diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def b/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@
 LANGOPT(OpenMPSimd        , 1, 0, "Use SIMD only OpenMP support.")
 LANGOPT(OpenMPUseTLS      , 1, 0, "Use TLS for threadprivates or runtime calls")
 LANGOPT(OpenMPIsDevice    , 1, 0, "Generate code only for OpenMP target device")
+LANGOPT(OpenMPIsRuntime   , 1, 0, "Generate code only for OpenMP target device runtime")
 LANGOPT(OpenMPCUDAMode    , 1, 0, "Generate code for OpenMP pragmas in SIMT/SPMD mode")
 LANGOPT(OpenMPIRBuilder   , 1, 0, "Use the experimental OpenMP-IR-Builder codegen path.")
 LANGOPT(OpenMPCUDAForceFullRuntime , 1, 0, "Force to use full runtime in all constructs when offloading to CUDA devices")
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td b/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
--- a/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
@@ -5940,6 +5940,8 @@
 
 def fopenmp_is_device : Flag<["-"], "fopenmp-is-device">,
   HelpText<"Generate code only for an OpenMP target device.">;
+def fopenmp_is_runtime : Flag<["-"], "fopenmp-is-runtime">,
+  HelpText<"Generate code only for the OpenMP target device runtime.">;
 def fopenmp_host_ir_file_path : Separate<["-"], "fopenmp-host-ir-file-path">,
   HelpText<"Path to the IR file produced by the frontend for the host.">;
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntimeGPU.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntimeGPU.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntimeGPU.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntimeGPU.cpp
@@ -1198,7 +1198,8 @@
     llvm_unreachable("OpenMP can only handle device code.");
 
   llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder &OMPBuilder = getOMPBuilder();
-  if (CGM.getLangOpts().OpenMPTargetNewRuntime) {
+  if (CGM.getLangOpts().OpenMPTargetNewRuntime &&
+      !CGM.getLangOpts().OpenMPIsRuntime) {
     OMPBuilder.createGlobalFlag(CGM.getLangOpts().OpenMPTargetDebug,
                                 "__omp_rtl_debug_kind");
     OMPBuilder.createGlobalFlag(CGM.getLangOpts().OpenMPTeamSubscription,
diff --git a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -3473,6 +3473,9 @@
     if (Opts.OpenMPIsDevice)
       GenerateArg(Args, OPT_fopenmp_is_device, SA);
 
+    if (Opts.OpenMPIsRuntime)
+      GenerateArg(Args, OPT_fopenmp_is_runtime, SA);
+
     if (Opts.OpenMPIRBuilder)
       GenerateArg(Args, OPT_fopenmp_enable_irbuilder, SA);
   }
@@ -3871,6 +3874,8 @@
       Opts.OpenMP && !Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fnoopenmp_use_tls);
   Opts.OpenMPIsDevice =
       Opts.OpenMP && Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fopenmp_is_device);
+  Opts.OpenMPIsRuntime =
+      Opts.OpenMP && Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fopenmp_is_runtime);
   Opts.OpenMPIRBuilder =
       Opts.OpenMP && Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fopenmp_enable_irbuilder);
   bool IsTargetSpecified =
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@
               ${clang_opt_flags}
              -Xclang -emit-llvm-bc
              -Xclang -aux-triple -Xclang ${aux_triple}
-             -fopenmp -fopenmp-cuda-mode -Xclang -fopenmp-is-device
+             -fopenmp -fopenmp-cuda-mode 
+             -Xclang -fopenmp-is-device -Xclang -fopenmp-is-runtime
              -I${include_directory}
              -I${devicertl_base_directory}/../include
              ${LIBOMPTARGET_LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS_DEVICERTL}