diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
index ecc727d6dd281e..f9a04fb40cc5e6 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ static cl::opt<bool> ClSanitizeOnOptimizerEarlyEP(
     cl::desc("Insert sanitizers on OptimizerEarlyEP."), cl::init(false));
 }
 
+static cl::opt<std::string> NewPMPasses("newpm-passes", cl::Optional,
+    cl::desc("Specify a custom pre-link pipeline. An empty string specifies the default pipeline."),
+    cl::init(""));
+
 namespace {
 
 // Default filename used for profile generation.
@@ -994,7 +998,13 @@ void EmitAssemblyHelper::RunOptimizationPipeline(
             MPM.addPass(InstrProfiling(*Options, false));
           });
 
-    if (CodeGenOpts.OptimizationLevel == 0) {
+    if (!NewPMPasses.empty()) {
+      MPM = PB.buildO0DefaultPipeline(Level, IsLTO || IsThinLTO);
+      if (auto Err = PB.parsePassPipeline(MPM, NewPMPasses)) {
+        report_fatal_error(Twine("unable to parse pass pipeline description '") +
+            NewPMPasses + "': " + toString(std::move(Err)));
+      }
+    } else if (CodeGenOpts.OptimizationLevel == 0) {
       MPM = PB.buildO0DefaultPipeline(Level, IsLTO || IsThinLTO);
     } else if (IsThinLTO) {
       MPM = PB.buildThinLTOPreLinkDefaultPipeline(Level);