diff --git a/include/llvm/CodeGen/ScheduleDAGInstrs.h b/include/llvm/CodeGen/ScheduleDAGInstrs.h
index c8de7bc8f89..4fee108cd2b 100644
--- a/include/llvm/CodeGen/ScheduleDAGInstrs.h
+++ b/include/llvm/CodeGen/ScheduleDAGInstrs.h
@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ namespace llvm {
     /// the def-side latency only.
     bool UnitLatencies;
 
+    /// The standard DAG builder does not normally include terminators as DAG
+    /// nodes because it does not create the necessary dependencies to prevent
+    /// reordering. A specialized scheduler can overide
+    /// TargetInstrInfo::isSchedulingBoundary then enable this flag to indicate
+    /// it has taken responsibility for scheduling the terminator correctly.
+    bool CanHandleTerminators;
+
     /// State specific to the current scheduling region.
     /// ------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/ScheduleDAGInstrs.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/ScheduleDAGInstrs.cpp
index 6be1ab7f5b0..d46eb896e54 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/ScheduleDAGInstrs.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/ScheduleDAGInstrs.cpp
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ ScheduleDAGInstrs::ScheduleDAGInstrs(MachineFunction &mf,
                                      LiveIntervals *lis)
   : ScheduleDAG(mf), MLI(mli), MDT(mdt), MFI(mf.getFrameInfo()),
     InstrItins(mf.getTarget().getInstrItineraryData()), LIS(lis),
-    IsPostRA(IsPostRAFlag), UnitLatencies(false), LoopRegs(MLI, MDT),
-    FirstDbgValue(0) {
+    IsPostRA(IsPostRAFlag), UnitLatencies(false), CanHandleTerminators(false),
+    LoopRegs(MLI, MDT), FirstDbgValue(0) {
   assert((IsPostRA || LIS) && "PreRA scheduling requires LiveIntervals");
   DbgValues.clear();
   assert(!(IsPostRA && MRI.getNumVirtRegs()) &&
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ void ScheduleDAGInstrs::buildSchedGraph(AliasAnalysis *AA) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    assert(!MI->isTerminator() && !MI->isLabel() &&
+    assert((!MI->isTerminator() || CanHandleTerminators) && !MI->isLabel() &&
            "Cannot schedule terminators or labels!");
 
     SUnit *SU = MISUnitMap[MI];