diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfUnit.h b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfUnit.h
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfUnit.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/DwarfUnit.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/Optional.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/AsmPrinter.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/DIE.h"
+#include "llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h"
 #include <string>
 
 namespace llvm {
@@ -79,6 +80,12 @@
   template <typename T>
   void addAttribute(DIEValueList &Die, dwarf::Attribute Attribute,
                     dwarf::Form Form, T &&Value) {
+    // For strict DWARF mode, only generate attributes available to current
+    // DWARF version.
+    if (Attribute != 0 && Asm->TM.Options.DebugStrictDwarf &&
+        DD->getDwarfVersion() < dwarf::AttributeVersion(Attribute))
+      return;
+
     Die.addValue(DIEValueAllocator,
                  DIEValue(Attribute, Form, std::forward<T>(Value)));
   }
diff --git a/llvm/test/DebugInfo/PowerPC/strict-dwarf.ll b/llvm/test/DebugInfo/PowerPC/strict-dwarf.ll
--- a/llvm/test/DebugInfo/PowerPC/strict-dwarf.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/DebugInfo/PowerPC/strict-dwarf.ll
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 ; RUN:   llvm-dwarfdump -debug-info - | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: llc -filetype=obj -mtriple=powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu \
 ; RUN:   -strict-dwarf=true < %s | llvm-dwarfdump -debug-info - | \
-; RUN:   FileCheck %s
-
-; FIXME: when -strict-dwarf=true is specified, we should check "STRICT" to tell
-; that with DWARF 4, we should not generate DWARF 5 attribute DW_AT_noreturn and
-; DW_AT_alignment.
+; RUN:   FileCheck %s -check-prefix=STRICT
 
 ; CHECK: DW_AT_alignment
 ; CHECK: DW_AT_noreturn