diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
   MC
   Object
   Support
+  TransformUtils
   )
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/DXILWriterPass.h b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/DXILWriterPass.h
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/DXILWriterPass.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/DXILWriterPass.h
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 /// manager.
 ModulePass *createDXILWriterPass(raw_ostream &Str);
 
+/// Create and return a pass that writes the module to a global variable in the
+/// module for later emission in the MCStreamer. Note that this pass is designed
+/// for use with the legacy pass manager because it is run in CodeGen only.
+ModulePass *createDXILEmbedderPass();
+
 } // namespace llvm
 
 #endif
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/DXILWriterPass.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/DXILWriterPass.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/DXILWriterPass.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DXILWriter/DXILWriterPass.cpp
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/ModuleSummaryAnalysis.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/PassManager.h"
 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Alignment.h"
+#include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.h"
 
 using namespace llvm;
 using namespace llvm::dxil;
@@ -47,6 +51,36 @@
     AU.setPreservesAll();
   }
 };
+
+class EmbedDXILPass : public llvm::ModulePass {
+public:
+  static char ID; // Pass identification, replacement for typeid
+  EmbedDXILPass() : ModulePass(ID) {
+    initializeEmbedDXILPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
+  }
+
+  StringRef getPassName() const override { return "DXIL Embedder"; }
+
+  bool runOnModule(Module &M) override {
+    std::string Data;
+    llvm::raw_string_ostream OS(Data);
+    WriteDXILToFile(M, OS);
+
+    Constant *ModuleConstant =
+        ConstantDataArray::get(M.getContext(), arrayRefFromStringRef(Data));
+    auto *GV = new llvm::GlobalVariable(M, ModuleConstant->getType(), true,
+                                        GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage,
+                                        ModuleConstant, "dx.dxil");
+    GV->setSection("DXIL");
+    GV->setAlignment(Align(4));
+    appendToCompilerUsed(M, {GV});
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override {
+    AU.setPreservesAll();
+  }
+};
 } // namespace
 
 char WriteDXILPass::ID = 0;
@@ -59,3 +93,8 @@
 ModulePass *llvm::createDXILWriterPass(raw_ostream &Str) {
   return new WriteDXILPass(Str);
 }
+
+char EmbedDXILPass::ID = 0;
+INITIALIZE_PASS(EmbedDXILPass, "dxil-embed", "Embed DXIL", false, true)
+
+ModulePass *llvm::createDXILEmbedderPass() { return new EmbedDXILPass(); }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DirectX.h b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DirectX.h
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DirectX.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DirectX.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /// Initializer for dxil writer pass
 void initializeWriteDXILPassPass(PassRegistry &);
 
+/// Initializer for dxil embedder pass
+void initializeEmbedDXILPassPass(PassRegistry &);
+
 /// Initializer for DXIL-prepare
 void initializeDXILPrepareModulePass(PassRegistry &);
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DirectXTargetMachine.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DirectXTargetMachine.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DirectXTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/DirectX/DirectXTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   RegisterTargetMachine<DirectXTargetMachine> X(getTheDirectXTarget());
   auto *PR = PassRegistry::getPassRegistry();
   initializeDXILPrepareModulePass(*PR);
+  initializeEmbedDXILPassPass(*PR);
   initializeDXILOpLoweringLegacyPass(*PR);
   initializeDXILTranslateMetadataPass(*PR);
 }
@@ -91,6 +92,9 @@
   PM.add(createDXILTranslateMetadataPass());
   switch (FileType) {
   case CGFT_AssemblyFile:
+    if (TargetPassConfig::willCompleteCodeGenPipeline()) {
+      PM.add(createDXILEmbedderPass());
+    }
     PM.add(createPrintModulePass(Out, "", true));
     break;
   case CGFT_ObjectFile:
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/DirectX/embed-dxil.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/DirectX/embed-dxil.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/DirectX/embed-dxil.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+; RUN: llc %s --filetype=asm -o - | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt %s -dxil-embed -S -o - | FileCheck %s
+target triple = "dxil-unknown-unknown"
+
+define i32 @add(i32 %a, i32 %b) {
+  %sum = add i32 %a, %b
+  ret i32 %sum
+}
+
+; CHECK: @dx.dxil = private constant [[BC_TYPE:\[[0-9]+ x i8\]]] c"BC\C0\DE{{[^"]+}}", section "DXIL", align 4
+; CHECK: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [1 x ptr] [ptr @dx.dxil], section "llvm.metadata"