diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a188371901b..b5454499df38 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ endif()
 
 option(LLVM_ENABLE_EXPENSIVE_CHECKS "Enable expensive checks" OFF)
 
+option(LLVM_ENABLE_DUMP "Enable dump functions in release builds" OFF)
+
 set(LLVM_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS "WITH_ASSERTS" CACHE STRING
   "Enable abi-breaking checks.  Can be WITH_ASSERTS, FORCE_ON or FORCE_OFF.")
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake b/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
index 76683c351d81..bd5e8989596a 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ if(LLVM_ENABLE_EXPENSIVE_CHECKS)
   add_definitions(-D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG)
 endif()
 
+if(LLVM_ENABLE_DUMP)
+  add_definitions(-DLLVM_ENABLE_DUMP)
+endif()
+
 string(TOUPPER "${LLVM_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS}" uppercase_LLVM_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS)
 
 if( uppercase_LLVM_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS STREQUAL "WITH_ASSERTS" )