diff --git a/gcc/c-family/c-common.c b/gcc/c-family/c-common.c
index ab416ff..998645d 100644
--- a/gcc/c-family/c-common.c
+++ b/gcc/c-family/c-common.c
@@ -396,6 +396,13 @@ static tree ignore_attribute (tree *, tree, tree, int, bool *);
 static tree handle_no_split_stack_attribute (tree *, tree, tree, int, bool *);
 static tree handle_fnspec_attribute (tree *, tree, tree, int, bool *);
 
+static tree handle_always_patch_for_instrumentation_attribute (tree *, tree,
+                                                               tree, int,
+                                                               bool *);
+static tree handle_never_patch_for_instrumentation_attribute (tree *, tree,
+                                                              tree, int,
+                                                              bool *);
+
 static void check_function_nonnull (tree, int, tree *);
 static void check_nonnull_arg (void *, tree, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT);
 static bool nonnull_check_p (tree, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT);
@@ -804,6 +811,13 @@ const struct attribute_spec c_common_attribute_table[] =
      The name contains space to prevent its usage in source code.  */
   { "fn spec",	 	      1, 1, false, true, true,
 			      handle_fnspec_attribute, false },
+  { "always_patch_for_instrumentation", 0, 0, true,  false, false,
+                              handle_always_patch_for_instrumentation_attribute,
+                              false },
+  { "never_patch_for_instrumentation", 0, 0, true,  false, false,
+                              handle_never_patch_for_instrumentation_attribute,
+                              false },
+
   { NULL,                     0, 0, false, false, false, NULL, false }
 };
 
@@ -9158,6 +9172,48 @@ handle_no_thread_safety_analysis_attribute (tree *node, tree name,
   return NULL_TREE;
 }
 
+/* Handle a "always_patch_for_instrumentation" attribute; arguments as in
+   struct attribute_spec.handler.  */
+static tree
+handle_always_patch_for_instrumentation_attribute (tree *node, tree name,
+                                                   tree ARG_UNUSED (args),
+                                                   int ARG_UNUSED (flags),
+                                                   bool *no_add_attrs)
+{
+  if (TREE_CODE (*node) == FUNCTION_DECL)
+    {
+      DECL_FORCE_PATCHING_FOR_INSTRUMENTATION (*node) = 1;
+      DECL_UNINLINABLE (*node) = 1;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      warning (OPT_Wattributes, "%qE attribute ignored", name);
+      *no_add_attrs = true;
+    }
+  return NULL_TREE;
+}
+
+
+/* Handle a "never_patch_for_instrumentation" attribute; arguments as in
+   struct attribute_spec.handler.  */
+static tree
+handle_never_patch_for_instrumentation_attribute (tree *node, tree name,
+                                                  tree ARG_UNUSED (args),
+                                                  int ARG_UNUSED (flags),
+                                                  bool *no_add_attrs)
+{
+  if (TREE_CODE (*node) == FUNCTION_DECL)
+    DECL_FORCE_NO_PATCHING_FOR_INSTRUMENTATION (*node) = 1;
+  else
+    {
+      warning (OPT_Wattributes, "%qE attribute ignored", name);
+      *no_add_attrs = true;
+    }
+  return NULL_TREE;
+}
+
+
+
 /* Check for valid arguments being passed to a function with FNTYPE.
    There are NARGS arguments in the array ARGARRAY.  */
 void
diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386.c b/gcc/config/i386/i386.c
index 6972ae6..b1475bf 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386.c
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386.c
@@ -10983,6 +10983,13 @@ check_should_patch_current_function (void)
   int num_loops = 0;
   int min_functions_instructions;
 
+  /* If a function has an attribute forcing patching on or off, do as it
+     indicates.  */
+  if (DECL_FORCE_PATCHING_FOR_INSTRUMENTATION (current_function_decl))
+    return true;
+  else if (DECL_FORCE_NO_PATCHING_FOR_INSTRUMENTATION (current_function_decl))
+    return false;
+
   /* Patch the function if it has at least a loop.  */
   if (!patch_functions_ignore_loops)
     {
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/patch-functions-force-no-patching.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/patch-functions-force-no-patching.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cad6f2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/patch-functions-force-no-patching.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target lp64 } */
+/* { dg-options "-mpatch-functions-for-instrumentation -mno-patch-functions-main-always" } */
+
+/* Even complicated functions shouldn't get patched if they have the
+   never_patch_for_instrumentation attribute. */
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not ".byte\t0xeb,0x09(.*).byte\t0x90" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not "ret(.*).byte\t0x90(.*).byte\t0x90" } } */
+
+__attribute__ ((never_patch_for_instrumentation))
+int foo () {
+  volatile unsigned x = 0;
+  volatile unsigned y = 1;
+  x += y;
+  x *= y;
+  while (++x)
+    foo ();
+  return y;
+}
+
+
+int main ()
+{
+  int x = 0;
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/patch-functions-force-patching.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/patch-functions-force-patching.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86ad159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/i386/patch-functions-force-patching.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target lp64 } */
+/* { dg-options "-O3 -mpatch-functions-for-instrumentation -mno-patch-functions-main-always" } */
+
+/* Functions which have the always_patch attribute should be patched no matter
+   what.  Check that there are nop-bytes at the beginning and end of the
+   function.  We add -O3 so that the compiler will try to inline foo (but it
+   will be blocked by the attribute).  */
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler ".byte\t0xeb,0x09(.*).byte\t0x90" } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "ret(.*).byte\t0x90(.*).byte\t0x90" } } */
+
+__attribute__ ((always_patch_for_instrumentation))
+static int foo () {
+  return 3;
+}
+
+int main () {
+  volatile int x = foo ();
+}
diff --git a/gcc/tree.h b/gcc/tree.h
index 1eafaa0..9d26a00 100644
--- a/gcc/tree.h
+++ b/gcc/tree.h
@@ -3474,6 +3474,16 @@ struct GTY(())
 #define DECL_NO_INLINE_WARNING_P(NODE) \
   (FUNCTION_DECL_CHECK (NODE)->function_decl.no_inline_warning_flag)
 
+/* In a FUNCTION_DECL, nonzero if patching is forced.  */
+#define DECL_FORCE_PATCHING_FOR_INSTRUMENTATION(NODE) \
+  (FUNCTION_DECL_CHECK (NODE)->function_decl.force_patching_for_instrumentation)
+
+/* In a FUNCTION_DECL, nonzero if not patching is forced.  */
+#define DECL_FORCE_NO_PATCHING_FOR_INSTRUMENTATION(NODE)\
+  (FUNCTION_DECL_CHECK (NODE)->function_decl.force_no_patching_for_instrumentation)
+
+
+
 /* Nonzero if a FUNCTION_CODE is a TM load/store.  */
 #define BUILTIN_TM_LOAD_STORE_P(FN) \
   ((FN) >= BUILT_IN_TM_STORE_1 && (FN) <= BUILT_IN_TM_LOAD_RFW_LDOUBLE)
@@ -3586,7 +3596,8 @@ struct GTY(()) tree_function_decl {
   unsigned has_debug_args_flag : 1;
   unsigned tm_clone_flag : 1;
 
-  /* 1 bit left */
+  unsigned force_patching_for_instrumentation : 1;
+  unsigned force_no_patching_for_instrumentation : 1;
 };
 
 /* The source language of the translation-unit.  */
