diff --git a/bolt/lib/Profile/DataAggregator.cpp b/bolt/lib/Profile/DataAggregator.cpp
index c9668bddd0d7e..a300e5b2b1dab 100644
--- a/bolt/lib/Profile/DataAggregator.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Profile/DataAggregator.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ MaxSamples("max-samples",
   cl::cat(AggregatorCategory));
 
 extern cl::opt<opts::ProfileFormatKind> ProfileFormat;
+extern cl::opt<bool> ProfileUsePseudoProbes;
 extern cl::opt<std::string> SaveProfile;
 
 cl::opt<bool> ReadPreAggregated(
@@ -2298,7 +2299,8 @@ std::error_code DataAggregator::writeBATYAML(BinaryContext &BC,
 
   yaml::bolt::BinaryProfile BP;
 
-  const MCPseudoProbeDecoder *PseudoProbeDecoder = BC.getPseudoProbeDecoder();
+  const MCPseudoProbeDecoder *PseudoProbeDecoder =
+      opts::ProfileUsePseudoProbes ? BC.getPseudoProbeDecoder() : nullptr;
 
   // Fill out the header info.
   BP.Header.Version = 1;
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Profile/YAMLProfileReader.cpp b/bolt/lib/Profile/YAMLProfileReader.cpp
index 604a9fb4813be..3eca5e972fa5b 100644
--- a/bolt/lib/Profile/YAMLProfileReader.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Profile/YAMLProfileReader.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ llvm::cl::opt<bool>
 llvm::cl::opt<bool> ProfileUseDFS("profile-use-dfs",
                                   cl::desc("use DFS order for YAML profile"),
                                   cl::Hidden, cl::cat(BoltOptCategory));
+
+llvm::cl::opt<bool> ProfileUsePseudoProbes(
+    "profile-use-pseudo-probes",
+    cl::desc("Use pseudo probes for profile generation and matching"),
+    cl::Hidden, cl::cat(BoltOptCategory));
 } // namespace opts
 
 namespace llvm {
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Profile/YAMLProfileWriter.cpp b/bolt/lib/Profile/YAMLProfileWriter.cpp
index b9fcb5df29fdb..84777741d611a 100644
--- a/bolt/lib/Profile/YAMLProfileWriter.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Profile/YAMLProfileWriter.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 namespace opts {
 extern llvm::cl::opt<bool> ProfileUseDFS;
+extern llvm::cl::opt<bool> ProfileUsePseudoProbes;
 } // namespace opts
 
 namespace llvm {
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ YAMLProfileWriter::convert(const BinaryFunction &BF, bool UseDFS,
                            const BoltAddressTranslation *BAT) {
   yaml::bolt::BinaryFunctionProfile YamlBF;
   const BinaryContext &BC = BF.getBinaryContext();
-  const MCPseudoProbeDecoder *PseudoProbeDecoder = BC.getPseudoProbeDecoder();
+  const MCPseudoProbeDecoder *PseudoProbeDecoder =
+      opts::ProfileUsePseudoProbes ? BC.getPseudoProbeDecoder() : nullptr;
 
   const uint16_t LBRProfile = BF.getProfileFlags() & BinaryFunction::PF_LBR;
 
diff --git a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/PseudoProbeRewriter.cpp b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/PseudoProbeRewriter.cpp
index 3704a9ba452b9..886bbdbf9d686 100644
--- a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/PseudoProbeRewriter.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/PseudoProbeRewriter.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ static cl::opt<PrintPseudoProbesOptions> PrintPseudoProbes(
                clEnumValN(PPP_All, "all", "enable all debugging printout")),
     cl::Hidden, cl::cat(BoltCategory));
 
+extern cl::opt<bool> ProfileUsePseudoProbes;
 } // namespace opts
 
 namespace {
@@ -89,12 +90,15 @@ class PseudoProbeRewriter final : public MetadataRewriter {
 };
 
 Error PseudoProbeRewriter::preCFGInitializer() {
-  parsePseudoProbe();
+  if (opts::ProfileUsePseudoProbes)
+    parsePseudoProbe();
 
   return Error::success();
 }
 
 Error PseudoProbeRewriter::postEmitFinalizer() {
+  if (!opts::ProfileUsePseudoProbes)
+    parsePseudoProbe();
   updatePseudoProbes();
 
   return Error::success();
diff --git a/bolt/test/X86/pseudoprobe-decoding-inline.test b/bolt/test/X86/pseudoprobe-decoding-inline.test
index 924331e34c76a..b361551e5711e 100644
--- a/bolt/test/X86/pseudoprobe-decoding-inline.test
+++ b/bolt/test/X86/pseudoprobe-decoding-inline.test
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 # PREAGG: B X:0 #main# 1 0
 ## Check pseudo-probes in regular YAML profile (non-BOLTed binary)
 # RUN: link_fdata %s %S/../../../llvm/test/tools/llvm-profgen/Inputs/inline-cs-pseudoprobe.perfbin %t.preagg PREAGG
-# RUN: perf2bolt %S/../../../llvm/test/tools/llvm-profgen/Inputs/inline-cs-pseudoprobe.perfbin -p %t.preagg --pa -w %t.yaml -o %t.fdata
+# RUN: perf2bolt %S/../../../llvm/test/tools/llvm-profgen/Inputs/inline-cs-pseudoprobe.perfbin -p %t.preagg --pa -w %t.yaml -o %t.fdata --profile-use-pseudo-probes
 # RUN: FileCheck --input-file %t.yaml %s --check-prefix CHECK-YAML
 ## Check pseudo-probes in BAT YAML profile (BOLTed binary)
 # RUN: link_fdata %s %t.bolt %t.preagg2 PREAGG
-# RUN: perf2bolt %t.bolt -p %t.preagg2 --pa -w %t.yaml2 -o %t.fdata2
+# RUN: perf2bolt %t.bolt -p %t.preagg2 --pa -w %t.yaml2 -o %t.fdata2 --profile-use-pseudo-probes
 # RUN: FileCheck --input-file %t.yaml2 %s --check-prefix CHECK-YAML
 # CHECK-YAML: name: bar
 # CHECK-YAML: - bid: 0
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 # CHECK-YAML:   pseudo_probes: [ { guid: 0xDB956436E78DD5FA, id: 1, type: 0 }, { guid: 0x5CF8C24CDB18BDAC, id: 1, type: 0 }, { guid: 0x5CF8C24CDB18BDAC, id: 2, type: 0 } ]
 # CHECK-YAML: guid: 0xDB956436E78DD5FA
 # CHECK-YAML: pseudo_probe_desc_hash: 0x10000FFFFFFFF
+#
+## Check that without --profile-use-pseudo-probes option, no pseudo probes are
+## generated
+# RUN: perf2bolt %S/../../../llvm/test/tools/llvm-profgen/Inputs/inline-cs-pseudoprobe.perfbin -p %t.preagg --pa -w %t.yaml -o %t.fdata
+# RUN: FileCheck --input-file %t.yaml %s --check-prefix CHECK-NO-OPT
+# CHECK-NO-OPT-NOT: pseudo_probes
+# CHECK-NO-OPT-NOT: guid
+# CHECK-NO-OPT-NOT: pseudo_probe_desc_hash
 
 CHECK: Report of decoding input pseudo probe binaries