diff --git a/llvm-gcc-4.2/gcc/config/darwin.h b/llvm-gcc-4.2/gcc/config/darwin.h
index 6e55319..7c67b74 100644
--- a/llvm-gcc-4.2/gcc/config/darwin.h
+++ b/llvm-gcc-4.2/gcc/config/darwin.h
@@ -679,6 +679,8 @@
   } while (0)
 /* LLVM LOCAL - end radar 6389998 */
 
+/* Assign STRING_CSTs to the .cstring section.  */
+#define LLVM_DARWIN_CSTRING_SECTION "__TEXT,__cstring,cstring_literals"
 #endif
 /* LLVM LOCAL end */
 
diff --git a/llvm-gcc-4.2/gcc/llvm-convert.cpp b/llvm-gcc-4.2/gcc/llvm-convert.cpp
index 2dc0c59..8110a78 100644
--- a/llvm-gcc-4.2/gcc/llvm-convert.cpp
+++ b/llvm-gcc-4.2/gcc/llvm-convert.cpp
@@ -7346,6 +7346,11 @@
                                             TAI->getStringConstantPrefix() : 
                                             ".str", TheModule);
   if (SlotP) *SlotP = GV;
+#ifdef LLVM_DARWIN_CSTRING_SECTION
+  // For Darwin, try to put it into the .cstring section.
+  if (TAI && TAI->SectionKindForGlobal(GV) == SectionKind::RODataMergeStr)
+    GV->setSection(LLVM_DARWIN_CSTRING_SECTION);
+#endif
   return GV;
 }