diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/base.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/base.rs
index 31884e0748bfcbb1aab998e023c2f8eaaf2ae475..f8b9c794086261bc44028f63ac2c805fe28587d1 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/base.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/base.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 use rustc_data_structures::sync::Lrc;
 use rustc_data_structures::indexed_vec::Idx;
 
-use traits::{IntPredicate, BuilderMethods};
+use traits::{IntPredicate, RealPredicate, BuilderMethods};
 use llvm::BasicBlock;
 
 use std::any::Any;
@@ -143,14 +143,14 @@ pub fn bin_op_to_icmp_predicate(op: hir::BinOpKind,
     }
 }
 
-pub fn bin_op_to_fcmp_predicate(op: hir::BinOpKind) -> llvm::RealPredicate {
+pub fn bin_op_to_fcmp_predicate(op: hir::BinOpKind) -> RealPredicate {
     match op {
-        hir::BinOpKind::Eq => llvm::RealOEQ,
-        hir::BinOpKind::Ne => llvm::RealUNE,
-        hir::BinOpKind::Lt => llvm::RealOLT,
-        hir::BinOpKind::Le => llvm::RealOLE,
-        hir::BinOpKind::Gt => llvm::RealOGT,
-        hir::BinOpKind::Ge => llvm::RealOGE,
+        hir::BinOpKind::Eq => RealPredicate::RealOEQ,
+        hir::BinOpKind::Ne => RealPredicate::RealUNE,
+        hir::BinOpKind::Lt => RealPredicate::RealOLT,
+        hir::BinOpKind::Le => RealPredicate::RealOLE,
+        hir::BinOpKind::Gt => RealPredicate::RealOGT,
+        hir::BinOpKind::Ge => RealPredicate::RealOGE,
         op => {
             bug!("comparison_op_to_fcmp_predicate: expected comparison operator, \
                   found {:?}",
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/builder.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/builder.rs
index 640067fd6a38b98704ecfdbe748b272cb1f06d6b..488b1a2ff4e322a180ca1d7aa7f5dcf8cd12fb66 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/builder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/builder.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 use llvm::{AtomicRmwBinOp, AtomicOrdering, SynchronizationScope, AsmDialect};
-use llvm::{RealPredicate, False, OperandBundleDef};
+use llvm::{False, OperandBundleDef};
 use llvm::{self, BasicBlock};
 use common::*;
 use type_::Type;
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ fn icmp(&self, op: traits::IntPredicate, lhs: &'ll Value, rhs: &'ll Value) -> &'
         }
     }
 
-    fn fcmp(&self, op: RealPredicate, lhs: &'ll Value, rhs: &'ll Value) -> &'ll Value {
+    fn fcmp(&self, op: traits::RealPredicate, lhs: &'ll Value, rhs: &'ll Value) -> &'ll Value {
         self.count_insn("fcmp");
         unsafe {
             llvm::LLVMBuildFCmp(self.llbuilder, op as c_uint, lhs, rhs, noname())
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
index 9c0ffd2b7acbfb5158754c20d2ad1751cd29f20e..37fa2e46b28bf235ff5becc5b602458ff8dc7614 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,29 @@ pub enum RealPredicate {
     RealPredicateTrue = 15,
 }
 
