Index: include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/AnalysisConsumer.h
===================================================================
--- include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/AnalysisConsumer.h
+++ include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/AnalysisConsumer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "clang/AST/ASTConsumer.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/LLVM.h"
+#include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 
 namespace clang {
@@ -29,10 +30,24 @@
 namespace ento {
 class PathDiagnosticConsumer;
 class CheckerManager;
+class CheckerRegistry;
 
 class AnalysisASTConsumer : public ASTConsumer {
 public:
   virtual void AddDiagnosticConsumer(PathDiagnosticConsumer *Consumer) = 0;
+
+  /// This method allows registering statically linked custom checkers that are
+  /// not a part of the Clang tree. It employs the same mechanism that is used
+  /// by plugins.
+  ///
+  /// Example:
+  ///
+  ///   Consumer->AddCheckerRegistrationFn([] (CheckerRegistry& Registry) {
+  ///     Registry.addChecker<MyCustomChecker>("example.MyCustomChecker",
+  ///                                          "Description");
+  ///   });
+  virtual void
+  AddCheckerRegistrationFn(std::function<void(CheckerRegistry &)> Fn) = 0;
 };
 
 /// CreateAnalysisConsumer - Creates an ASTConsumer to run various code
Index: include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/CheckerRegistration.h
===================================================================
--- include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/CheckerRegistration.h
+++ include/clang/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/CheckerRegistration.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #define LLVM_CLANG_STATICANALYZER_FRONTEND_CHECKERREGISTRATION_H
 
 #include "clang/Basic/LLVM.h"
+#include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -21,10 +22,13 @@
 
 namespace ento {
   class CheckerManager;
+  class CheckerRegistry;
 
-  std::unique_ptr<CheckerManager>
-  createCheckerManager(AnalyzerOptions &opts, const LangOptions &langOpts,
-                       ArrayRef<std::string> plugins, DiagnosticsEngine &diags);
+  std::unique_ptr<CheckerManager> createCheckerManager(
+      AnalyzerOptions &opts, const LangOptions &langOpts,
+      ArrayRef<std::string> plugins,
+      ArrayRef<std::function<void(CheckerRegistry &)>> checkerRegistrationFns,
+      DiagnosticsEngine &diags);
 
 } // end ento namespace
 
Index: lib/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/AnalysisConsumer.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/AnalysisConsumer.cpp
+++ lib/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/AnalysisConsumer.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@
   /// Bug Reporter to use while recursively visiting Decls.
   BugReporter *RecVisitorBR;
 
+  std::vector<std::function<void(CheckerRegistry &)>> CheckerRegistrationFns;
+
 public:
   ASTContext *Ctx;
   const Preprocessor &PP;
@@ -293,8 +295,9 @@
 
   void Initialize(ASTContext &Context) override {
     Ctx = &Context;
-    checkerMgr = createCheckerManager(*Opts, PP.getLangOpts(), Plugins,
-                                      PP.getDiagnostics());
+    checkerMgr =
+        createCheckerManager(*Opts, PP.getLangOpts(), Plugins,
+                             CheckerRegistrationFns, PP.getDiagnostics());
 
     Mgr = llvm::make_unique<AnalysisManager>(
         *Ctx, PP.getDiagnostics(), PP.getLangOpts(), PathConsumers,
@@ -385,6 +388,10 @@
     PathConsumers.push_back(Consumer);
   }
 
+  void AddCheckerRegistrationFn(std::function<void(CheckerRegistry&)> Fn) override {
+    CheckerRegistrationFns.push_back(std::move(Fn));
+  }
+
 private:
   void storeTopLevelDecls(DeclGroupRef DG);
   std::string getFunctionName(const Decl *D);
Index: lib/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/CheckerRegistration.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/CheckerRegistration.cpp
+++ lib/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/CheckerRegistration.cpp
@@ -111,16 +111,21 @@
   return checkerOpts;
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<CheckerManager>
-ento::createCheckerManager(AnalyzerOptions &opts, const LangOptions &langOpts,
-                           ArrayRef<std::string> plugins,
-                           DiagnosticsEngine &diags) {
+std::unique_ptr<CheckerManager> ento::createCheckerManager(
+    AnalyzerOptions &opts, const LangOptions &langOpts,
+    ArrayRef<std::string> plugins,
+    ArrayRef<std::function<void(CheckerRegistry &)>> checkerRegistrationFns,
+    DiagnosticsEngine &diags) {
   std::unique_ptr<CheckerManager> checkerMgr(
       new CheckerManager(langOpts, opts));
 
