Index: include/llvm/IR/PassTimingInfo.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/IR/PassTimingInfo.h
+++ include/llvm/IR/PassTimingInfo.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 class Pass;
 class PassInstrumentationCallbacks;
+class raw_ostream;
 
 /// If -time-passes has been specified, report the timings immediately and then
 /// reset the timers to zero.
@@ -62,10 +63,17 @@
   /// Stack of currently active timers.
   SmallVector<Timer *, 8> TimerStack;
 
-  bool Enabled;
+  /// Custom output stream to print timing information into.
+  /// By default we emit it into the stream controlled by -info-output-file.
+  raw_ostream *OutStream = nullptr;
+
+  bool Enabled = false;
 
 public:
-  TimePassesHandler(bool Enabled = TimePassesIsEnabled);
+  /// We construct this object in a disabled form.
+  /// To start the timing collection and reports explicit enable() call is
+  /// required.
+  TimePassesHandler();
 
   /// Destructor handles the print action if it has not been handled before.
   ~TimePassesHandler() {
@@ -84,6 +92,10 @@
 
   void registerCallbacks(PassInstrumentationCallbacks &PIC);
 
+  /// Enable timers collection and set the output stream for subsequent
+  /// reporting.
+  void enable(raw_ostream &OutStream);
+
 private:
   /// Dumps information for running/triggered timers, useful for debugging
   LLVM_DUMP_METHOD void dump() const;
Index: include/llvm/Passes/StandardInstrumentations.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Passes/StandardInstrumentations.h
+++ include/llvm/Passes/StandardInstrumentations.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
   StandardInstrumentations() = default;
 
   void registerCallbacks(PassInstrumentationCallbacks &PIC);
+
+  TimePassesHandler &getTimePasses() { return TimePasses; }
 };
 } // namespace llvm
 
Index: lib/IR/PassTimingInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/IR/PassTimingInfo.cpp
+++ lib/IR/PassTimingInfo.cpp
@@ -178,10 +178,20 @@
   return *(Pair.first->second.get());
 }
 
-TimePassesHandler::TimePassesHandler(bool Enabled)
-    : TG("pass", "... Pass execution timing report ..."), Enabled(Enabled) {}
+TimePassesHandler::TimePassesHandler()
+    : TG("pass", "... Pass execution timing report ...") {}
+
+void TimePassesHandler::enable(raw_ostream &Out) {
+  Enabled = true;
+  OutStream = &Out;
+}
 
-void TimePassesHandler::print() { TG.print(*CreateInfoOutputFile()); }
+void TimePassesHandler::print() {
+  if (!Enabled)
+    return;
+  assert(OutStream && "output stream can not be null");
+  TG.print(*OutStream);
+}
 
 LLVM_DUMP_METHOD void TimePassesHandler::dump() const {
   dbgs() << "Dumping timers for " << getTypeName<TimePassesHandler>()
Index: test/Other/time-passes.ll
===================================================================
--- test/Other/time-passes.ll
+++ test/Other/time-passes.ll
@@ -4,6 +4,16 @@
 ; RUN: opt < %s -disable-output -passes='instcombine,loop(licm),instcombine,loop(licm)' -time-passes 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=TIME --check-prefix=TIME-NEW -check-prefix=TIME-DOUBLE-LICM-NEW
 ; RUN: opt < %s -disable-output -passes='default<O2>' -time-passes 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=TIME
 ;
+; The following 4 test runs verify -info-output-file interaction (default goes to stderr, '-' goes to stdout).
+; RUN: opt < %s -disable-output -O2 -time-passes -info-output-file='-' 2>/dev/null | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=TIME
+; RUN: opt < %s -disable-output -passes='default<O2>' -time-passes -info-output-file='-' 2>/dev/null | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=TIME
+;
+; RUN: rm -f %t; opt < %s -disable-output -O2 -time-passes -info-output-file=%t
+; RUN:   cat %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=TIME
+;
+; RUN: rm -f %t; opt < %s -disable-output -passes='default<O2>' -time-passes -info-output-file=%t
+; RUN:   cat %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=TIME
+;
 ; TIME: Pass execution timing report
 ; TIME: Total Execution Time:
 ; TIME: Name
Index: tools/opt/NewPMDriver.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/opt/NewPMDriver.cpp
+++ tools/opt/NewPMDriver.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "NewPMDriver.h"
 #include "Debugify.h"
 #include "PassPrinters.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/CGSCCPassManager.h"
@@ -257,8 +258,14 @@
         P->CSAction = PGOOptions::CSIRUse;
       }
     }
+
+  // Setting up standard instrumentations.
+  const bool StreamNeeded = TimePassesIsEnabled;
+  std::unique_ptr<raw_ostream> InfoStream = (StreamNeeded ? CreateInfoOutputFile() : nullptr);
   PassInstrumentationCallbacks PIC;
   StandardInstrumentations SI;
+  if (TimePassesIsEnabled)
+    SI.getTimePasses().enable(*InfoStream);
   SI.registerCallbacks(PIC);
 
   PassBuilder PB(TM, P, &PIC);