diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/TableGen/Record.h b/llvm/include/llvm/TableGen/Record.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/TableGen/Record.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/TableGen/Record.h
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@
   /// Stop timing a phase.
   void stopTimer();
 
-  /// Start timing the overall backend. If the backend starts a timer,
+  /// Start timing the overall backend. If the backend itself starts a timer,
   /// then this timer is cleared.
   void startBackendTimer(StringRef Name);
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/Timer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/Timer.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/Timer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/Timer.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
   InfoOutputFilename("info-output-file", cl::value_desc("filename"),
                      cl::desc("File to append -stats and -timer output to"),
                    cl::Hidden, cl::location(getLibSupportInfoOutputFilename()));
+
+  static cl::opt<bool>
+  SortTimers("sort-timers", cl::desc("In the report, sort the timers in each group "
+                                     "in wall clock time order"),
+             cl::init(true), cl::Hidden);
 }
 
 std::unique_ptr<raw_fd_ostream> llvm::CreateInfoOutputFile() {
@@ -301,8 +306,9 @@
 }
 
 void TimerGroup::PrintQueuedTimers(raw_ostream &OS) {
-  // Sort the timers in descending order by amount of time taken.
-  llvm::sort(TimersToPrint);
+  // Perhaps sort the timers in descending order by amount of time taken.
+  if (SortTimers)
+    llvm::sort(TimersToPrint);
 
   TimeRecord Total;
   for (const PrintRecord &Record : TimersToPrint)
diff --git a/llvm/utils/TableGen/DAGISelEmitter.cpp b/llvm/utils/TableGen/DAGISelEmitter.cpp
--- a/llvm/utils/TableGen/DAGISelEmitter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/utils/TableGen/DAGISelEmitter.cpp
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
 namespace llvm {
 
 void EmitDAGISel(RecordKeeper &RK, raw_ostream &OS) {
+  RK.startTimer("Parse patterns");
   DAGISelEmitter(RK).run(OS);
 }