diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 8e06eeeb35e..9e3e0845c1b 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2002-02-25  Aldy Hernandez  <aldyh@redhat.com>
+
+        * config/rs6000/rs6000.md ("get_vrsave_internal"): New.
+        ("*set_vrsave_internal"): use mfspr for Darwin.
+
+        * config/rs6000/rs6000.c (rs6000_emit_prologue): Call
+        gen_get_vrsave_internal.
+
 Sun Feb 24 16:38:56 2002  Richard Kenner  <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
 
 	* optabs.c (widen_operand): Properly handle CONST_INT for NO_EXTEND.
diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
index 70adbf86cb4..c1d89111825 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
@@ -8739,7 +8739,10 @@ rs6000_emit_prologue ()
       /* Get VRSAVE onto a GPR.  */
       reg = gen_rtx_REG (SImode, 12);
       vrsave = gen_rtx_REG (SImode, VRSAVE_REGNO);
-      emit_insn (gen_rtx_SET (VOIDmode, reg, vrsave));
+      if (TARGET_MACHO)
+	emit_insn (gen_get_vrsave_internal (reg));
+      else
+	emit_insn (gen_rtx_SET (VOIDmode, reg, vrsave));
 
       /* Save VRSAVE.  */
       offset = info->vrsave_save_offset + sp_offset;
diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md
index c83a4dbf683..baf96534802 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md
@@ -14008,13 +14008,32 @@
   [(set_attr "type" "altivec")
    (set_attr "length" "*,*,*,16,16,16")])
 
+(define_insn "get_vrsave_internal"
+  [(set (match_operand:SI 0 "register_operand" "=r")
+	(unspec:SI [(reg:SI 109)] 214))]
+  "TARGET_ALTIVEC"
+  "*
+{
+  if (TARGET_MACHO)
+     return \"mtspr 256,%0\";
+  else
+     return \"mtvrsave %0\";
+}"
+  [(set_attr "type" "altivec")])
+
 (define_insn "*set_vrsave_internal"
   [(match_parallel 0 "vrsave_operation"
      [(set (reg:SI 109)
 	   (unspec_volatile:SI [(match_operand:SI 1 "register_operand" "r")
 				(reg:SI 109)] 30))])]
   "TARGET_ALTIVEC"
-  "mtvrsave %1"
+  "*
+{
+  if (TARGET_MACHO)
+    return \"mfspr %1,256\";
+  else
+    return \"mtvrsave %1\";
+}"
   [(set_attr "type" "altivec")])
 
 ;; Vector clears