diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
index a7086975f056..bfea893a9b2c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -548,6 +548,14 @@ bool DarwinAsmPrinter::doFinalization(Module &M) {
         O << "\t.globl " << name << "\n";
         // FALL THROUGH
       case GlobalValue::InternalLinkage:
+        if (TAI->getCStringSection()) {
+          const ConstantArray *CVA = dyn_cast<ConstantArray>(C);
+          if (CVA && CVA->isCString()) {
+            SwitchToDataSection(TAI->getCStringSection(), I);
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
         SwitchToDataSection("\t.data", I);
         break;
       default:
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
index cecffbabf1cd..f8848f592c55 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCTargetAsmInfo.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ DarwinTargetAsmInfo::DarwinTargetAsmInfo(const PPCTargetMachine &TM) {
   AlignmentIsInBytes = false;
   ConstantPoolSection = "\t.const\t";
   JumpTableDataSection = ".const";
+  CStringSection = "\t.cstring";
   LCOMMDirective = "\t.lcomm\t";
   StaticCtorsSection = ".mod_init_func";
   StaticDtorsSection = ".mod_term_func";