Index: clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
===================================================================
--- clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
+++ clang/include/clang/Basic/LangOptions.def
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@
 BENIGN_LANGOPT(CompatibilityQualifiedIdBlockParamTypeChecking, 1, 0,
                "compatibility mode for type checking block parameters "
                "involving qualified id types")
+LANGOPT(ObjCDisableDirectMethodsForTesting, 1, 0,
+        "Disable recognition of objc_direct methods")
 LANGOPT(CFProtectionBranch , 1, 0, "Control-Flow Branch Protection enabled")
 LANGOPT(FakeAddressSpaceMap , 1, 0, "OpenCL fake address space map")
 ENUM_LANGOPT(AddressSpaceMapMangling , AddrSpaceMapMangling, 2, ASMM_Target, "OpenCL address space map mangling mode")
Index: clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
===================================================================
--- clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
+++ clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
@@ -2135,6 +2135,11 @@
 def fno_objc_nonfragile_abi : Flag<["-"], "fno-objc-nonfragile-abi">, Group<f_Group>;
 
 def fobjc_sender_dependent_dispatch : Flag<["-"], "fobjc-sender-dependent-dispatch">, Group<f_Group>;
+def fobjc_disable_direct_methods_for_testing :
+  Flag<["-"], "fobjc-disable-direct-methods-for-testing">,
+  Group<f_Group>, Flags<[CC1Option]>,
+  HelpText<"Ignore attribute objc_direct so that direct methods can be tested">;
+
 def fomit_frame_pointer : Flag<["-"], "fomit-frame-pointer">, Group<f_Group>;
 def fopenmp : Flag<["-"], "fopenmp">, Group<f_Group>, Flags<[CC1Option, NoArgumentUnused]>,
   HelpText<"Parse OpenMP pragmas and generate parallel code.">,
Index: clang/lib/AST/DeclObjC.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang/lib/AST/DeclObjC.cpp
+++ clang/lib/AST/DeclObjC.cpp
@@ -826,7 +826,8 @@
 }
 
 bool ObjCMethodDecl::isDirectMethod() const {
-  return hasAttr<ObjCDirectAttr>();
+  return hasAttr<ObjCDirectAttr>() &&
+         !getASTContext().getLangOpts().ObjCDisableDirectMethodsForTesting;
 }
 
 bool ObjCMethodDecl::isThisDeclarationADesignatedInitializer() const {
Index: clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -3600,6 +3600,9 @@
       WeakArg->render(Args, CmdArgs);
     }
   }
+
+  if (Args.hasArg(options::OPT_fobjc_disable_direct_methods_for_testing))
+    CmdArgs.push_back("-fobjc-disable-direct-methods-for-testing");
 }
 
 static void RenderDiagnosticsOptions(const Driver &D, const ArgList &Args,
Index: clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
+++ clang/lib/Frontend/CompilerInvocation.cpp
@@ -2350,6 +2350,9 @@
     if (Args.hasArg(OPT_fobjc_subscripting_legacy_runtime))
       Opts.ObjCSubscriptingLegacyRuntime =
         (Opts.ObjCRuntime.getKind() == ObjCRuntime::FragileMacOSX);
+
+    if (Args.hasArg(OPT_fobjc_disable_direct_methods_for_testing))
+      Opts.ObjCDisableDirectMethodsForTesting = true;
   }
 
   if (Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_fgnuc_version_EQ)) {
Index: clang/test/CodeGenObjC/disable-direct-method.m
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang/test/CodeGenObjC/disable-direct-method.m
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// _RUN: %clang_cc1 -emit-llvm -triple x86_64-apple-darwin10 -fobjc-disable-direct-methods-for-testing %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+@interface X
+-(void)m __attribute__((objc_direct));
+@end
+
+void f(X *x) {
+  [x m];
+
+  // CHECK: call void bitcast ({{.*}} @objc_msgSend to {{.*}})
+}
Index: clang/test/Driver/clang_f_opts.c
===================================================================
--- clang/test/Driver/clang_f_opts.c
+++ clang/test/Driver/clang_f_opts.c
@@ -568,3 +568,8 @@
 
 // RUN: %clang -### -S -fno-temp-file %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK-NO-TEMP-FILE %s
 // CHECK-NO-TEMP-FILE: "-fno-temp-file"
+
+// RUN: %clang -### -xobjective-c -fobjc-disable-direct-methods-for-testing %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_DISABLE_DIRECT %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -xobjective-c %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_NO_DISABLE_DIRECT %s
+// CHECK_DISABLE_DIRECT: -fobjc-disable-direct-methods-for-testing
+// CHECK_NO_DISABLE_DIRECT-NOT: -fobjc-disable-direct-methods-for-testing