diff --git a/flang/docs/ProcedurePointer.md b/flang/docs/ProcedurePointer.md
index cfa036b22fdf0..b41c4003518ec 100644
--- a/flang/docs/ProcedurePointer.md
+++ b/flang/docs/ProcedurePointer.md
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ Current list of TODOs in code generation:
 
 NOTE: There are any number of possible implementations.
 
-- fir.global for procedure pointers
+BoxedProcedure pass
 
 or
 
diff --git a/flang/lib/Optimizer/CodeGen/BoxedProcedure.cpp b/flang/lib/Optimizer/CodeGen/BoxedProcedure.cpp
index 8456c4a4b14bc..4df4dcb2d02b7 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Optimizer/CodeGen/BoxedProcedure.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Optimizer/CodeGen/BoxedProcedure.cpp
@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ class BoxedProcedurePass
             rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<ConvertOp>(embox, toTy,
                                                    embox.getFunc());
           }
+        } else if (auto global = mlir::dyn_cast<GlobalOp>(op)) {
+          auto ty = global.getType();
+          if (typeConverter.needsConversion(ty)) {
+            rewriter.startRootUpdate(global);
+            auto toTy = typeConverter.convertType(ty);
+            global.setType(toTy);
+            rewriter.finalizeRootUpdate(global);
+          }
         } else if (auto mem = mlir::dyn_cast<AllocaOp>(op)) {
           auto ty = mem.getType();
           if (typeConverter.needsConversion(ty)) {
diff --git a/flang/test/Fir/boxproc-2.fir b/flang/test/Fir/boxproc-2.fir
index b9a11591e796f..bd6595c2d9e97 100644
--- a/flang/test/Fir/boxproc-2.fir
+++ b/flang/test/Fir/boxproc-2.fir
@@ -44,3 +44,24 @@ func.func @proc_pointer_component(%arg0 : !fir.boxproc<(!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32>,
 // CHECK:           %[[VAL_11:.*]] = fir.call %[[VAL_10]](%[[VAL_1]]) : (!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32
 
 }
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: fir.global internal @ProcedurePointer : (!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32 {
+fir.global internal @ProcedurePointer : !fir.boxproc<(!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32> {
+  %0 = fir.zero_bits (!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32
+  %1 = fir.emboxproc %0 : ((!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32) -> !fir.boxproc<(!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32>
+  fir.has_value %1 : !fir.boxproc<(!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32>
+
+// CHECK: %[[VAL_0:.*]] = fir.zero_bits (!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32
+// CHECK: %[[VAL_1:.*]] = fir.convert %[[VAL_0]] : ((!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32) -> ((!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32)
+// CHECK: fir.has_value %[[VAL_1]] : (!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32
+}
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: func.func @proc_pointer_global() {
+func.func @proc_pointer_global() {
+  %0 = fir.address_of(@ProcedurePointer) : !fir.ref<!fir.boxproc<(!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32>>
+  %1 = fir.load %0 : !fir.ref<!fir.boxproc<(!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32>>
+  return
+
+// CHECK: %[[VAL_0:.*]] = fir.address_of(@ProcedurePointer) : !fir.ref<(!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32>
+// CHECK: %[[VAL_1:.*]] = fir.load %[[VAL_0]] : !fir.ref<(!fir.ref<i32>) -> f32>
+}