Index: llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/GlobalISel/LegalizerHelper.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/GlobalISel/LegalizerHelper.h
+++ llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/GlobalISel/LegalizerHelper.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
   LegalizeResult lowerSADDO_SSUBO(MachineInstr &MI);
   LegalizeResult lowerBswap(MachineInstr &MI);
   LegalizeResult lowerBitreverse(MachineInstr &MI);
+  LegalizeResult lowerReadRegister(MachineInstr &MI);
 
 private:
   MachineRegisterInfo &MRI;
Index: llvm/include/llvm/Support/TargetOpcodes.def
===================================================================
--- llvm/include/llvm/Support/TargetOpcodes.def
+++ llvm/include/llvm/Support/TargetOpcodes.def
@@ -614,12 +614,16 @@
 /// Generic dynamic stack allocation.
 HANDLE_TARGET_OPCODE(G_DYN_STACKALLOC)
 
-// TODO: Add more generic opcodes as we move along.
+/// read_register intrinsic
+HANDLE_TARGET_OPCODE(G_READ_REGISTER)
+
+/// write_register intrinsic
+HANDLE_TARGET_OPCODE(G_WRITE_REGISTER)
 
 /// Marker for the end of the generic opcode.
 /// This is used to check if an opcode is in the range of the
 /// generic opcodes.
-HANDLE_TARGET_OPCODE_MARKER(PRE_ISEL_GENERIC_OPCODE_END, G_DYN_STACKALLOC)
+HANDLE_TARGET_OPCODE_MARKER(PRE_ISEL_GENERIC_OPCODE_END, G_WRITE_REGISTER)
 
 /// BUILTIN_OP_END - This must be the last enum value in this list.
 /// The target-specific post-isel opcode values start here.
Index: llvm/include/llvm/Target/GenericOpcodes.td
===================================================================
--- llvm/include/llvm/Target/GenericOpcodes.td
+++ llvm/include/llvm/Target/GenericOpcodes.td
@@ -1012,6 +1012,26 @@
   let isTerminator = 1;
 }
 
+def G_READ_REGISTER : GenericInstruction {
+  let OutOperandList = (outs type0:$dst);
+  let InOperandList = (ins unknown:$register);
+  let hasSideEffects = 1;
+
+  // Assume convergent. It's probably not worth the effort of somehow
+  // modeling convergent and nonconvergent register accesses.
+  let isConvergent = 1;
+}
+
+def G_WRITE_REGISTER : GenericInstruction {
+  let OutOperandList = (outs);
+  let InOperandList = (ins unknown:$register, type0:$value);
+  let hasSideEffects = 1;
+
+  // Assume convergent. It's probably not worth the effort of somehow
+  // modeling convergent and nonconvergent register accesses.
+  let isConvergent = 1;
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Vector ops
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/IRTranslator.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/IRTranslator.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/IRTranslator.cpp
@@ -1526,6 +1526,13 @@
   case Intrinsic::sideeffect:
     // Discard annotate attributes, assumptions, and artificial side-effects.
     return true;
+  case Intrinsic::read_register: {
+    Value *Arg = CI.getArgOperand(0);
+    MIRBuilder.buildInstr(TargetOpcode::G_READ_REGISTER)
+      .addDef(getOrCreateVReg(CI))
+      .addMetadata(cast<MDNode>(cast<MetadataAsValue>(Arg)->getMetadata()));
+    return true;
+  }
   }
   return false;
 }
Index: llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/LegalizerHelper.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/LegalizerHelper.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/CodeGen/GlobalISel/LegalizerHelper.cpp
@@ -2317,6 +2317,8 @@
     return lowerBswap(MI);
   case G_BITREVERSE:
     return lowerBitreverse(MI);
+  case G_READ_REGISTER:
+    return lowerReadRegister(MI);
   }
 }
 
@@ -4469,3 +4471,22 @@
   MI.eraseFromParent();
   return Legalized;
 }
+
+LegalizerHelper::LegalizeResult
+LegalizerHelper::lowerReadRegister(MachineInstr &MI) {
+  Register Dst = MI.getOperand(0).getReg();
+  const LLT Ty = MRI.getType(Dst);
+  const MDString *RegStr = cast<MDString>(
+    cast<MDNode>(MI.getOperand(1).getMetadata())->getOperand(0));
+
+  MachineFunction &MF = MIRBuilder.getMF();
+  const TargetSubtargetInfo &STI = MF.getSubtarget();
+  const TargetLowering *TLI = STI.getTargetLowering();
+  Register Reg = TLI->getRegisterByName(RegStr->getString().data(), Ty, MF);
+  if (!Reg.isValid())
+    return UnableToLegalize;
+
+  MIRBuilder.buildCopy(Dst, Reg);
+  MI.eraseFromParent();
+  return Legalized;
+}
Index: llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPULegalizerInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPULegalizerInfo.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPULegalizerInfo.cpp
@@ -1115,6 +1115,8 @@
 
   getActionDefinitionsBuilder(G_SEXT_INREG).lower();
 
+  getActionDefinitionsBuilder({G_READ_REGISTER, G_WRITE_REGISTER}).lower();
+
   getActionDefinitionsBuilder(G_READCYCLECOUNTER)
     .legalFor({S64});
 
Index: llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/GlobalISel/read_register.ll
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/GlobalISel/read_register.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+; Runs original SDAG test with -global-isel
+; RUN: llc -global-isel -mtriple=amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -mcpu=bonaire -verify-machineinstrs < %S/../read_register.ll | FileCheck -enable-var-scope %S/../read_register.ll