diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@
   if (CodeGenOpts.IBTSeal)
     getModule().addModuleFlag(llvm::Module::Override, "ibt-seal", 1);
 
+  if (CodeGenOpts.FunctionReturnThunks)
+    getModule().addModuleFlag(llvm::Module::Override, "function_return_thunk_extern", 1);
+
   // Add module metadata for return address signing (ignoring
   // non-leaf/all) and stack tagging. These are actually turned on by function
   // attributes, but we use module metadata to emit build attributes. This is
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/attr-function-return.c b/clang/test/CodeGen/attr-function-return.c
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/attr-function-return.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/attr-function-return.c
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=gnu2x -triple x86_64-linux-gnu %s -emit-llvm -o - \
 // RUN:   -Werror=ignored-attributes -mfunction-return=thunk-extern \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,CHECK-EXTERN
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=gnu2x -triple x86_64-linux-gnu %s -emit-llvm -o - \
+// RUN:  -mfunction-return=thunk-extern -fprofile-arcs \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-GCOV
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=gnu2x -triple x86_64-linux-gnu %s -emit-llvm -o - \
+// RUN:  -mfunction-return=thunk-extern -fsanitize=address \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-ASAN
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -std=gnu2x -triple x86_64-linux-gnu %s -emit-llvm -o - \
+// RUN:  -mfunction-return=thunk-extern -fsanitize=thread \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-TSAN
 
 #if !__has_attribute(function_return)
 #error "missing attribute support for function_return"
@@ -92,6 +101,16 @@
 // CHECK-EXTERN: @no_attrs() [[EXTERN]]
 void no_attrs(void) {}
 
+// Test synthetic functions.
+// CHECK-GCOV: @__llvm_gcov_writeout() unnamed_addr [[EXTERNGCOV:#[0-9]+]]
+// CHECK-GCOV: @__llvm_gcov_reset() unnamed_addr [[EXTERNGCOV]]
+// CHECK-GCOV: @__llvm_gcov_init() unnamed_addr [[EXTERNGCOV]]
+// CHECK-ASAN: @asan.module_ctor() [[EXTERNASAN:#[0-9]+]]
+// CHECK-TSAN: @tsan.module_ctor() [[EXTERNTSAN:#[0-9]+]]
+
 // CHECK-NOM-NOT:  [[NOATTR]] = {{.*}}fn_ret_thunk_extern
 // CHECK-KEEP-NOT: [[NOATTR]] = {{.*}}fn_ret_thunk_extern
 // CHECK: [[EXTERN]] = {{.*}}fn_ret_thunk_extern
+// CHECK-GCOV: [[EXTERNGCOV]] = {{.*}}fn_ret_thunk_extern
+// CHECK-ASAN: [[EXTERNASAN]] = {{.*}}fn_ret_thunk_extern
+// CHECK-TSAN: [[EXTERNTSAN]] = {{.*}}fn_ret_thunk_extern
diff --git a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
--- a/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -7364,6 +7364,8 @@
 - "frame-pointer": **Max**. The value can be 0, 1, or 2. A synthesized function
   will get the "frame-pointer" function attribute, with value being "none",
   "non-leaf", or "all", respectively.
+- "function_return_thunk_extern": The synthesized function will get the
+  ``fn_return_thunk_extern`` function attribute.
 - "uwtable": **Max**. The value can be 0, 1, or 2. If the value is 1, a synthesized
   function will get the ``uwtable(sync)`` function attribute, if the value is 2,
   a synthesized function will get the ``uwtable(async)`` function attribute.
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Function.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Function.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Function.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Function.cpp
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@
     B.addAttribute("frame-pointer", "all");
     break;
   }
+  if (M->getModuleFlag("function_return_thunk_extern"))
+    B.addAttribute(Attribute::FnRetThunkExtern);
   F->addFnAttrs(B);
   return F;
 }