diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/README.md b/sycl/test-e2e/README.md
index 5d19795212305..b60d4b1940e4a 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/README.md
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/README.md
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ place. No new tests should use these features:
 * **gpu-intel-pvc** - Intel GPU PVC availability;
 * **gpu-intel-pvc-vg** - Intel GPU PVC-VG availability;
 
+### Use the LLVM SPIR-V Backend to generate SPIR-V code
+It's possible to use the LLVM SPIR-V Backend instead of the `llvm-spirv` tool
+to convert LLVM IR to SPIR-V. This feature must be set manually by passing the
+`spirv-backend` parameter to `llvm-lit`.
+
 ### llvm-lit parameters
 
 Following options can be passed to llvm-lit tool through --param option to
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/format.py b/sycl/test-e2e/format.py
index 29e89e759bb96..eac6ebe0ba2ed 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/format.py
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/format.py
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ def execute(self, test, litConfig):
             )
             sycl_target_opts += hip_arch_opts
             substitutions.append(("%{hip_arch_opts}", hip_arch_opts))
+        if (
+            get_triple("spir64") in triples
+            and "spirv-backend" in test.config.available_features
+        ):
+            sycl_target_opts += " -fsycl-use-spirv-backend-for-spirv-gen"
         substitutions.append(("%{sycl_target_opts}", sycl_target_opts))
 
         substitutions.append(
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/lit.cfg.py b/sycl/test-e2e/lit.cfg.py
index 9ffb648c6bc7c..5b60d93387b7a 100644
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/lit.cfg.py
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ def check_igc_tag_and_add_feature():
 if lit_config.params.get("enable-perf-tests", False):
     config.available_features.add("enable-perf-tests")
 
+if lit_config.params.get("spirv-backend", False):
+    config.available_features.add("spirv-backend")
 
 # Use this to make sure that any dynamic checks below are done in the build
 # directory and not where the sources are located. This is important for the