diff --git a/lib/ExecutionEngine/JIT/JIT.cpp b/lib/ExecutionEngine/JIT/JIT.cpp
index 41b3ebc..5d5ecc4 100644
--- a/lib/ExecutionEngine/JIT/JIT.cpp
+++ b/lib/ExecutionEngine/JIT/JIT.cpp
@@ -553,8 +553,8 @@
     addGlobalMapping(GV, Ptr);
     }
   } else {
-    if (isGVCompilationDisabled()) {
-      cerr << "Compilation of GlobalVariable is disabled!\n";
+    if (isGVCompilationDisabled() && !GV->hasInternalLinkage()) {
+      cerr << "Compilation of non-internal GlobalValue is disabled!\n";
       abort();
     }
     // If the global hasn't been emitted to memory yet, allocate space and