diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.def b/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.def
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.def
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/CodeGenOptions.def
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 CODEGENOPT(Autolink          , 1, 1) ///< -fno-autolink
 CODEGENOPT(ObjCAutoRefCountExceptions , 1, 0) ///< Whether ARC should be EH-safe.
 CODEGENOPT(Backchain         , 1, 0) ///< -mbackchain
-CODEGENOPT(IgnoreXCOFFVisibility         , 1, 0) ///< -mignore-xcoff-visibility
 CODEGENOPT(ControlFlowGuardNoChecks  , 1, 0) ///< -cfguard-no-checks
 CODEGENOPT(ControlFlowGuard  , 1, 0) ///< -cfguard
 CODEGENOPT(CXAAtExit         , 1, 1) ///< Use __cxa_atexit for calling destructors.
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def b/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@
 BENIGN_LANGOPT(DumpVTableLayouts , 1, 0, "dumping the layouts of emitted vtables")
 LANGOPT(NoConstantCFStrings , 1, 0, "no constant CoreFoundation strings")
 BENIGN_LANGOPT(InlineVisibilityHidden , 1, 0, "hidden visibility for inline C++ methods")
+BENIGN_LANGOPT(IgnoreXCOFFVisibility, 1, 0, "All the visibility attributes that are specified in the source code are ignored in aix XCOFF.")
 BENIGN_LANGOPT(VisibilityInlinesHiddenStaticLocalVar, 1, 0,
                "hidden visibility for static local variables in inline C++ "
                "methods when -fvisibility-inlines hidden is enabled")
diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/Decl.cpp
@@ -1478,10 +1478,14 @@
 }
 
 LinkageInfo LinkageComputer::getDeclLinkageAndVisibility(const NamedDecl *D) {
-  return getLVForDecl(D,
-                      LVComputationKind(usesTypeVisibility(D)
-                                            ? NamedDecl::VisibilityForType
-                                            : NamedDecl::VisibilityForValue));
+  NamedDecl::ExplicitVisibilityKind EK = usesTypeVisibility(D)
+                                             ? NamedDecl::VisibilityForType
+                                             : NamedDecl::VisibilityForValue;
+  LVComputationKind CK(EK);
+
+  return getLVForDecl(D, D->getASTContext().getLangOpts().IgnoreXCOFFVisibility
+                             ? CK.forLinkageOnly()
+                             : CK);
 }
 
 Module *Decl::getOwningModuleForLinkage(bool IgnoreLinkage) const {
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@
   Options.EnableMachineFunctionSplitter = CodeGenOpts.SplitMachineFunctions;
   Options.FunctionSections = CodeGenOpts.FunctionSections;
   Options.DataSections = CodeGenOpts.DataSections;
-  Options.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility = CodeGenOpts.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility;
   Options.UniqueSectionNames = CodeGenOpts.UniqueSectionNames;
   Options.UniqueBasicBlockSectionNames =
       CodeGenOpts.UniqueBasicBlockSectionNames;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -1354,10 +1354,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  if (T.isOSAIX() && (Args.hasArg(OPT_mignore_xcoff_visibility) ||
-                      !Args.hasArg(OPT_fvisibility)))
-    Opts.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility = 1;
-
   Opts.DependentLibraries = Args.getAllArgValues(OPT_dependent_lib);
   Opts.LinkerOptions = Args.getAllArgValues(OPT_linker_option);
   bool NeedLocTracking = false;
@@ -2772,6 +2768,12 @@
     Opts.setValueVisibilityMode(DefaultVisibility);
   }
 
+  // In AIX OS, the -mignore-xcoff-visibility is enable by default if there is
+  // no -fvisibility=* option.
+  if (T.isOSAIX() && (Args.hasArg(OPT_mignore_xcoff_visibility) ||
+                      !Args.hasArg(OPT_fvisibility)))
+    Opts.IgnoreXCOFFVisibility = 1;
+
   // The type-visibility mode defaults to the value-visibility mode.
   if (Arg *typeVisOpt = Args.getLastArg(OPT_ftype_visibility)) {
     Opts.setTypeVisibilityMode(parseVisibility(typeVisOpt, Args, Diags));
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/aix-ignore-xcoff-visibility.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGen/aix-ignore-xcoff-visibility.cpp
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/aix-ignore-xcoff-visibility.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/aix-ignore-xcoff-visibility.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -fvisibility default -o - -x c++ -S %s  | \
 // RUN: FileCheck -check-prefix=VISIBILITY-ASM %s
 
