diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARM.td b/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARM.td
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARM.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARM.td
@@ -556,6 +556,15 @@
                                                   "for leaf functions",
                                                   [FeatureAAPCSFrameChain]>;
 
+// Assume that lock-free 32-bit atomics are available, even if the target
+// and operating system combination would not usually provide them. The user
+// is responsible for providing any necessary __sync implementations. Code
+// built with this feature is not ABI-compatible with code built without this
+// feature, if atomic variables are exposed across the ABI boundary.
+def FeatureAtomics32 : SubtargetFeature<
+    "atomics-32", "HasForced32BitAtomics", "true",
+    "Assume that lock-free 32-bit atomics are available">;
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // ARM architecture class
 //
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
@@ -1370,7 +1370,8 @@
     // instructions. (ARMv6 doesn't have dmb, but it has an equivalent
     // encoding; see ARMISD::MEMBARRIER_MCR.)
     setMaxAtomicSizeInBitsSupported(64);
-  } else if (Subtarget->isMClass() && Subtarget->hasV8MBaselineOps()) {
+  } else if ((Subtarget->isMClass() && Subtarget->hasV8MBaselineOps()) ||
+             Subtarget->hasForced32BitAtomics()) {
     // Cortex-M (besides Cortex-M0) have 32-bit atomics.
     setMaxAtomicSizeInBitsSupported(32);
   } else {
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/ARM/thumbv6m-atomic32.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/ARM/thumbv6m-atomic32.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/ARM/thumbv6m-atomic32.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+; NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_llc_test_checks.py
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=thumbv6m-none-eabi < %s | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,NO-ATOMIC32
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=thumbv6m-none-eabi -mattr=+atomics-32 < %s | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,ATOMIC32
+
+define i32 @load32(ptr %p) {
+; NO-ATOMIC32-LABEL: load32:
+; NO-ATOMIC32:       @ %bb.0:
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r1, #5
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    bl __atomic_load_4
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+;
+; ATOMIC32-LABEL: load32:
+; ATOMIC32:       @ %bb.0:
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    ldr r0, [r0]
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    dmb sy
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    bx lr
+  %v = load atomic i32, ptr %p seq_cst, align 4
+  ret i32 %v
+}
+
+define void @store32(ptr %p) {
+; NO-ATOMIC32-LABEL: store32:
+; NO-ATOMIC32:       @ %bb.0:
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r1, #0
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r2, #5
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    bl __atomic_store_4
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+;
+; ATOMIC32-LABEL: store32:
+; ATOMIC32:       @ %bb.0:
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    dmb sy
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r1, #0
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    str r1, [r0]
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    dmb sy
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    bx lr
+  store atomic i32 0, ptr %p seq_cst, align 4
+  ret void
+}
+
+define i32 @rmw32(ptr %p) {
+; NO-ATOMIC32-LABEL: rmw32:
+; NO-ATOMIC32:       @ %bb.0:
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r1, #1
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r2, #5
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    bl __atomic_fetch_add_4
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+;
+; ATOMIC32-LABEL: rmw32:
+; ATOMIC32:       @ %bb.0:
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    dmb sy
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r1, #1
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    bl __sync_fetch_and_add_4
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    dmb sy
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+  %v = atomicrmw add ptr %p, i32 1 seq_cst, align 4
+  ret i32 %v
+}
+
+define i32 @cmpxchg32(ptr %p) {
+; NO-ATOMIC32-LABEL: cmpxchg32:
+; NO-ATOMIC32:       @ %bb.0:
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    .pad #8
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    sub sp, #8
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r1, #0
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    str r1, [sp, #4]
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r3, #5
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    str r3, [sp]
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    add r1, sp, #4
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r2, #1
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    bl __atomic_compare_exchange_4
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    ldr r0, [sp, #4]
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    add sp, #8
+; NO-ATOMIC32-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+;
+; ATOMIC32-LABEL: cmpxchg32:
+; ATOMIC32:       @ %bb.0:
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    dmb sy
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r1, #0
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    movs r2, #1
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    bl __sync_val_compare_and_swap_4
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    dmb sy
+; ATOMIC32-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+  %res = cmpxchg ptr %p, i32 0, i32 1 seq_cst seq_cst
+  %res.0 = extractvalue { i32, i1 } %res, 0
+  ret i32 %res.0
+}
+
+define i64 @load64(ptr %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: load64:
+; CHECK:       @ %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; CHECK-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .pad #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub sp, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov r1, r0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r0, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov r2, sp
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r3, #5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    bl __atomic_load
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ldr r1, [sp, #4]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ldr r0, [sp]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add sp, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+  %v = load atomic i64, ptr %p seq_cst, align 4
+  ret i64 %v
+}
+
+define void @store64(ptr %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: store64:
+; CHECK:       @ %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; CHECK-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .pad #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub sp, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov r1, r0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r0, #0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r0, [sp, #4]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r0, [sp]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r0, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov r2, sp
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r3, #5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    bl __atomic_store
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add sp, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+  store atomic i64 0, ptr %p seq_cst, align 4
+  ret void
+}
+
+define i64 @rmw64(ptr %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: rmw64:
+; CHECK:       @ %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .save {r4, lr}
+; CHECK-NEXT:    push {r4, lr}
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .pad #24
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub sp, #24
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov r4, r0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ldr r0, [r0]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ldr r1, [r4, #4]
+; CHECK-NEXT:  .LBB6_1: @ %atomicrmw.start
+; CHECK-NEXT:    @ =>This Inner Loop Header: Depth=1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r0, [sp, #16]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r1, [sp, #20]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r2, #0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    adds r0, r0, #1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    adcs r2, r1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r2, [sp, #12]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r0, [sp, #8]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r0, #5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r0, [sp]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r0, [sp, #4]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r0, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add r2, sp, #16
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add r3, sp, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov r1, r4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    bl __atomic_compare_exchange
+; CHECK-NEXT:    mov r2, r0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ldr r1, [sp, #20]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ldr r0, [sp, #16]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    cmp r2, #0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    beq .LBB6_1
+; CHECK-NEXT:  @ %bb.2: @ %atomicrmw.end
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add sp, #24
+; CHECK-NEXT:    pop {r4, pc}
+  %v = atomicrmw add ptr %p, i64 1 seq_cst, align 4
+  ret i64 %v
+}
+
+define i64 @cmpxchg64(ptr %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: cmpxchg64:
+; CHECK:       @ %bb.0:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .save {r7, lr}
+; CHECK-NEXT:    push {r7, lr}
+; CHECK-NEXT:    .pad #16
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub sp, #16
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r3, #0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r3, [sp, #12]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r3, [sp, #8]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r1, #5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r1, [sp]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    str r1, [sp, #4]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add r1, sp, #8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    movs r2, #1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    bl __atomic_compare_exchange_8
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ldr r1, [sp, #12]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ldr r0, [sp, #8]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    add sp, #16
+; CHECK-NEXT:    pop {r7, pc}
+  %res = cmpxchg ptr %p, i64 0, i64 1 seq_cst seq_cst
+  %res.0 = extractvalue { i64, i1 } %res, 0
+  ret i64 %res.0
+}