diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
index ebe8b797414..d60983d7697 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ pub fn target_machine_factory(sess: &Session, find_features: bool)
     let is_pie_binary = !find_features && is_pie_binary(sess);
     let trap_unreachable = sess.target.target.options.trap_unreachable;
 
+    let asm_comments = sess.asm_comments();
+
     Arc::new(move || {
         let tm = unsafe {
             llvm::LLVMRustCreateTargetMachine(
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ pub fn target_machine_factory(sess: &Session, find_features: bool)
                 fdata_sections,
                 trap_unreachable,
                 singlethread,
+                asm_comments,
             )
         };
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
index 68a21a53707..eec8a3a169c 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm/ffi.rs
@@ -1455,7 +1455,8 @@ pub fn LLVMRustCreateTargetMachine(Triple: *const c_char,
                                        FunctionSections: bool,
                                        DataSections: bool,
                                        TrapUnreachable: bool,
-                                       Singlethread: bool)
+                                       Singlethread: bool,
+                                       AsmComments: bool)
                                        -> Option<&'static mut TargetMachine>;
     pub fn LLVMRustDisposeTargetMachine(T: &'static mut TargetMachine);
     pub fn LLVMRustAddAnalysisPasses(T: &'a TargetMachine, PM: &PassManager<'a>, M: &'a Module);
diff --git a/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp b/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
index 7305dc71cbf..d9fbd494ab3 100644
--- a/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/rustllvm/PassWrapper.cpp
@@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ extern "C" LLVMTargetMachineRef LLVMRustCreateTargetMachine(
     bool PositionIndependentExecutable, bool FunctionSections,
     bool DataSections,
     bool TrapUnreachable,
-    bool Singlethread) {
+    bool Singlethread,
+    bool AsmComments) {
 
   auto OptLevel = fromRust(RustOptLevel);
   auto RM = fromRust(RustReloc);
@@ -393,6 +394,8 @@ extern "C" LLVMTargetMachineRef LLVMRustCreateTargetMachine(
   }
   Options.DataSections = DataSections;
   Options.FunctionSections = FunctionSections;
+  Options.MCOptions.AsmVerbose = AsmComments;
+  Options.MCOptions.PreserveAsmComments = AsmComments;
 
   if (TrapUnreachable) {
     // Tell LLVM to codegen `unreachable` into an explicit trap instruction.