diff --git a/libffi/HOWTO_MERGE b/libffi/HOWTO_MERGE
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+In general, merging process should not be very difficult, but we need to
+track GCC-specific patches carefully.  Here is a general list of actions
+required to perform the merge:
+
+* Checkout recent GCC tree.
+* Run merge.sh script from the libffi directory.
+* Add new files and remove old files if needed.
+* Apply all needed GCC-specific patches to libffi (note that some of
+  them might be already included to upstream).  The list of these patches
+  is stored into LOCAL_PATCHES file.  May need to re-run autogen.sh to
+  regenerate configure and Makefile.in files.
+* Send your patches for review to GCC Patches Mailing List (gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org).
+* Update LOCAL_PATCHES file when you've committed the whole patch set with new revisions numbers.
diff --git a/libffi/autogen.sh b/libffi/autogen.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#exec autoreconf -v -i
+
+rm -rf autom4te.cache
+aclocal  -I .. -I ../config
+autoheader -I .. -I ../config
+autoconf
+automake --foreign --add-missing --copy Makefile
+automake --foreign include/Makefile
+automake --foreign man/Makefile
+automake --foreign testsuite/Makefile
diff --git a/libffi/merge.sh b/libffi/merge.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# FIXME: do we need a license (or whatever else) header here?
+
+# This script merges libffi sources from upstream.
+
+# Default to the tip of master branch.
+commit=${1-master}
+
+fatal() {
+  echo "$1"
+  exit 1;
+}
+
+get_upstream() {
+  rm -rf upstream
+  git clone https://github.com/libffi/libffi.git upstream
+  pushd upstream
+  git checkout $commit || fatal "Failed to checkout $commit"
+  popd
+}
+
+get_current_rev() {
+  cd upstream
+  git rev-parse HEAD
+}
+
+pwd | grep 'libffi$' || \
+  fatal "Run this script from the libffi directory"
+get_upstream
+CUR_REV=$(get_current_rev)
+echo Current upstream revision: $CUR_REV
+
+# Remove the unused files.
+pushd upstream
+rm -rf ChangeLog.old .appveyor* .ci .github .gitignore .travis* \
+	config.guess config.sub libtool-ldflags m4 make_sunver.pl \
+	msvc_build
+rm -rf .git autogen.sh
+cp -a . ..
+popd
+
+rm -rf upstream
+
+# Update the MERGE file.
+cat << EOF > MERGE
+$CUR_REV
+
+The first line of this file holds the git revision number of the
+last merge done from the master library sources.
+EOF