Index: include/llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h
+++ include/llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@
     return true;
   }
 
+  /// True if subtarget inserts the final scheduling pass on its own.
+  ///
+  /// Branch relaxation, which must happen after block placement, can
+  /// on some targets (e.g. SystemZ) expose additional post-RA
+  /// scheduling opportunities.
+  virtual bool targetSchedulesPostRAScheduling() const { return false;};
+
   void getNameWithPrefix(SmallVectorImpl<char> &Name, const GlobalValue *GV,
                          Mangler &Mang, bool MayAlwaysUsePrivate = false) const;
   MCSymbol *getSymbol(const GlobalValue *GV, Mangler &Mang) const;
Index: lib/CodeGen/Passes.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/Passes.cpp
+++ lib/CodeGen/Passes.cpp
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@
 
 // Temporary option to allow experimenting with MachineScheduler as a post-RA
 // scheduler. Targets can "properly" enable this with
-// substitutePass(&PostRASchedulerID, &PostMachineSchedulerID); Ideally it
-// wouldn't be part of the standard pass pipeline, and the target would just add
-// a PostRA scheduling pass wherever it wants.
-static cl::opt<bool> MISchedPostRA("misched-postra", cl::Hidden,
+// substitutePass(&PostRASchedulerID, &PostMachineSchedulerID).
+// Targets can return true in targetSchedulesPostRAScheduling() and
+// insert a PostRA scheduling pass wherever it wants.
+cl::opt<bool> MISchedPostRA("misched-postra", cl::Hidden,
   cl::desc("Run MachineScheduler post regalloc (independent of preRA sched)"));
 
 // Experimental option to run live interval analysis early.
@@ -575,7 +575,10 @@
     addPass(&ImplicitNullChecksID);
 
   // Second pass scheduler.
-  if (getOptLevel() != CodeGenOpt::None) {
+  // Let Target optionally insert this pass by itself at some other
+  // point.
+  if (getOptLevel() != CodeGenOpt::None &&
+      !TM->targetSchedulesPostRAScheduling()) {
     if (MISchedPostRA)
       addPass(&PostMachineSchedulerID);
     else
Index: lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZTargetMachine.h
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZTargetMachine.h
+++ lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZTargetMachine.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
   TargetLoweringObjectFile *getObjFileLowering() const override {
     return TLOF.get();
   }
+
+  bool targetSchedulesPostRAScheduling() const override { return true;};
+
 };
 
 } // end namespace llvm
Index: lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZTargetMachine.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZTargetMachine.cpp
+++ lib/Target/SystemZ/SystemZTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 using namespace llvm;
 
+extern cl::opt<bool> MISchedPostRA;
 extern "C" void LLVMInitializeSystemZTarget() {
   // Register the target.
   RegisterTargetMachine<SystemZTargetMachine> X(TheSystemZTarget);
@@ -163,6 +164,16 @@
   if (getOptLevel() != CodeGenOpt::None)
     addPass(createSystemZElimComparePass(getSystemZTargetMachine()), false);
   addPass(createSystemZLongBranchPass(getSystemZTargetMachine()));
+
+  // Do final scheduling after all other optimizations, to get an
+  // optimal input for the decoder (branch relaxation must happen
+  // after block placement).
+  if (getOptLevel() != CodeGenOpt::None) {
+    if (MISchedPostRA)
+      addPass(&PostMachineSchedulerID);
+    else
+      addPass(&PostRASchedulerID);
+  }
 }
 
 TargetPassConfig *SystemZTargetMachine::createPassConfig(PassManagerBase &PM) {