diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3245f5843e5..10d2542f8b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gccjit"
 version = "1.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/antoyo/gccjit.rs#1a60fe3918a5b3b0983c1ea09f4b9445001a6468"
+source = "git+https://github.com/antoyo/gccjit.rs#f30cc2bd330f4fda3d625f305bdfd7e523e2d8f8"
 dependencies = [
  "gccjit_sys",
 ]
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "gccjit_sys"
 version = "0.0.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/antoyo/gccjit.rs#1a60fe3918a5b3b0983c1ea09f4b9445001a6468"
+source = "git+https://github.com/antoyo/gccjit.rs#f30cc2bd330f4fda3d625f305bdfd7e523e2d8f8"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.1.12",
 ]
diff --git a/src/asm.rs b/src/asm.rs
index fa40aa80804..eb37488a6c5 100644
--- a/src/asm.rs
+++ b/src/asm.rs
@@ -718,6 +718,8 @@ fn codegen_global_asm(&self, template: &[InlineAsmTemplatePiece], operands: &[Gl
                         }
 
                         GlobalAsmOperandRef::SymFn { instance } => {
+                            let function = self.rvalue_as_function(get_fn(self, instance));
+                            self.add_used_function(function);
                             // TODO(@Amanieu): Additional mangling is needed on
                             // some targets to add a leading underscore (Mach-O)
                             // or byte count suffixes (x86 Windows).
@@ -726,6 +728,7 @@ fn codegen_global_asm(&self, template: &[InlineAsmTemplatePiece], operands: &[Gl
                         }
 
                         GlobalAsmOperandRef::SymStatic { def_id } => {
+                            // TODO(antoyo): set the global variable as used.
                             // TODO(@Amanieu): Additional mangling is needed on
                             // some targets to add a leading underscore (Mach-O).
                             let instance = Instance::mono(self.tcx, def_id);
diff --git a/src/consts.rs b/src/consts.rs
index e83cf53f48e..9307d280f61 100644
--- a/src/consts.rs
+++ b/src/consts.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use gccjit::{GlobalKind, LValue, RValue, ToRValue, Type};
+#[cfg(feature = "master")]
+use gccjit::FnAttribute;
+use gccjit::{Function, GlobalKind, LValue, RValue, ToRValue, Type};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::{BaseTypeMethods, ConstMethods, DerivedTypeMethods, StaticMethods};
 use rustc_hir as hir;
 use rustc_hir::Node;
@@ -159,12 +161,19 @@ fn add_used_global(&self, _global: RValue<'gcc>) {
         // TODO(antoyo)
     }
 
-    fn add_compiler_used_global(&self, _global: RValue<'gcc>) {
-        // TODO(antoyo)
+    fn add_compiler_used_global(&self, global: RValue<'gcc>) {
+        // NOTE: seems like GCC does not make the distinction between compiler.used and used.
+        self.add_used_global(global);
     }
 }
 
 impl<'gcc, 'tcx> CodegenCx<'gcc, 'tcx> {
+    #[cfg_attr(not(feature="master"), allow(unused_variables))]
+    pub fn add_used_function(&self, function: Function<'gcc>) {
+        #[cfg(feature = "master")]
+        function.add_attribute(FnAttribute::Used);
+    }
+
     pub fn static_addr_of_mut(&self, cv: RValue<'gcc>, align: Align, kind: Option<&str>) -> RValue<'gcc> {
         let global =
             match kind {