Index: CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- CMakeLists.txt
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@
 option(LLVM_ENABLE_PEDANTIC "Compile with pedantic enabled." ON)
 option(LLVM_ENABLE_WERROR "Fail and stop if a warning is triggered." OFF)
 
+if (MSVC)
+   option(LLVM_ENABLE_INCREMENTAL_LINK "Link incrementally. Enabling it might produce slower executables." OFF)
+endif()
+
 option(LLVM_ENABLE_DUMP "Enable dump functions even when assertions are disabled" OFF)
 
 if( NOT uppercase_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "DEBUG" )
Index: cmake/modules/ChooseMSVCCRT.cmake
===================================================================
--- cmake/modules/ChooseMSVCCRT.cmake
+++ cmake/modules/ChooseMSVCCRT.cmake
@@ -66,6 +66,15 @@
       get_current_crt(LLVM_USE_CRT_${build}
         MSVC_CRT_REGEX
         CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${build})
+
+        # Make /MT the default in Release builds to make them faster
+        # and avoid the DLL function thunking.
+        if ((${build} STREQUAL "MINSIZEREL") OR
+          (${build} STREQUAL "RELEASE") OR
+          (${build} STREQUAL "RELWITHDEBINFO"))
+          set(LLVM_USE_CRT_${build} "MT")
+        endif()
+
       set(LLVM_USE_CRT_${build}
         "${LLVM_USE_CRT_${build}}"
         CACHE STRING "Specify VC++ CRT to use for ${build_type} configurations."
Index: cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
===================================================================
--- cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@
   # "Enforce type conversion rules".
   append("/Zc:rvalueCast" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
 
+  if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC" AND NOT LLVM_ENABLE_INCREMENTAL_LINK)
+    foreach(CONFIG RELEASE RELWITHDEBINFO MINSIZEREL)
+      foreach(FLAG EXE MODULE SHARED STATIC)
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "[-/](INCREMENTAL:YES|INCREMENTAL:NO|INCREMENTAL)" "/INCREMENTAL:NO" CMAKE_${FLAG}_LINKER_FLAGS_${CONFIG} "${CMAKE_${FLAG}_LINKER_FLAGS_${CONFIG}}")
+      endforeach()
+    endforeach()
+  endif()
+
   if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang" AND NOT LLVM_ENABLE_LTO)
     # clang-cl and cl by default produce non-deterministic binaries because
     # link.exe /incremental requires a timestamp in the .obj file.  clang-cl