diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/Bridge.cpp b/flang/lib/Lower/Bridge.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/Bridge.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/Bridge.cpp
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
   }
 
   void genFIR(const Fortran::parser::PauseStmt &stmt) {
-    TODO(toLocation(), "PauseStmt lowering");
+    genPauseStatement(*this, stmt);
   }
 
   void genFIR(const Fortran::parser::FailImageStmt &stmt) {
diff --git a/flang/lib/Lower/Runtime.cpp b/flang/lib/Lower/Runtime.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Lower/Runtime.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Lower/Runtime.cpp
@@ -73,3 +73,13 @@
   builder.create<fir::CallOp>(loc, callee, operands);
   genUnreachable(builder, loc);
 }
+
+void Fortran::lower::genPauseStatement(
+    Fortran::lower::AbstractConverter &converter,
+    const Fortran::parser::PauseStmt &) {
+  fir::FirOpBuilder &builder = converter.getFirOpBuilder();
+  mlir::Location loc = converter.getCurrentLocation();
+  mlir::FuncOp callee =
+      fir::runtime::getRuntimeFunc<mkRTKey(PauseStatement)>(loc, builder);
+  builder.create<fir::CallOp>(loc, callee, llvm::None);
+}
diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/pause-statement.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/pause-statement.f90
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/pause-statement.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+! RUN: bbc %s -emit-fir -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+! CHECK-LABEL pause_test
+subroutine pause_test()
+  ! CHECK: fir.call @_Fortran{{.*}}PauseStatement()
+  ! CHECK-NEXT: return
+  pause
+end subroutine