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -emit-llvm -o - -x c++ %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck -check-prefix=NOVISIBILITY-IR %s
+
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mignore-xcoff-visibility -fvisibility default -emit-llvm -o - -x c++ %s  | \
-// RUN: FileCheck -check-prefix=VISIBILITY-IR %s
+// RUN: FileCheck -check-prefix=NOVISIBILITY-IR %s
 
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -fvisibility default -emit-llvm -o - -x c++ %s  | \
 // RUN: FileCheck -check-prefix=VISIBILITY-IR %s
@@ -70,6 +73,15 @@
 // VISIBILITY-IR:    define weak_odr protected i32 @_ZN5basicIiE7getdataEv(%class.basic* %this)
 // VISIBILITY-IR:    define hidden void @_Z7prambarv()
 
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:    @b = global i32 0
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:    @pramb = global i32 0
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:    define void @_Z5foo_hPi(i32* %p)
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:    declare void @_Z12zoo_extern_hv()
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:    define void @_Z3barv()
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:    define linkonce_odr i32 @_ZNK9TestClass5valueEv(%class.TestClass* %this)
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:    define weak_odr i32 @_ZN5basicIiE7getdataEv(%class.basic* %this)
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:    define void @_Z7prambarv()
+
 // VISIBILITY-ASM: .globl  _Z5foo_hPi[DS],hidden
 // VISIBILITY-ASM: .globl  ._Z5foo_hPi,hidden
 // VISIBILITY-ASM: .globl  _Z3barv[DS],protected
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/aix-visibility-inlines-hidden.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGen/aix-visibility-inlines-hidden.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/aix-visibility-inlines-hidden.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// REQUIRES: powerpc-registered-target
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -emit-llvm -o - -x c++ %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck -check-prefixes=COMMON-IR,NOVISIBILITY-IR %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -emit-llvm -o - -x c++ %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck -check-prefixes=COMMON-IR,NOVISIBILITY-IR %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -fvisibility-inlines-hidden \
+// RUN:            -fvisibility default -emit-llvm -o - -x c++ %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck -check-prefixes=COMMON-IR,VISIBILITY-IR %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -mignore-xcoff-visibility -fvisibility-inlines-hidden \ 
+// RUN:            -fvisibility default -emit-llvm -o - -x c++ %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck -check-prefixes=COMMON-IR,NOVISIBILITY-IR %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -o - -x c++ -S  %s  |\
+// RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefixes=NOP-ASM,COMMON-ASM %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -o - -x c++ -S %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck --check-prefixes=NOP-ASM,COMMON-ASM %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -fvisibility-inlines-hidden \
+// RUN:            -fvisibility default -o - -x c++ -S %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck --check-prefix=COMMON-ASM %s
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -mignore-xcoff-visibility \
+// RUN:            -fvisibility-inlines-hidden  -fvisibility default -o - -x c++ -S %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck --check-prefixes=NOP-ASM,COMMON-ASM %s
+int x = 66;
+__attribute__((__noinline__)) inline void f() {
+  x = 55;
+}
+
+#pragma GCC visibility push(hidden)
+__attribute__((__noinline__)) inline void foo() {
+  x = 55;
+}
+#pragma GCC visibility pop
+
+int bar() {
+  f();
+  foo();
+  return x;
+}
+
+// VISIBILITY-IR:     define linkonce_odr hidden void @_Z1fv()
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:   define linkonce_odr void @_Z1fv()
+// COMMON-IR-NEXT:  entry:
+// COMMON-IR-NEXT:    store i32 55, i32* @x, align 4
+// COMMON-IR-NEXT:    ret void
+
+// VISIBILITY-IR:     define linkonce_odr hidden void @_Z3foov()
+// NOVISIBILITY-IR:   define linkonce_odr void @_Z3foov()
+// COMMON-IR-NEXT:  entry:
+// COMMON-IR-NEXT:    store i32 55, i32* @x, align 4
+
+// COMMON-ASM:         mflr 0
+// COMMON-ASM-NEXT:    stw 0, 8(1)
+// COMMON-ASM-NEXT:    stwu 1, -64(1)
+// COMMON-ASM-NEXT:    bl ._Z1fv
+// NOP-ASM-NEXT:       nop
+// COMMON-ASM-NEXT:    bl ._Z3foov
+// NOP-ASM-NEXT:       nop
+
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-unknown-aix -mcmodel=large -fvisibility-inlines-hidden  -fvisibility default -o - -x c++ -S %s  | \
+// RUN: FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK %s
+/// CHECK-NOT:     nop