diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/IA64/IA64TargetMachine.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/IA64/IA64TargetMachine.cpp
index 878a00a..6642c66 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/IA64/IA64TargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/IA64/IA64TargetMachine.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 static RegisterTarget<IA64TargetMachine> X("ia64", 
                                            "IA-64 (Itanium) [experimental]");
 
+// Force static initialization when called from llvm/InitializeAllTargets.h
+namespace llvm {
+  void InitializeIA64Target() { }
+}
+
 const TargetAsmInfo *IA64TargetMachine::createTargetAsmInfo() const {
   return new IA64TargetAsmInfo(*this);
 }