diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td b/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
index d08af9e0a58a1..f27e25575cab2 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Driver/Options.td
@@ -7025,9 +7025,16 @@ def fsycl_remove_unused_external_funcs : Flag<["-"], "fsycl-remove-unused-extern
 def fno_sycl_remove_unused_external_funcs : Flag<["-"], "fno-sycl-remove-unused-external-funcs">,
   HelpText<"Prevent removal of unused `SYCL_EXTERNAL` functions">;
 def fsycl_allow_device_dependencies : Flag<["-"], "fsycl-allow-device-dependencies">,
-  HelpText<"Allow dependencies between device code images">;
+  HelpText<"Deprecated: please use -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies instead.">,
+  Flags<[Deprecated]>;
 def fno_sycl_allow_device_dependencies : Flag<["-"], "fno-sycl-allow-device-dependencies">,
-  HelpText<"Do not allow dependencies between device code images (default)">;
+  HelpText<"Deprecated: please use -fno-sycl-allow-device-image-dependencies instead.">,
+  Flags<[Deprecated]>;
+
+defm sycl_allow_device_image_dependencies: BoolOptionWithoutMarshalling<"f", "sycl-allow-device-image-dependencies",
+  PosFlag<SetTrue, [], [ClangOption], "Allow dependencies between device code images">,
+  NegFlag<SetFalse, [], [ClangOption], "Do not allow dependencies between device code images (default)">>;
+
 def fsycl_dump_device_code_EQ : Joined<["-"], "fsycl-dump-device-code=">,
   Flags<[NoXarchOption]>,
   HelpText<"Dump device code into the user provided directory.">;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
index bbaea4eb8fd79..8f33cea7cb16b 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -10791,10 +10791,17 @@ static void addArgs(ArgStringList &DstArgs, const llvm::opt::ArgList &Alloc,
   }
 }
 
-static bool allowDeviceDependencies(const llvm::opt::ArgList &TCArgs) {
+static bool allowDeviceImageDependencies(const llvm::opt::ArgList &TCArgs) {
+  // deprecated
   if (TCArgs.hasFlag(options::OPT_fsycl_allow_device_dependencies,
                      options::OPT_fno_sycl_allow_device_dependencies, false))
     return true;
+
+  // preferred
+  if (TCArgs.hasFlag(options::OPT_fsycl_allow_device_image_dependencies,
+                     options::OPT_fno_sycl_allow_device_image_dependencies, false))
+    return true;
+
   return false;
 }
 
@@ -10825,7 +10832,7 @@ static void getNonTripleBasedSYCLPostLinkOpts(const ToolChain &TC,
                      options::OPT_fsycl_esimd_force_stateless_mem, false))
     addArgs(PostLinkArgs, TCArgs, {"-lower-esimd-force-stateless-mem=false"});
 
-  if (allowDeviceDependencies(TCArgs))
+  if (allowDeviceImageDependencies(TCArgs))
     addArgs(PostLinkArgs, TCArgs, {"-allow-device-image-dependencies"});
 }
 
@@ -10843,7 +10850,7 @@ static bool shouldEmitOnlyKernelsAsEntryPoints(const ToolChain &TC,
     return true;
   // When supporting dynamic linking, non-kernels in a device image can be
   // called.
-  if (allowDeviceDependencies(TCArgs))
+  if (allowDeviceImageDependencies(TCArgs))
     return false;
   if (Triple.isNVPTX() || Triple.isAMDGPU())
     return false;
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/sycl-deprecated.cpp b/clang/test/Driver/sycl-deprecated.cpp
index c678c93d2a3f5..339f70cdaffa5 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/sycl-deprecated.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/sycl-deprecated.cpp
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 // RUN: %clangxx -fno-sycl-explicit-simd %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -DOPTION=-fno-sycl-explicit-simd
 // RUN: %clangxx -fsycl -fsycl-use-bitcode %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -DOPTION=-fsycl-use-bitcode
 // RUN: %clangxx -fsycl -fno-sycl-use-bitcode %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -DOPTION=-fno-sycl-use-bitcode
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -DOPTION=-fsycl-allow-device-dependencies
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl -fno-sycl-allow-device-dependencies %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -DOPTION=-fno-sycl-allow-device-dependencies
 // CHECK: option '[[OPTION]]' is deprecated and will be removed in a future release
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/sycl-offload-old-model.cpp b/clang/test/Driver/sycl-offload-old-model.cpp
index b4ef916bbd1d9..296e86cc32115 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/sycl-offload-old-model.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/sycl-offload-old-model.cpp
@@ -174,16 +174,16 @@
 // RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_OPT_PASS %s
 // CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_OPT_PASS: sycl-post-link{{.*}}emit-only-kernels-as-entry-points
 // RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fno-sycl-remove-unused-external-funcs %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_OPT_NO_PASS %s
-// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_OPT_NO_PASS %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_OPT_NO_PASS %s
 // CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_OPT_NO_PASS-NOT: sycl-post-link{{.*}}emit-only-kernels-as-entry-points
 
