diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/OptBisect.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/OptBisect.h
index d813ae933d65e..9dcc0077552d4 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/OptBisect.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/OptBisect.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #ifndef LLVM_IR_OPTBISECT_H
 #define LLVM_IR_OPTBISECT_H
 
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallSet.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringSet.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Compiler.h"
@@ -67,7 +68,13 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptBisect : public OptPassGate {
                      StringRef IRDescription) const override;
 
   /// isEnabled() should return true before calling shouldRunPass().
-  bool isEnabled() const override { return BisectLimit != Disabled; }
+  bool isEnabled() const override {
+    return BisectLimit != Disabled || !BisectSkipNumbers.empty();
+  }
+
+  /// Add pass at index SkipNumber to the list of passes to skip
+  /// during bisection.
+  void addSkip(int SkipNumber) { BisectSkipNumbers.insert(SkipNumber); }
 
   /// Set the new optimization limit and reset the counter. Passing
   /// OptBisect::Disabled disables the limiting.
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ class LLVM_ABI OptBisect : public OptPassGate {
 private:
   int BisectLimit = Disabled;
   mutable int LastBisectNum = 0;
+  SmallSet<int, 4> BisectSkipNumbers;
 };
 
 /// This class implements a mechanism to disable passes and individual
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/OptBisect.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/OptBisect.cpp
index 29ca268408265..defb8a98f9716 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/OptBisect.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/OptBisect.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ static cl::opt<int> OptBisectLimit("opt-bisect-limit", cl::Hidden,
                                    }),
                                    cl::desc("Maximum optimization to perform"));
 
+static cl::opt<int> OptBisectSkip(
+    "opt-bisect-skip", cl::Hidden, cl::init(OptBisect::Disabled), cl::Optional,
+    cl::cb<void, int>([](int PassNum) { getOptBisector().addSkip(PassNum); }),
+    cl::desc("Skip pass at the given index in the optimization pipeline"));
+
 static cl::opt<bool> OptBisectVerbose(
     "opt-bisect-verbose",
     cl::desc("Show verbose output when opt-bisect-limit is set"), cl::Hidden,
@@ -66,7 +71,9 @@ bool OptBisect::shouldRunPass(StringRef PassName,
   assert(isEnabled());
 
   int CurBisectNum = ++LastBisectNum;
-  bool ShouldRun = (BisectLimit == -1 || CurBisectNum <= BisectLimit);
+  bool ShouldRun = (BisectLimit == -1 || BisectLimit == Disabled ||
+                    CurBisectNum <= BisectLimit) &&
+                   !BisectSkipNumbers.contains(CurBisectNum);
   if (OptBisectVerbose)
     printPassMessage(PassName, CurBisectNum, IRDescription, ShouldRun);
   return ShouldRun;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Other/opt-bisect-skip.ll b/llvm/test/Other/opt-bisect-skip.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..da94ad6230527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Other/opt-bisect-skip.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; Test that verifies functionality for -opt-bisect-skip
+
+; RUN: opt -O1 -opt-bisect-skip=3 -opt-bisect-skip=7 %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-DISABLE-PASS
+; CHECK-DISABLE-PASS: BISECT: running pass (1) annotation2metadata on [module]
+; CHECK-DISABLE-PASS: BISECT: running pass (2) forceattrs on [module]
+; CHECK-DISABLE-PASS: BISECT: NOT running pass (3) inferattrs on [module]
+; CHECK-DISABLE-PASS: BISECT: running pass (4) lower-expect on foo
+; CHECK-DISABLE-PASS: BISECT: running pass (5) simplifycfg on foo
+; CHECK-DISABLE-PASS: BISECT: running pass (6) sroa on foo
+; CHECK-DISABLE-PASS: BISECT: NOT running pass (7) early-cse on foo
+; CHECK-DISABLE-PASS: BISECT: running pass (8) openmp-opt on [module]
+
+define void @foo() {
+  ret void
+}
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