+impl traits::RealPredicateMethods for RealPredicate {
+    fn convert_to_backend_specific(realpred: traits::RealPredicate) -> Self {
+        match realpred {
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealPredicateFalse => RealPredicate::RealPredicateFalse,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealOEQ => RealPredicate::RealOEQ,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealOGT => RealPredicate::RealOGT,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealOGE => RealPredicate::RealOGE,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealOLT => RealPredicate::RealOLT,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealOLE => RealPredicate::RealOLE,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealONE => RealPredicate::RealONE,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealORD => RealPredicate::RealORD,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealUNO => RealPredicate::RealUNO,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealUEQ => RealPredicate::RealUEQ,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealUGT => RealPredicate::RealUGT,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealUGE => RealPredicate::RealUGE,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealULT => RealPredicate::RealULT,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealULE => RealPredicate::RealULE,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealUNE => RealPredicate::RealUNE,
+            traits::RealPredicate::RealPredicateTrue => RealPredicate::RealPredicateTrue
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// LLVMTypeKind
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
 #[repr(C)]
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/rvalue.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/rvalue.rs
index 35e0fd396eee6ad6db13a858582afb9c82cfd6f5..05c775522318c13539560521bdf7d9a5fd3e21d5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/rvalue.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/mir/rvalue.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-use llvm;
 use rustc::ty::{self, Ty};
 use rustc::ty::cast::{CastTy, IntTy};
 use rustc::ty::layout::{self, LayoutOf};
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
 use type_of::LayoutLlvmExt;
 use value::Value;
 
-use traits::{IntPredicate,BuilderMethods};
+use traits::{IntPredicate, RealPredicate, BuilderMethods};
 
 use super::{FunctionCx, LocalRef};
 use super::operand::{OperandRef, OperandValue};
@@ -962,8 +961,8 @@ fn int_min(signed: bool, int_ty: &Type) -> i128 {
     // negation, and the negation can be merged into the select. Therefore, it not necessarily any
     // more expensive than a ordered ("normal") comparison. Whether these optimizations will be
     // performed is ultimately up to the backend, but at least x86 does perform them.
-    let less_or_nan = bx.fcmp(llvm::RealULT, x, f_min);
-    let greater = bx.fcmp(llvm::RealOGT, x, f_max);
+    let less_or_nan = bx.fcmp(RealPredicate::RealULT, x, f_min);
+    let greater = bx.fcmp(RealPredicate::RealOGT, x, f_max);
     let int_max = C_uint_big(int_ty, int_max(signed, int_ty));
     let int_min = C_uint_big(int_ty, int_min(signed, int_ty) as u128);
     let s0 = bx.select(less_or_nan, int_min, fptosui_result);
@@ -974,7 +973,7 @@ fn int_min(signed: bool, int_ty: &Type) -> i128 {
     // Therefore we only need to execute this step for signed integer types.
     if signed {
         // LLVM has no isNaN predicate, so we use (x == x) instead
-        bx.select(bx.fcmp(llvm::RealOEQ, x, x), s1, C_uint(int_ty, 0))
+        bx.select(bx.fcmp(RealPredicate::RealOEQ, x, x), s1, C_uint(int_ty, 0))
     } else {
         s1
     }
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/traits.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/traits.rs
index e35669dc383b591b9639ad79faa74b3eb15d6201..0c53d0eaf90423f2fc288327d1ba834a4f162035 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/traits.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/traits.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 use llvm::{AtomicRmwBinOp, AtomicOrdering, SynchronizationScope, AsmDialect};
-use llvm::{RealPredicate, OperandBundleDef};
+use llvm::OperandBundleDef;
 use common::*;
 use type_::Type;
 use libc::c_char;
@@ -38,6 +38,30 @@ pub trait IntPredicateMethods {
     fn convert_to_backend_specific(intpre : IntPredicate) -> Self;
 }
 
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub enum RealPredicate {
+    RealPredicateFalse,
+    RealOEQ,
+    RealOGT,
+    RealOGE,
+    RealOLT,
+    RealOLE,
+    RealONE,
+    RealORD,
+    RealUNO,
+    RealUEQ,
+    RealUGT,
+    RealUGE,
+    RealULT,
+    RealULE,
+    RealUNE,
+    RealPredicateTrue,
+}
+
+pub trait RealPredicateMethods {
+    fn convert_to_backend_specific(realpred : RealPredicate) -> Self;
+}
+
 
 pub trait BuilderMethods<'a, 'll :'a, 'tcx: 'll,
     Value : ?Sized,