 /// Check selective passing of -allow-device-image-dependencies to sycl-post-link tool
-// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_fpga -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS %s
-// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS %s
-// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fno-sycl-allow-device-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_NO_PASS %s
-// RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_fpga -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS %s
-// RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS %s
-// RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fno-sycl-allow-device-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_NO_PASS %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_fpga -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fno-sycl-allow-device-image-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_NO_PASS %s
+// RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_fpga -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS %s
+// RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS %s
+// RUN: %clang_cl -### -fsycl --no-offload-new-driver -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen -fno-sycl-allow-device-image-dependencies %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_NO_PASS %s
 
 // CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_PASS: sycl-post-link{{.*}}allow-device-image-dependencies
 // CHECK_SYCL_POST_LINK_ADID_NO_PASS-NOT: sycl-post-link{{.*}}allow-device-image-dependencies
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/a.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/a.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/a.cpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/a.cpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/a.hpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/a.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/a.hpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/a.hpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/b.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/b.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/b.cpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/b.cpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/b.hpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/b.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/b.hpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/b.hpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/c.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/c.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/c.cpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/c.cpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/c.hpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/c.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/c.hpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/c.hpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/d.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/d.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/d.cpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/d.cpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/d.hpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/d.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/d.hpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/d.hpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/wrapper.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/wrapper.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/wrapper.cpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/wrapper.cpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/wrapper.hpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/wrapper.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/Inputs/wrapper.hpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/Inputs/wrapper.hpp
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/dynamic.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/dynamic.cpp
similarity index 86%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/dynamic.cpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/dynamic.cpp
index 784358ee82f52..8b35cbcf6d64b 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/dynamic.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/dynamic.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-// Test -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies with dynamic libraries.
+// Test -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies with dynamic libraries.
 
 // UNSUPPORTED: cuda || hip
 
-// DEFINE: %{dynamic_lib_options} = -fsycl %fPIC %shared_lib -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies -I %S/Inputs %if windows %{-DMAKE_DLL %}
+// DEFINE: %{dynamic_lib_options} = -fsycl %fPIC %shared_lib -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies -I %S/Inputs %if windows %{-DMAKE_DLL %}
 // DEFINE: %{dynamic_lib_suffix} = %if windows %{dll%} %else %{so%}
 
 // RUN: %clangxx %{dynamic_lib_options} %S/Inputs/d.cpp                                    -o %T/libdevice_d.%{dynamic_lib_suffix}
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // RUN: %clangxx %{dynamic_lib_options} %S/Inputs/b.cpp %if windows %{%T/libdevice_c.lib%} -o %T/libdevice_b.%{dynamic_lib_suffix}
 // RUN: %clangxx %{dynamic_lib_options} %S/Inputs/a.cpp %if windows %{%T/libdevice_b.lib%} -o %T/libdevice_a.%{dynamic_lib_suffix}
 
-// RUN: %{build} -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies -I %S/Inputs -o %t.out                  \
+// RUN: %{build} -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies -I %S/Inputs -o %t.out            \
 // RUN: %if windows                                                                       \
 // RUN:   %{%T/libdevice_a.lib%}                                                          \
 // RUN: %else                                                                             \
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/objects.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/objects.cpp
similarity index 82%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/objects.cpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/objects.cpp
index 9c1c87876b8fb..9cd27f9f9ca6b 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/objects.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/objects.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Test -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies with objects.
+// Test -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies with objects.
 
 // UNSUPPORTED: cuda || hip
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // RUN: %clangxx -fsycl %S/Inputs/b.cpp -I %S/Inputs -c -o %t_b.o
 // RUN: %clangxx -fsycl %S/Inputs/c.cpp -I %S/Inputs -c -o %t_c.o
 // RUN: %clangxx -fsycl %S/Inputs/d.cpp -I %S/Inputs -c -o %t_d.o
-// RUN: %{build} -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies %t_a.o %t_b.o %t_c.o %t_d.o -I %S/Inputs -o %t.out
+// RUN: %{build} -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies %t_a.o %t_b.o %t_c.o %t_d.o -I %S/Inputs -o %t.out
 // RUN: %{run} %t.out
 
 #include "a.hpp"
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/singleDynamicLibrary.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/singleDynamicLibrary.cpp
similarity index 83%
rename from sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/singleDynamicLibrary.cpp
rename to sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/singleDynamicLibrary.cpp
index 59c5534148b2d..f0a65b6f1f056 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceDependencies/singleDynamicLibrary.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/DeviceImageDependencies/singleDynamicLibrary.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-// Test -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies with a single dynamic library on Windows
+// Test -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies with a single dynamic library on Windows
 // and Linux.
 
 // UNSUPPORTED: cuda || hip
 
-// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl %fPIC %shared_lib -fsycl-allow-device-dependencies -I %S/Inputs \
+// RUN: %clangxx -fsycl %fPIC %shared_lib -fsycl-allow-device-image-dependencies -I %S/Inputs \
 // RUN:    %S/Inputs/a.cpp                                                              \
 // RUN:    %S/Inputs/b.cpp                                                              \
 // RUN:    %S/Inputs/c.cpp                                                              \