diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
@@ -3295,11 +3295,18 @@
                                         SourceLocation Loc) {
   if (!CGF.HaveInsertPoint())
     return;
-  // Build call __kmpc_omp_taskyield(loc, thread_id, 0);
-  llvm::Value *Args[] = {
-      emitUpdateLocation(CGF, Loc), getThreadID(CGF, Loc),
-      llvm::ConstantInt::get(CGM.IntTy, /*V=*/0, /*isSigned=*/true)};
-  CGF.EmitRuntimeCall(createRuntimeFunction(OMPRTL__kmpc_omp_taskyield), Args);
+  llvm::OpenMPIRBuilder *OMPBuilder = CGF.CGM.getOpenMPIRBuilder();
+  if (OMPBuilder) {
+    OMPBuilder->CreateTaskyield(CGF.Builder);
+  } else {
+    // Build call __kmpc_omp_taskyield(loc, thread_id, 0);
+    llvm::Value *Args[] = {
+        emitUpdateLocation(CGF, Loc), getThreadID(CGF, Loc),
+        llvm::ConstantInt::get(CGM.IntTy, /*V=*/0, /*isSigned=*/true)};
+    CGF.EmitRuntimeCall(createRuntimeFunction(OMPRTL__kmpc_omp_taskyield),
+                        Args);
+  }
+
   if (auto *Region = dyn_cast_or_null<CGOpenMPRegionInfo>(CGF.CapturedStmtInfo))
     Region->emitUntiedSwitch(CGF);
 }
diff --git a/clang/test/OpenMP/taskyield_codegen.cpp b/clang/test/OpenMP/taskyield_codegen.cpp
--- a/clang/test/OpenMP/taskyield_codegen.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/OpenMP/taskyield_codegen.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -verify -fopenmp -x c++ -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -fopenmp -x c++ -std=c++11 -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown -emit-pch -o %t %s
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -fopenmp -x c++ -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown -std=c++11 -include-pch %t -verify %s -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s
+//
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -verify -fopenmp -fopenmp-enable-irbuilder -x c++ -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fopenmp -fopenmp-enable-irbuilder -x c++ -std=c++11 -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown -emit-pch -o %t %s
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fopenmp -fopenmp-enable-irbuilder -x c++ -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown -std=c++11 -include-pch %t -verify %s -emit-llvm -o - | FileCheck %s
 
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -verify -fopenmp-simd -x c++ -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck --check-prefix SIMD-ONLY0 %s
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -fopenmp-simd -x c++ -std=c++11 -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown -emit-pch -o %t %s
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
                  Value *IfCondition, Value *NumThreads,
                  omp::ProcBindKind ProcBind, bool IsCancellable);
 
+
   /// Generator for '#omp flush'
   ///
   /// \param Loc The location where the flush directive was encountered
@@ -181,6 +182,11 @@
   /// \param Loc The location where the taskwait directive was encountered.
   void CreateTaskwait(const LocationDescription& Loc);
 
+  /// Generator for '#omp taskyield'
+  ///
+  /// \param Loc The location where the taskyield directive was encountered.
+  void CreateTaskyield(const LocationDescription& Loc);
+
   ///}
 
 
@@ -251,6 +257,11 @@
   /// \param Loc The location at which the request originated and is fulfilled.
   void emitTaskwaitImpl(const LocationDescription &Loc);
 
+  /// Generate a taskyield runtime call.
+  ///
+  /// \param Loc The location at which the request originated and is fulfilled.
+  void emitTaskyieldImpl(const LocationDescription &Loc);
+
   /// Return the current thread ID.
   ///
   /// \param Ident The ident (ident_t*) describing the query origin.
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPKinds.def b/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPKinds.def
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPKinds.def
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPKinds.def
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_global_thread_num, false, Int32, IdentPtr)
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_fork_call, true, Void, IdentPtr, Int32, ParallelTaskPtr)
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_omp_taskwait, false, Int32, IdentPtr, Int32)
+__OMP_RTL(__kmpc_omp_taskyield, false, Int32, IdentPtr, Int32, Int32)
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_push_num_threads, false, Void, IdentPtr, Int32,
           /* Int */ Int32)
 __OMP_RTL(__kmpc_push_proc_bind, false, Void, IdentPtr, Int32, /* Int */ Int32)
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp b/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
@@ -709,3 +709,20 @@
     return;
   emitTaskwaitImpl(Loc);
 }
+
+void OpenMPIRBuilder::emitTaskyieldImpl(const LocationDescription &Loc) {
+  // Build call __kmpc_omp_taskyield(loc, thread_id, 0);
+  Constant *SrcLocStr = getOrCreateSrcLocStr(Loc);
+  Value *Ident = getOrCreateIdent(SrcLocStr);
+  Constant *I32Null = ConstantInt::getNullValue(Int32);
+  Value *Args[] = {Ident, getOrCreateThreadID(Ident), I32Null};
+
+  Builder.CreateCall(getOrCreateRuntimeFunction(OMPRTL___kmpc_omp_taskyield),
+                     Args);
+}
+
+void OpenMPIRBuilder::CreateTaskyield(const LocationDescription &Loc) {
+  if (!updateToLocation(Loc))
+    return;
+  emitTaskyieldImpl(Loc);
+}