diff --git a/dmd/dtemplate.d b/dmd/dtemplate.d
index 1f277bf41fe..68c29a34978 100644
--- a/dmd/dtemplate.d
+++ b/dmd/dtemplate.d
@@ -4136,6 +4136,13 @@ extern (C++) class TemplateInstance : ScopeDsymbol
 version (IN_LLVM)
 {
         assert(global.params.linkonceTemplates != LinkonceTemplates.aggressive);
+
+        static uint callDepth;
+        callDepth++;
+        scope(exit) callDepth--;
+
+        if (global.params.templateCodegenDepth && (callDepth > global.params.templateCodegenDepth))
+            return false;
 }
 
         //printf("needsCodegen() %s\n", toChars());
diff --git a/dmd/globals.d b/dmd/globals.d
index 88c52e012c4..82341fc8f89 100644
--- a/dmd/globals.d
+++ b/dmd/globals.d
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ version (IN_LLVM)
     bool outputSourceLocations; // if true, output line tables.
 
     LinkonceTemplates linkonceTemplates; // -linkonce-templates
+    uint templateCodegenDepth; // -template-codegen-depth
 
     // Windows-specific:
     bool dllexport;      // dllexport ~all defined symbols?
diff --git a/dmd/globals.h b/dmd/globals.h
index ee89ee6afdf..c577793c7f8 100644
--- a/dmd/globals.h
+++ b/dmd/globals.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ struct Param
     bool outputSourceLocations; // if true, output line tables.
 
     LinkonceTemplates linkonceTemplates; // -linkonce-templates
+    uint32_t templateCodegenDepth; // -template-codegen-depth
 
     // Windows-specific:
     bool dllexport;      // dllexport ~all defined symbols?
diff --git a/driver/cl_options.cpp b/driver/cl_options.cpp
index 4cec62a46ba..4414a86171f 100644
--- a/driver/cl_options.cpp
+++ b/driver/cl_options.cpp
@@ -526,6 +526,11 @@ static cl::opt<LinkonceTemplates, true> linkonceTemplates(
                    "linkonce-templates-aggressive",
                    "Experimental, more aggressive variant")));
 
+static cl::opt<uint32_t, true>
+    templateCodegenDepth("template-codegen-depth",
+             cl::desc("Don't codegen templates beyond this instantiation depth (0 = off)."),
+             cl::location(global.params.templateCodegenDepth), cl::init(0));
+
 cl::opt<bool> disableLinkerStripDead(
     "disable-linker-strip-dead", cl::ZeroOrMore,
     cl::desc("Do not try to remove unused symbols during linking"),