diff --git a/lib/SILGen/SILGenExpr.cpp b/lib/SILGen/SILGenExpr.cpp
index 96044f671134d..aa6b9a5b3bd5f 100644
--- a/lib/SILGen/SILGenExpr.cpp
+++ b/lib/SILGen/SILGenExpr.cpp
@@ -3580,21 +3580,47 @@ SILGenModule::emitKeyPathComponentForDecl(SILLocation loc,
   /// Returns true if a key path component for the given property or
   /// subscript should be externally referenced.
   auto shouldUseExternalKeyPathComponent = [&]() -> bool {
-    return (!forPropertyDescriptor &&
-            (baseDecl->getModuleContext() != SwiftModule ||
-             baseDecl->isResilient(SwiftModule, expansion)) &&
-            // Protocol requirements don't have nor need property descriptors.
-            !isa<ProtocolDecl>(baseDecl->getDeclContext()) &&
-            // Properties that only dispatch via ObjC lookup do not have nor
-            // need property descriptors, since the selector identifies the
-            // storage.
-            // Properties that are not public don't need property descriptors
-            // either.
-            (!baseDecl->requiresOpaqueAccessors() ||
-             (!getAccessorDeclRef(getRepresentativeAccessorForKeyPath(baseDecl))
-                   .isForeign &&
-              getAccessorDeclRef(getRepresentativeAccessorForKeyPath(baseDecl))
-                      .getLinkage(ForDefinition) <= SILLinkage::PublicNonABI)));
+    // The property descriptor has the canonical key path component information
+    // so doesn't have to refer to another external descriptor.
+    if (forPropertyDescriptor) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    
+    // Don't need to use the external component if we're inside the resilience
+    // domain of its defining module.
+    if (baseDecl->getModuleContext() == SwiftModule
+        && !baseDecl->isResilient(SwiftModule, expansion)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Protocol requirements don't have nor need property descriptors.
+    if (isa<ProtocolDecl>(baseDecl->getDeclContext())) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    
+    // Always-emit-into-client properties can't reliably refer to a property
+    // descriptor that may not exist in older versions of their home dylib.
+    // Their definition is also always entirely visible to clients so it isn't
+    // needed.
+    if (baseDecl->getAttrs().hasAttribute<AlwaysEmitIntoClientAttr>()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Properties that only dispatch via ObjC lookup do not have nor
+    // need property descriptors, since the selector identifies the
+    // storage.
+    // Properties that are not public don't need property descriptors
+    // either.
+    if (baseDecl->requiresOpaqueAccessors()) {
+      auto representative = getAccessorDeclRef(
+                           getRepresentativeAccessorForKeyPath(baseDecl));
+      if (representative.isForeign)
+        return false;
+      if (representative.getLinkage(ForDefinition) > SILLinkage::PublicNonABI)
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    return true;
   };
 
   auto strategy = storage->getAccessStrategy(AccessSemantics::Ordinary,
diff --git a/validation-test/Evolution/Inputs/keypaths.swift.gyb b/validation-test/Evolution/Inputs/keypaths.swift.gyb
index 113c942be4a89..a2f05e8a8c505 100644
--- a/validation-test/Evolution/Inputs/keypaths.swift.gyb
+++ b/validation-test/Evolution/Inputs/keypaths.swift.gyb
@@ -123,3 +123,9 @@ public final class AFinalClass {
 
 }
 
+public struct AEIC {
+#if AFTER
+    @_alwaysEmitIntoClient
+    public var aeic: Int { return 0 }
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/validation-test/Evolution/test_keypaths.swift.gyb b/validation-test/Evolution/test_keypaths.swift.gyb
index c67cb46f5b47e..3be7d30c57af3 100644
--- a/validation-test/Evolution/test_keypaths.swift.gyb
+++ b/validation-test/Evolution/test_keypaths.swift.gyb
@@ -102,4 +102,16 @@ tests.test("AFinalClass.${name}") {
 
 % end
 
+#if AFTER
+tests.test("AlwaysEmitIntoClient") {
+  // AEIC declarations are vendored into their importing module, so
+  // equality doesn't currently work reliably with them. We can however
+  // test that the reference to the property works and is backward-compatible
+  // when using the `after` test suite with the `before` dylib.
+  let kp = \AEIC.aeic
+
+  expectEqual(kp, kp)
+}
+#endif
+
 runAllTests()