diff --git a/clang/include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/Checkers.td b/clang/include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/Checkers.td
--- a/clang/include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/Checkers.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/Checkers.td
@@ -1118,13 +1118,15 @@
 
 def DirectIvarAssignment : Checker<"DirectIvarAssignment">,
   HelpText<"Check for direct assignments to instance variables">,
-  Documentation<HasAlphaDocumentation>;
-
-def DirectIvarAssignmentForAnnotatedFunctions :
-  Checker<"DirectIvarAssignmentForAnnotatedFunctions">,
-  HelpText<"Check for direct assignments to instance variables in the methods "
-           "annotated with objc_no_direct_instance_variable_assignment">,
-  Dependencies<[DirectIvarAssignment]>,
+  CheckerOptions<[
+    CmdLineOption<Boolean,
+                  "AnnotatedFunctions",
+                  "Check for direct assignments to instance variables in the "
+                  "methods annotated with "
+                  "objc_no_direct_instance_variable_assignment",
+                  "false",
+                  InAlpha>
+  ]>,
   Documentation<HasAlphaDocumentation>;
 
 } // end "alpha.osx.cocoa"
diff --git a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/DirectIvarAssignment.cpp b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/DirectIvarAssignment.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/DirectIvarAssignment.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/DirectIvarAssignment.cpp
@@ -219,19 +219,12 @@
 // Register the checker that checks for direct accesses in all functions,
 // except for the initialization and copy routines.
 void ento::registerDirectIvarAssignment(CheckerManager &mgr) {
-  mgr.registerChecker<DirectIvarAssignment>();
+  auto Chk = mgr.registerChecker<DirectIvarAssignment>();
+  if (mgr.getAnalyzerOptions().getCheckerBooleanOption(Chk,
+                                                       "AnnotatedFunctions"))
+    Chk->ShouldSkipMethod = &AttrFilter;
 }
 
 bool ento::shouldRegisterDirectIvarAssignment(const CheckerManager &mgr) {
   return true;
 }
-
-void ento::registerDirectIvarAssignmentForAnnotatedFunctions(
-    CheckerManager &mgr) {
-  mgr.getChecker<DirectIvarAssignment>()->ShouldSkipMethod = &AttrFilter;
-}
-
-bool ento::shouldRegisterDirectIvarAssignmentForAnnotatedFunctions(
-                                                    const CheckerManager &mgr) {
-  return true;
-}
diff --git a/clang/test/Analysis/analyzer-config.c b/clang/test/Analysis/analyzer-config.c
--- a/clang/test/Analysis/analyzer-config.c
+++ b/clang/test/Analysis/analyzer-config.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT: alpha.clone.CloneChecker:MinimumCloneComplexity = 50
 // CHECK-NEXT: alpha.clone.CloneChecker:ReportNormalClones = true
 // CHECK-NEXT: alpha.cplusplus.STLAlgorithmModeling:AggressiveStdFindModeling = false
+// CHECK-NEXT: alpha.osx.cocoa.DirectIvarAssignment:AnnotatedFunctions = false
 // CHECK-NEXT: alpha.security.MmapWriteExec:MmapProtExec = 0x04
 // CHECK-NEXT: alpha.security.MmapWriteExec:MmapProtRead = 0x01
 // CHECK-NEXT: alpha.security.taint.TaintPropagation:Config = ""
diff --git a/clang/test/Analysis/objc/direct-ivar-assignment-in-annotated-functions.m b/clang/test/Analysis/objc/direct-ivar-assignment-in-annotated-functions.m
--- a/clang/test/Analysis/objc/direct-ivar-assignment-in-annotated-functions.m
+++ b/clang/test/Analysis/objc/direct-ivar-assignment-in-annotated-functions.m
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-// RUN: %clang_analyze_cc1 -analyzer-checker=alpha.osx.cocoa.DirectIvarAssignmentForAnnotatedFunctions -verify -fblocks %s
+// RUN: %clang_analyze_cc1 -verify -fblocks %s \
+// RUN:   -analyzer-checker=core \
+// RUN:   -analyzer-checker=alpha.osx.cocoa.DirectIvarAssignment \
+// RUN:   -analyzer-config \
+// RUN:     alpha.osx.cocoa.DirectIvarAssignment:AnnotatedFunctions=true
 
 typedef signed char BOOL;
 @protocol NSObject  - (BOOL)isEqual:(id)object; @end
@@ -60,4 +64,4 @@
     _nonSynth = 0; // no-warning
   }
 
-@end
\ No newline at end of file
+  @end