diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/lldb-enumerations.h b/lldb/include/lldb/lldb-enumerations.h
index fec9fdef44df9..1a7db8faecd94 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/lldb-enumerations.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/lldb-enumerations.h
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ FLAGS_ENUM(LaunchFlags){
     eLaunchFlagInheritTCCFromParent =
         (1u << 12), ///< Don't make the inferior responsible for its own TCC
                     ///< permissions but instead inherit them from its parent.
+    eLaunchFlagMemoryTagging =
+        (1u << 13), ///< Launch process with memory tagging explicitly enabled.
 };
 
 /// Thread Run Modes.
diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandOptionsProcessLaunch.cpp b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandOptionsProcessLaunch.cpp
index 21d94d68ceb91..8ae20bd76f456 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandOptionsProcessLaunch.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandOptionsProcessLaunch.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ Status CommandOptionsProcessLaunch::SetOptionValue(
     break;
   }
 
+  case 'M':
+    launch_info.GetFlags().Set(eLaunchFlagMemoryTagging);
+    break;
+
   case 'c':
     if (!option_arg.empty())
       launch_info.SetShell(FileSpec(option_arg));
diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/Options.td b/lldb/source/Commands/Options.td
index 595b3d08abec5..a9f054e1d3d45 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/Options.td
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/Options.td
@@ -1173,6 +1173,11 @@ let Command = "process launch" in {
         Arg<"Boolean">,
         Desc<"Set whether to shell expand arguments to the process when "
              "launching.">;
+  def process_launch_memory_tagging
+      : Option<"memory-tagging", "M">,
+        Desc<"Set whether to explicitly enable memory tagging when launching "
+             "the process.  Requires hardware support.  "
+             "(Only supported on Darwin.)">;
 }
 
 let Command = "process attach" in {
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/macosx/objcxx/Host.mm b/lldb/source/Host/macosx/objcxx/Host.mm
index 3c1d1179963d2..71208927e7c94 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/macosx/objcxx/Host.mm
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/macosx/objcxx/Host.mm
@@ -1210,6 +1210,39 @@ static Status LaunchProcessPosixSpawn(const char *exe_path,
     }
   }
 
+  if (launch_info.GetFlags().Test(eLaunchFlagMemoryTagging)) {
+    // The following function configures the spawn attributes to launch the
+    // process with memory tagging explicitly enabled.  We look it up
+    // dynamically since it is only available on newer OS.  Does nothing on
+    // hardware which does not support MTE.
+    //
+    //   int posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np(
+    //       posix_spawnattr_t *attr, uint32_t flags);
+    //
+    using posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np_t =
+        int (*)(posix_spawnattr_t *attr, uint32_t flags);
+    auto posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np_fn =
+        (posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np_t)dlsym(
+            RTLD_DEFAULT, "posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np");
+    if (posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np_fn) {
+      error =
+          Status(posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np_fn(&attr, 0),
+                 eErrorTypePOSIX);
+      if (error.Fail()) {
+        LLDB_LOG(log,
+                 "error: {0}, "
+                 "posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np(&attr, 0)",
+                 error);
+        return error;
+      }
+    } else {
+      LLDB_LOG(log,
+               "error: posix_spawnattr_set_use_sec_transition_shims_np not "
+               "available",
+               error);
+    }
+  }
+
   // Don't set the binpref if a shell was provided. After all, that's only
   // going to affect what version of the shell is launched, not what fork of
   // the binary is launched.  We insert "arch --arch <ARCH> as part of the
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/macosx/mte/Makefile b/lldb/test/API/macosx/mte/Makefile
index cb20942805e2a..d614e0f0a3bcd 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/macosx/mte/Makefile
+++ b/lldb/test/API/macosx/mte/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 C_SOURCES := main.c
 
-EXE := uaf_mte
+EXE := uaf
 
-all: uaf_mte sign
+binary-plain:    uaf
+binary-entitled: uaf sign
+
+all: binary-entitled
 
 include Makefile.rules
 
-sign: mte-entitlements.plist uaf_mte
+sign: mte-entitlements.plist uaf
 ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
 	codesign -s - -f --entitlements $^
 endif
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/macosx/mte/TestDarwinMTE.py b/lldb/test/API/macosx/mte/TestDarwinMTE.py
index ef858b1fc2710..0454b971e8d0a 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/macosx/mte/TestDarwinMTE.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/macosx/mte/TestDarwinMTE.py
@@ -7,12 +7,24 @@
 from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
 import lldbsuite.test.cpu_feature as cpu_feature
 
-exe_name = "uaf_mte"  # Must match Makefile
+exe_name = "uaf"  # Must match Makefile
 
 
 class TestDarwinMTE(TestBase):
     NO_DEBUG_INFO_TESTCASE = True
 
+    @skipUnlessFeature(cpu_feature.AArch64.MTE)
+    def test_process_launch_memory_tagging(self):
+        self.build(make_targets=["binary-plain"])
+        self.createTestTarget(self.getBuildArtifact(exe_name))
+
+        self.expect("process launch", substrs=["exited with status = 0"])
+
+        self.expect(
+            "process launch --memory-tagging",
+            substrs=["stopped", "stop reason = EXC_ARM_MTE_TAG_FAULT"],
+        )
+
     @skipUnlessFeature(cpu_feature.AArch64.MTE)
     def test_tag_fault(self):
         self.build()