diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-ld/llvm-ld.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-ld/llvm-ld.cpp
index 73280c6..d461fef 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-ld/llvm-ld.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-ld/llvm-ld.cpp
@@ -514,6 +514,17 @@
   LLVMContext &Context = getGlobalContext();
   llvm_shutdown_obj Y;  // Call llvm_shutdown() on exit.
   
+  // Initialize passes
+  PassRegistry &Registry = *PassRegistry::getPassRegistry();
+  initializeCore(Registry);
+  initializeScalarOpts(Registry);
+  initializeIPO(Registry);
+  initializeAnalysis(Registry);
+  initializeIPA(Registry);
+  initializeTransformUtils(Registry);
+  initializeInstCombine(Registry);
+  initializeTarget(Registry);
+  
   // Initial global variable above for convenience printing of program name.
   progname = sys::Path(argv[0]).getBasename();