diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Verifier.cpp
@@ -663,7 +663,13 @@
   if (GV.isDeclarationForLinker())
     Check(!GV.hasComdat(), "Declaration may not be in a Comdat!", &GV);
 
+  if (GV.hasDLLExportStorageClass()) {
+    Check(GV.hasDefaultVisibility(),
+          "dllexport GlobalValue must have default visibility", &GV);
+  }
   if (GV.hasDLLImportStorageClass()) {
+    Check(GV.hasDefaultVisibility(),
+          "dllimport GlobalValue must have default visibility", &GV);
     Check(!GV.isDSOLocal(), "GlobalValue with DLLImport Storage is dso_local!",
           &GV);
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-xcoff-exported-nondefault.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-xcoff-exported-nondefault.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-xcoff-exported-nondefault.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-xcoff-exported-nondefault.ll
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
-; RUN: not --crash llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff 2>&1 < %s | \
-; RUN:   FileCheck %s
-; RUN: not --crash llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff 2>&1 < %s |\
-; RUN:   FileCheck %s
+; RUN: not llc -filetype=null -mtriple powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff 2>&1 %s | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: not llc -filetype=null -mtriple powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff 2>&1 %s | FileCheck %s
 
-; RUN: not --crash llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff \
-; RUN:     -filetype=obj -o %t.o < %s 2>&1 | \
-; RUN:   FileCheck %s
-
-; RUN: not --crash llc -verify-machineinstrs -mtriple powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff \
-; RUN:     -filetype=obj -o %t.o 2>&1 < %s 2>&1 | \
-; RUN:   FileCheck %s
-
-; CHECK: LLVM ERROR: Cannot not be both dllexport and non-default visibility
+; CHECK: dllexport GlobalValue must have default visibility
 @b_e = hidden dllexport global i32 0, align 4
diff --git a/llvm/test/Feature/globalvars.ll b/llvm/test/Feature/globalvars.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Feature/globalvars.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Feature/globalvars.ll
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@
         ret i32 %blah
 }
 
-@1 = hidden dllexport global i32 42
+@1 = default dllexport global i32 42
 @2 = dllexport global i32 42