diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetMachine.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetMachine.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@
             cl::desc("Run pre-RA exec mask optimizations"),
             cl::init(true));
 
+static cl::opt<bool>
+    LowerCtorDtor("amdgpu-lower-global-ctor-dtor",
+                  cl::desc("Lower GPU ctor / dtors to globals on the device."),
+                  cl::init(true), cl::Hidden);
+
 // Option to disable vectorizer for tests.
 static cl::opt<bool> EnableLoadStoreVectorizer(
   "amdgpu-load-store-vectorizer",
@@ -968,7 +973,8 @@
   disablePass(&PatchableFunctionID);
 
   addPass(createAMDGPUPrintfRuntimeBinding());
-  addPass(createAMDGPUCtorDtorLoweringLegacyPass());
+  if (LowerCtorDtor)
+    addPass(createAMDGPUCtorDtorLoweringLegacyPass());
 
   // A call to propagate attributes pass in the backend in case opt was not run.
   addPass(createAMDGPUPropagateAttributesEarlyPass(&TM));
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/lower-ctor-dtor.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/lower-ctor-dtor.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/lower-ctor-dtor.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/lower-ctor-dtor.ll
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ; RUN: opt -S -mtriple=amdgcn-- -passes=amdgpu-lower-ctor-dtor,amdgpu-lower-ctor-dtor < %s | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: llc -mtriple=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -mcpu=gfx700 -filetype=obj -o - < %s | llvm-readelf -s - 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=VISIBILITY
 ; RUN: llc -mtriple=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -mcpu=gfx700 -filetype=obj -o - < %s | llvm-readelf -S - 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=SECTION
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -amdgpu-lower-global-ctor-dtor=0 -mcpu=gfx700 -filetype=obj -o - < %s | llvm-readelf -s - 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=DISABLED
 
 @llvm.global_ctors = appending addrspace(1) global [1 x { i32, ptr, ptr }] [{ i32, ptr, ptr } { i32 1, ptr @foo, ptr null }]
 @llvm.global_dtors = appending addrspace(1) global [1 x { i32, ptr, ptr }] [{ i32, ptr, ptr } { i32 1, ptr @bar, ptr null }]
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@
 ; VISIBILITY: OBJECT   WEAK DEFAULT {{.*}} amdgcn.device.fini.kd
 ; SECTION: .init_array.1     INIT_ARRAY      {{.*}} {{.*}} 000008 00  WA  0   0  8
 ; SECTION: .fini_array.1     FINI_ARRAY      {{.*}} {{.*}} 000008 00  WA  0   0  8
+; DISABLED-NOT: FUNC   GLOBAL PROTECTED {{.*}} amdgcn.device.init
+; DISABLED-NOT: OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT {{.*}} amdgcn.device.init.kd
+; DISABLED-NOT: FUNC   GLOBAL PROTECTED {{.*}} amdgcn.device.fini
+; DISABLED-NOT: OBJECT   GLOBAL DEFAULT {{.*}} amdgcn.device.fini.kd
 
 define internal void @foo() {
   ret void