diff --git a/include/spirv-tools/optimizer.hpp b/include/spirv-tools/optimizer.hpp
index 9314adc..805132c 100644
--- a/include/spirv-tools/optimizer.hpp
+++ b/include/spirv-tools/optimizer.hpp
@@ -87,6 +87,16 @@
   // from time to time.
   Optimizer& RegisterSizePasses();
 
+  // Registers passes that attempt to legalize the generated code.
+  //
+  // Note: this recipe is specially for legalizing SPIR-V. It should be used
+  // by compilers after translating HLSL source code literally. It should
+  // *not* be used by general workloads for performance or size improvement.
+  //
+  // This sequence of passes is subject to constant review and will change
+  // from time to time.
+  Optimizer& RegisterLegalizationPasses();
+
   // Optimizes the given SPIR-V module |original_binary| and writes the
   // optimized binary into |optimized_binary|.
   // Returns true on successful optimization, whether or not the module is
diff --git a/source/opt/optimizer.cpp b/source/opt/optimizer.cpp
index 3cfe3d7..5013e34 100644
--- a/source/opt/optimizer.cpp
+++ b/source/opt/optimizer.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@
   return *this;
 }
 
+Optimizer& Optimizer::RegisterLegalizationPasses() {
+  return RegisterPass(CreateInlineExhaustivePass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateLocalAccessChainConvertPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateLocalSingleBlockLoadStoreElimPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateLocalSingleStoreElimPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateInsertExtractElimPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateAggressiveDCEPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateDeadBranchElimPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateCFGCleanupPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateBlockMergePass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateLocalMultiStoreElimPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateInsertExtractElimPass())
+      .RegisterPass(CreateAggressiveDCEPass());
+}
+
 Optimizer& Optimizer::RegisterPerformancePasses() {
   return RegisterPass(CreateMergeReturnPass())
       .RegisterPass(CreateInlineExhaustivePass())