diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Passes/PassBuilder.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Passes/PassBuilder.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Passes/PassBuilder.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Passes/PassBuilder.h
@@ -468,6 +468,15 @@
     PipelineEarlySimplificationEPCallbacks.push_back(C);
   }
 
+  /// Register a callback for a default optimizer pipeline extension point
+  ///
+  /// This extension point allows adding optimizations before the function
+  /// optimization pipeline.
+  void registerOptimizerEarlyEPCallback(
+      const std::function<void(ModulePassManager &, OptimizationLevel)> &C) {
+    OptimizerEarlyEPCallbacks.push_back(C);
+  }
+
   /// Register a callback for a default optimizer pipeline extension point
   ///
   /// This extension point allows adding optimizations at the very end of the
@@ -616,13 +625,15 @@
       CGSCCOptimizerLateEPCallbacks;
   SmallVector<std::function<void(FunctionPassManager &, OptimizationLevel)>, 2>
       VectorizerStartEPCallbacks;
+  // Module callbacks
+  SmallVector<std::function<void(ModulePassManager &, OptimizationLevel)>, 2>
+      OptimizerEarlyEPCallbacks;
   SmallVector<std::function<void(ModulePassManager &, OptimizationLevel)>, 2>
       OptimizerLastEPCallbacks;
   SmallVector<std::function<void(ModulePassManager &, OptimizationLevel)>, 2>
       FullLinkTimeOptimizationEarlyEPCallbacks;
   SmallVector<std::function<void(ModulePassManager &, OptimizationLevel)>, 2>
       FullLinkTimeOptimizationLastEPCallbacks;
-  // Module callbacks
   SmallVector<std::function<void(ModulePassManager &, OptimizationLevel)>, 2>
       PipelineStartEPCallbacks;
   SmallVector<std::function<void(ModulePassManager &, OptimizationLevel)>, 2>
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Passes/PassBuilderPipelines.cpp
@@ -1169,6 +1169,9 @@
   // memory operations.
   MPM.addPass(RecomputeGlobalsAAPass());
 
+  for (auto &C : OptimizerEarlyEPCallbacks)
+    C(MPM, Level);
+
   FunctionPassManager OptimizePM;
   OptimizePM.addPass(Float2IntPass());
   OptimizePM.addPass(LowerConstantIntrinsicsPass());
@@ -1809,6 +1812,10 @@
     if (!FPM.isEmpty())
       MPM.addPass(createModuleToFunctionPassAdaptor(std::move(FPM)));
   }
+
+  for (auto &C : OptimizerEarlyEPCallbacks)
+    C(MPM, Level);
+
   if (!VectorizerStartEPCallbacks.empty()) {
     FunctionPassManager FPM;
     for (auto &C : VectorizerStartEPCallbacks)
diff --git a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-O0-ep-callbacks.ll b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-O0-ep-callbacks.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-O0-ep-callbacks.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-O0-ep-callbacks.ll
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ; RUN: opt -disable-output -debug-pass-manager -passes-ep-vectorizer-start=no-op-function -passes='default<O0>' 2>&1 < %s | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: opt -disable-output -debug-pass-manager -passes-ep-pipeline-start=no-op-module -passes='default<O0>' 2>&1 < %s | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: opt -disable-output -debug-pass-manager -passes-ep-pipeline-early-simplification=no-op-module -passes='default<O0>' 2>&1 < %s | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt -disable-output -debug-pass-manager -passes-ep-optimizer-early=no-op-module -passes='default<O0>' 2>&1 < %s | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: opt -disable-output -debug-pass-manager -passes-ep-optimizer-last=no-op-module -passes='default<O0>' 2>&1 < %s | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: opt -disable-output -debug-pass-manager -passes-ep-full-link-time-optimization-early=no-op-module -passes='lto<O0>' 2>&1 < %s | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: opt -disable-output -debug-pass-manager -passes-ep-full-link-time-optimization-last=no-op-module -passes='lto<O0>' 2>&1 < %s | FileCheck %s
diff --git a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-defaults.ll b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-defaults.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-defaults.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Other/new-pm-defaults.ll
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
 ; RUN:     -passes='lto-pre-link<O3>' -S  %s 2>&1 \
 ; RUN:     | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-O,CHECK-LTO,CHECK-O3,%llvmcheckext,CHECK-EP-PIPELINE-START,CHECK-O23SZ
 ; RUN: opt -disable-verify -verify-cfg-preserved=0 -eagerly-invalidate-analyses=0 -debug-pass-manager \
+; RUN:     -passes-ep-optimizer-early='no-op-module' \
+; RUN:     -passes='default<O3>' -S  %s 2>&1 \
+; RUN:     | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-O,CHECK-DEFAULT,CHECK-O3,%llvmcheckext,CHECK-EP-OPTIMIZER-EARLY,CHECK-O23SZ
+; RUN: opt -disable-verify -verify-cfg-preserved=0 -eagerly-invalidate-analyses=0 -debug-pass-manager \
 ; RUN:     -passes-ep-optimizer-last='no-op-module' \
 ; RUN:     -passes='default<O3>' -S  %s 2>&1 \
 ; RUN:     | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-O,CHECK-DEFAULT,CHECK-O3,%llvmcheckext,CHECK-EP-OPTIMIZER-LAST,CHECK-O23SZ
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@
 ; CHECK-LTO-NOT: Running pass: EliminateAvailableExternallyPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: ReversePostOrderFunctionAttrsPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: RecomputeGlobalsAAPass
+; CHECK-EP-OPTIMIZER-EARLY: Running pass: NoOpModulePass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: Float2IntPass
 ; CHECK-O-NEXT: Running pass: LowerConstantIntrinsicsPass on foo
 ; CHECK-MATRIX: Running pass: LowerMatrixIntrinsicsPass on f
diff --git a/llvm/tools/opt/NewPMDriver.cpp b/llvm/tools/opt/NewPMDriver.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/opt/NewPMDriver.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/opt/NewPMDriver.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
     cl::desc("A textual description of the module pass pipeline inserted at "
              "the EarlySimplification extension point into default pipelines"),
     cl::Hidden);
+static cl::opt<std::string> OptimizerEarlyEPPipeline(
+    "passes-ep-optimizer-early",
+    cl::desc("A textual description of the module pass pipeline inserted at "
+             "the OptimizerEarly extension point into default pipelines"),
+    cl::Hidden);
 static cl::opt<std::string> OptimizerLastEPPipeline(
     "passes-ep-optimizer-last",
     cl::desc("A textual description of the module pass pipeline inserted at "
@@ -230,6 +235,12 @@
           ExitOnError Err("Unable to parse EarlySimplification pipeline: ");
           Err(PB.parsePassPipeline(PM, PipelineEarlySimplificationEPPipeline));
         });
+  if (tryParsePipelineText<ModulePassManager>(PB, OptimizerEarlyEPPipeline))
+    PB.registerOptimizerEarlyEPCallback(
+        [&PB](ModulePassManager &PM, OptimizationLevel) {
+          ExitOnError Err("Unable to parse OptimizerEarlyEP pipeline: ");
+          Err(PB.parsePassPipeline(PM, OptimizerEarlyEPPipeline));
+        });
   if (tryParsePipelineText<ModulePassManager>(PB, OptimizerLastEPPipeline))
     PB.registerOptimizerLastEPCallback(
         [&PB](ModulePassManager &PM, OptimizationLevel) {