   SmallVector<CheckerOptInfo, 8> checkerOpts = getCheckerOptList(opts);
 
   ClangCheckerRegistry allCheckers(plugins, &diags);
+
+  for (const auto &Fn : checkerRegistrationFns)
+    Fn(allCheckers);
+
   allCheckers.initializeManager(*checkerMgr, checkerOpts);
   allCheckers.validateCheckerOptions(opts, diags);
   checkerMgr->finishedCheckerRegistration();
Index: unittests/StaticAnalyzer/AnalyzerOptionsTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- unittests/StaticAnalyzer/AnalyzerOptionsTest.cpp
+++ unittests/StaticAnalyzer/AnalyzerOptionsTest.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//===- unittest/Analysis/AnalyzerOptionsTest.cpp - SA Options test --------===//
+//===- unittest/StaticAnalyzer/AnalyzerOptionsTest.cpp - SA Options test --===//
 //
 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
 //
Index: unittests/StaticAnalyzer/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- unittests/StaticAnalyzer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ unittests/StaticAnalyzer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 
 add_clang_unittest(StaticAnalysisTests
   AnalyzerOptionsTest.cpp
+  RegisterCustomCheckersTest.cpp
   )
 
 target_link_libraries(StaticAnalysisTests
   PRIVATE
   clangBasic
   clangAnalysis
-  clangStaticAnalyzerCore 
+  clangStaticAnalyzerCore
+  clangStaticAnalyzerFrontend
+  clangTooling
   )
Index: unittests/StaticAnalyzer/RegisterCustomCheckersTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- unittests/StaticAnalyzer/RegisterCustomCheckersTest.cpp
+++ unittests/StaticAnalyzer/RegisterCustomCheckersTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+//===- unittests/StaticAnalyzer/RegisterCustomCheckersTest.cpp ------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "clang/Frontend/CompilerInstance.h"
+#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugReporter.h"
+#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/BugReporter/BugType.h"
+#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/Checker.h"
+#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/CheckerRegistry.h"
+#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Core/PathSensitive/AnalysisManager.h"
+#include "clang/StaticAnalyzer/Frontend/AnalysisConsumer.h"
+#include "clang/Tooling/Tooling.h"
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace ento {
+namespace {
+
+class CustomChecker : public Checker<check::ASTCodeBody> {
+public:
+  void checkASTCodeBody(const Decl *D, AnalysisManager &Mgr,
+                        BugReporter &BR) const {
+    BR.EmitBasicReport(D, this, "Custom diagnostic", categories::LogicError,
+                       "Custom diagnostic description",
+                       PathDiagnosticLocation(D, Mgr.getSourceManager()), {});
+  }
+};
+
+class TestAction : public ASTFrontendAction {
+  class DiagConsumer : public PathDiagnosticConsumer {
+    llvm::raw_ostream &Output;
+
+  public:
+    DiagConsumer(llvm::raw_ostream &Output) : Output(Output) {}
+    void FlushDiagnosticsImpl(std::vector<const PathDiagnostic *> &Diags,
+                              FilesMade *filesMade) override {
+      for (const auto *PD : Diags)
+        Output << PD->getCheckName() << ":" << PD->getShortDescription();
+    }
+
+    StringRef getName() const override { return "Test"; }
+  };
+
+  llvm::raw_ostream &DiagsOutput;
+
+public:
+  TestAction(llvm::raw_ostream &DiagsOutput) : DiagsOutput(DiagsOutput) {}
+
+  std::unique_ptr<ASTConsumer> CreateASTConsumer(CompilerInstance &Compiler,
+                                                 StringRef File) override {
+    std::unique_ptr<AnalysisASTConsumer> AnalysisConsumer =
+        CreateAnalysisConsumer(Compiler);
+    AnalysisConsumer->AddDiagnosticConsumer(new DiagConsumer(DiagsOutput));
+    Compiler.getAnalyzerOpts()->CheckersControlList = {
+        {"custom.CustomChecker", true}};
+    AnalysisConsumer->AddCheckerRegistrationFn([](CheckerRegistry &Registry) {
+      Registry.addChecker<CustomChecker>("custom.CustomChecker", "Description");
+    });
+    return AnalysisConsumer;
+  }
+};
+
+
+TEST(RegisterCustomCheckers, RegisterChecker) {
+  std::string Diags;
+  {
+    llvm::raw_string_ostream OS(Diags);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(tooling::runToolOnCode(new TestAction(OS), "void f() {;}"));
+  }
+  EXPECT_EQ(Diags, "custom.CustomChecker:Custom diagnostic description");
+}
+
+}
+}
+}