c_str());
     }
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOModule.cpp b/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOModule.cpp
index 45c5e2bc1f92..333e9ba103c3 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOModule.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOModule.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,25 @@ LTOModule* LTOModule::makeLTOModule(const void* mem, size_t length,
     return makeLTOModule(buffer.get(), errMsg);
 }
 
+/// getFeatureString - Return a string listing the features associated with the
+/// target triple.
+///
+/// FIXME: This is an inelegant way of specifying the features of a
+/// subtarget. It would be better if we could encode this information into the
+/// IR. See <rdar://5972456>.
+std::string getFeatureString(const char *TargetTriple) {
+  SubtargetFeatures Features;
+
+  if (strncmp(TargetTriple, "powerpc-apple-", 14) == 0) {
+    Features.AddFeature("altivec", true);
+  } else if (strncmp(TargetTriple, "powerpc64-apple-", 16) == 0) {
+    Features.AddFeature("64bit", true);
+    Features.AddFeature("altivec", true);
+  }
+
+  return Features.getString();
+}
+
 LTOModule* LTOModule::makeLTOModule(MemoryBuffer* buffer, std::string& errMsg)
 {
     // parse bitcode buffer
@@ -130,22 +149,8 @@ LTOModule* LTOModule::makeLTOModule(MemoryBuffer* buffer, std::string& errMsg)
         return NULL;
 
     // construct LTModule, hand over ownership of module and target
-    //
-    // FIXME: This is an inelegant way of specifying the features of a
-    // subtarget. It would be better if we could encode this information into
-    // the IR. See <rdar://5972456>.
-    SubtargetFeatures Features;
-    std::string FeatureStr;
-    const char *TargetTriple = m->getTargetTriple().c_str();
-
-    if (strncmp(TargetTriple, "powerpc-apple-", 14) == 0) {
-      Features.AddFeature("altivec", true);
-    } else if (strncmp(TargetTriple, "powerpc64-apple-", 16) == 0) {
-      Features.AddFeature("64bit", true);
-      Features.AddFeature("altivec", true);
-    }
-
-    TargetMachine* target = march->CtorFn(*m, Features.getString());
+    std::string FeatureStr = getFeatureString(m->getTargetTriple().c_str());
+    TargetMachine* target = march->CtorFn(*m, FeatureStr);
     return new LTOModule(m.take(), target);
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOModule.h b/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOModule.h
index fa15850c6292..40f92f981652 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOModule.h
+++ b/llvm/tools/lto2/LTOModule.h
@@ -99,5 +99,7 @@ private:
     StringSet                               _undefines; 
 };
 
+extern std::string getFeatureString(const char *TargetTriple);
+
 #endif // LTO_MODULE_H