diff --git a/mlir/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Enable errors for any global constructors.
+add_flag_if_supported("-Werror=global-constructors" WERROR_GLOBAL_CONSTRUCTOR)
+
 add_subdirectory(Analysis)
 add_subdirectory(Conversion)
 add_subdirectory(Dialect)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# TODO: Remove the need for global constructors within IR/
+add_flag_if_supported("-Wno-global-constructors" WNO_GLOBAL_CONSTRUCTOR_MLIR_IR)
+
 file(GLOB globbed *.c *.cpp)
 add_mlir_library(MLIRIR
   ${globbed}