diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td
index 8dfe4bc08c48e..10a3c95f56f43 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td
@@ -3908,6 +3908,12 @@ def X86ForceAlignArgPointer : InheritableAttr, TargetSpecificAttr<TargetAnyX86>
   let Documentation = [X86ForceAlignArgPointerDocs];
 }
 
+def SectionMemtag : InheritableAttr {
+  let Spellings = [ClangGCC<"section_memtag">];
+  let Subjects = SubjectList<[GlobalVar]>;
+  let Documentation = [SectionMemtagDocs];
+}
+
 def NoSanitize : InheritableAttr {
   let Spellings = [ClangGCC<"no_sanitize">];
   let Args = [VariadicStringArgument<"Sanitizers">];
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
index 4813191d2d602..678789c2d0b9c 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
@@ -3655,6 +3655,16 @@ full list of supported sanitizer flags.
   }];
 }
 
+def SectionMemtagDocs : Documentation {
+  let Category = DocCatVariable;
+  let Content = [{
+Use the ``section_memtag`` attribute on a global variable declaration that also
+has the attribute section and the memory tag sanitizer is active to force the
+global variable to be MTE tagged. Global variables under sections are not
+tagged by default, so you need to explicitly opt-in using this attribute.
+  }];
+}
+
 def DisableSanitizerInstrumentationDocs : Documentation {
   let Category = DocCatFunction;
   let Content = [{
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index 3eeb1718e455a..7228de8637abb 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -3823,6 +3823,10 @@ bool CodeGenModule::isInNoSanitizeList(SanitizerMask Kind,
   return false;
 }
 
+bool CodeGenModule::userForcedSectionMemtag(llvm::GlobalVariable *GV) const {
+  return GV->getMetadata("section_memtag") != nullptr;
+}
+
 bool CodeGenModule::imbueXRayAttrs(llvm::Function *Fn, SourceLocation Loc,
                                    StringRef Category) const {
   const auto &XRayFilter = getContext().getXRayFilter();
@@ -6141,6 +6145,9 @@ void CodeGenModule::EmitGlobalVarDefinition(const VarDecl *D,
   if (NeedsGlobalCtor || NeedsGlobalDtor)
     EmitCXXGlobalVarDeclInitFunc(D, GV, NeedsGlobalCtor);
 
+  if (D->hasAttr<SectionMemtagAttr>()) {
+    GV->setMetadata("section_memtag", llvm::MDNode::get(GV->getContext(), {}));
+  }
   SanitizerMD->reportGlobal(GV, *D, NeedsGlobalCtor);
 
   // Emit global variable debug information.
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
index 2acfc83338a0c..f6ac61b6ce0cf 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
@@ -1520,6 +1520,8 @@ class CodeGenModule : public CodeGenTypeCache {
                           SourceLocation Loc, QualType Ty,
                           StringRef Category = StringRef()) const;
 
+  bool userForcedSectionMemtag(llvm::GlobalVariable *GV) const;
+
   /// Imbue XRay attributes to a function, applying the always/never attribute
   /// lists in the process. Returns true if we did imbue attributes this way,
   /// false otherwise.
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
index a9e7b44ac9d73..9c5e289fa44b6 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
@@ -6455,6 +6455,10 @@ static bool isSanitizerAttributeAllowedOnGlobals(StringRef Sanitizer) {
          Sanitizer == "memtag";
 }
 
+static void handleSectionMemtagAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
+  D->addAttr(SectionMemtagAttr::CreateImplicit(S.Context, AL));
+}
+
 static void handleNoSanitizeAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
   if (!AL.checkAtLeastNumArgs(S, 1))
     return;
@@ -7650,6 +7654,9 @@ ProcessDeclAttribute(Sema &S, Scope *scope, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL,
   case ParsedAttr::AT_PtGuardedVar:
     handlePtGuardedVarAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;
+  case ParsedAttr::AT_SectionMemtag:
+    handleSectionMemtagAttr(S, D, AL);
+    break;
   case ParsedAttr::AT_NoSanitize:
     handleNoSanitizeAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/memtag-globals.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGen/memtag-globals.cpp
index 407eea1c37cfa..74475b5e9a483 100644
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/memtag-globals.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/memtag-globals.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 int global;
 int __attribute__((__section__("my_section"))) section_global;
+int __attribute__((__section__("my_section"))) __attribute__((section_memtag)) section_global_tagged;
 int __attribute__((no_sanitize("memtag"))) attributed_global;
 int __attribute__((disable_sanitizer_instrumentation)) disable_instrumentation_global;
 int ignorelisted_global;
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ void func() {
 // This DOES NOT mean we are instrumenting the section global,
 // but we are ignoring it in AsmPrinter rather than in clang.
 // CHECK:     @{{.*}}section_global{{.*}} ={{.*}} sanitize_memtag
+
+// In order to opt-in memory tagging in globals in sections,
+// __attribute__((section_memtag)) must be used.
+// CHECK:     @{{.*}}section_global_tagged{{.*}} ={{.*}} sanitize_memtag,{{.*}} !section_memtag
+
 // CHECK:     @{{.*}}attributed_global{{.*}} =
 // CHECK-NOT: sanitize_memtag
 // CHECK:     @{{.*}}disable_instrumentation_global{{.*}} =
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
index 3aa245b7f3f1e..e5d863afcc838 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -2633,7 +2633,8 @@ static bool shouldTagGlobal(const llvm::GlobalVariable &G) {
   // To mitigate both these cases, and because specifying a section is rare
   // outside of these two cases, disable MTE protection for globals in any
   // section.
-  if (G.hasSection())
+  bool ForceSectionMemtag = G.getMetadata("section_memtag") != nullptr;
+  if (G.hasSection() && !ForceSectionMemtag)
     return false;
 
   return globalSize(G) > 0;