diff --git a/src/librustc/driver/driver.rs b/src/librustc/driver/driver.rs
index 63d6c60d2698d..d57bbdb5f2f97 100644
--- a/src/librustc/driver/driver.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/driver/driver.rs
@@ -352,13 +352,7 @@ pub fn phase_5_run_llvm_passes(sess: Session,
                                trans: &CrateTranslation,
                                outputs: &OutputFilenames) {
 
-    // On Windows, LLVM integrated assembler emits bad stack unwind tables when
-    // segmented stacks are enabled.  However, unwind info directives in assembly
-    // output are OK, so we generate assembly first and then run it through
-    // an external assembler.
-    if sess.targ_cfg.os == abi::OsWin32 &&
-        (sess.opts.output_type == link::output_type_object ||
-         sess.opts.output_type == link::output_type_exe) {
+    if sess.no_integrated_as() {
         let output_type = link::output_type_assembly;
         let asm_filename = outputs.obj_filename.with_extension("s");
 
@@ -371,7 +365,7 @@ pub fn phase_5_run_llvm_passes(sess: Session,
 
         link::write::run_assembler(sess, &asm_filename, &outputs.obj_filename);
 
-        // Remove assembly source unless --save-temps was specified
+        // Remove assembly source, unless --save-temps was specified
         if !sess.opts.save_temps {
             fs::unlink(&asm_filename);
         }
diff --git a/src/librustc/driver/session.rs b/src/librustc/driver/session.rs
index 6a4755344eff4..2d1d7033300b5 100644
--- a/src/librustc/driver/session.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/driver/session.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ pub static no_prepopulate_passes:   uint = 1 << 25;
 pub static use_softfp:              uint = 1 << 26;
 pub static gen_crate_map:           uint = 1 << 27;
 pub static prefer_dynamic:          uint = 1 << 28;
+pub static no_integrated_as:        uint = 1 << 29;
 
 pub fn debugging_opts_map() -> ~[(&'static str, &'static str, uint)] {
     ~[("verbose", "in general, enable more debug printouts", verbose),
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ pub fn debugging_opts_map() -> ~[(&'static str, &'static str, uint)] {
      ("soft-float", "Generate software floating point library calls", use_softfp),
      ("gen-crate-map", "Force generation of a toplevel crate map", gen_crate_map),
      ("prefer-dynamic", "Prefer dynamic linking to static linking", prefer_dynamic),
+     ("no-integrated-as",
+      "Use external assembler rather than LLVM's integrated one", no_integrated_as),
     ]
 }
 
@@ -335,6 +338,9 @@ impl Session_ {
     pub fn prefer_dynamic(&self) -> bool {
         self.debugging_opt(prefer_dynamic)
     }
+    pub fn no_integrated_as(&self) -> bool {
+        self.debugging_opt(no_integrated_as)
+    }
 
     // pointless function, now...
     pub fn str_of(&self, id: ast::Ident) -> @str {
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/test-runner-hides-main.rs b/src/test/run-pass/test-runner-hides-main.rs
index 3f1e9fe4c5197..42d5cb4f211d2 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/test-runner-hides-main.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/test-runner-hides-main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 // compile-flags:--test
 // xfail-fast
+// xfail-win32 #10872
 
 extern mod extra;