diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
index 9ffccad4b932..828c4a4bdf4e 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/back/write.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use rustc::bug;
 use rustc::session::config::{self, Lto, OutputType, Passes, Sanitizer, SwitchWithOptPath};
 use rustc::session::Session;
 use rustc::ty::TyCtxt;
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::back::write::{run_assembler, CodegenContext, ModuleConfig};
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::back::write::{run_assembler, CodegenContext, EmbedBitcode, ModuleConfig};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::*;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::{CompiledModule, ModuleCodegen, RLIB_BYTECODE_EXTENSION};
 use rustc_data_structures::small_c_str::SmallCStr;
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn codegen(
                 }
             }
 
-            if config.embed_bitcode {
+            if config.embed_bitcode == EmbedBitcode::Full {
                 let _timer = cgcx.prof.generic_activity_with_arg(
                     "LLVM_module_codegen_embed_bitcode",
                     &module.name[..],
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ pub(crate) unsafe fn codegen(
                     diag_handler.err(&msg);
                 }
             }
-        } else if config.embed_bitcode_marker {
+        } else if config.embed_bitcode == EmbedBitcode::Marker {
             embed_bitcode(cgcx, llcx, llmod, None);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/write.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/write.rs
index 87764593fda5..54d30487c79b 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/write.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_ssa/back/write.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ use std::thread;
 
 const PRE_LTO_BC_EXT: &str = "pre-lto.bc";
 
+/// The kind of bitcode to embed in object files.
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
+pub enum EmbedBitcode {
+    None,
+    Marker,
+    Full,
+}
+
 /// Module-specific configuration for `optimize_and_codegen`.
 pub struct ModuleConfig {
     /// Names of additional optimization passes to run.
@@ -93,8 +101,7 @@ pub struct ModuleConfig {
     // emscripten's ecc compiler, when used as the linker.
     pub obj_is_bitcode: bool,
     pub no_integrated_as: bool,
-    pub embed_bitcode: bool,
-    pub embed_bitcode_marker: bool,
+    pub embed_bitcode: EmbedBitcode,
 }
 
 impl ModuleConfig {
@@ -119,8 +126,7 @@ impl ModuleConfig {
             emit_asm: false,
             emit_obj: false,
             obj_is_bitcode: false,
-            embed_bitcode: false,
-            embed_bitcode_marker: false,
+            embed_bitcode: EmbedBitcode::None,
             no_integrated_as: false,
 
             verify_llvm_ir: false,
@@ -143,16 +149,15 @@ impl ModuleConfig {
         self.new_llvm_pass_manager = sess.opts.debugging_opts.new_llvm_pass_manager;
         self.obj_is_bitcode =
             sess.target.target.options.obj_is_bitcode || sess.opts.cg.linker_plugin_lto.enabled();
-        let embed_bitcode =
-            sess.target.target.options.embed_bitcode || sess.opts.debugging_opts.embed_bitcode;
-        if embed_bitcode {
-            match sess.opts.optimize {
-                config::OptLevel::No | config::OptLevel::Less => {
-                    self.embed_bitcode_marker = embed_bitcode;
+        self.embed_bitcode =
+            if sess.target.target.options.embed_bitcode || sess.opts.debugging_opts.embed_bitcode {
+                match sess.opts.optimize {
+                    config::OptLevel::No | config::OptLevel::Less => EmbedBitcode::Marker,
+                    _ => EmbedBitcode::Full,
                 }
-                _ => self.embed_bitcode = embed_bitcode,
-            }
-        }
+            } else {
+                EmbedBitcode::None
+            };
 
         // Copy what clang does by turning on loop vectorization at O2 and
         // slp vectorization at O3. Otherwise configure other optimization aspects
@@ -188,7 +193,10 @@ impl ModuleConfig {
     }
 
     pub fn bitcode_needed(&self) -> bool {
-        self.emit_bc || self.obj_is_bitcode || self.emit_bc_compressed || self.embed_bitcode
+        self.emit_bc
+            || self.obj_is_bitcode
+            || self.emit_bc_compressed
+            || self.embed_bitcode == EmbedBitcode::Full
     }
 }