diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f0aecbd07df..7d518b8abce 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-05-20  Bill Schmidt  <wschmidt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* simplify-rtx.c (simplify_binary_operation_1): Optimize case of
+	nested VEC_SELECTs that are inverses of each other.
+
 2014-05-20  Richard Biener  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	* tree-ssa-sccvn.c (process_scc): Dump SCC here, when
diff --git a/gcc/simplify-rtx.c b/gcc/simplify-rtx.c
index 27e04f53439..181b56fb8c0 100644
--- a/gcc/simplify-rtx.c
+++ b/gcc/simplify-rtx.c
@@ -3419,6 +3419,31 @@ simplify_binary_operation_1 (enum rtx_code code, enum machine_mode mode,
 	    }
 	}
 
+      /* If we have two nested selects that are inverses of each
+	 other, replace them with the source operand.  */
+      if (GET_CODE (trueop0) == VEC_SELECT
+	  && GET_MODE (XEXP (trueop0, 0)) == mode)
+	{
+	  rtx op0_subop1 = XEXP (trueop0, 1);
+	  gcc_assert (GET_CODE (op0_subop1) == PARALLEL);
+	  gcc_assert (XVECLEN (trueop1, 0) == GET_MODE_NUNITS (mode));
+
+	  /* Apply the outer ordering vector to the inner one.  (The inner
+	     ordering vector is expressly permitted to be of a different
+	     length than the outer one.)  If the result is { 0, 1, ..., n-1 }
+	     then the two VEC_SELECTs cancel.  */
+	  for (int i = 0; i < XVECLEN (trueop1, 0); ++i)
+	    {
+	      rtx x = XVECEXP (trueop1, 0, i);
+	      if (!CONST_INT_P (x))
+		return 0;
+	      rtx y = XVECEXP (op0_subop1, 0, INTVAL (x));
+	      if (!CONST_INT_P (y) || i != INTVAL (y))
+		return 0;
+	    }
+	  return XEXP (trueop0, 0);
+	}
+
       return 0;
     case VEC_CONCAT:
       {
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 95ceb3927ca..1440e049912 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-05-20  Bill Schmidt  <wschmidt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* gcc.target/powerpc/vsxcopy.c: New test.
+
 2014-05-20  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
 
 	PR c++/58664
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/vsxcopy.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/vsxcopy.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc1f0bd387a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/vsxcopy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { powerpc64*-*-* } } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target powerpc_vsx_ok } */
+/* { dg-options "-O1" } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "lxvd2x" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "stxvd2x" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not "xxpermdi" } } */
+
+typedef float vecf __attribute__ ((vector_size (16)));
+extern vecf j, k;
+
+void fun (void)
+{
+  j = k;
+}
+