diff --git a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
index 2ab3e8ba972..377b0f98e74 100644
--- a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
+++ b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
@@ -719,7 +719,11 @@ llvm_optimize_module(LLVMJitContext *context, LLVMModuleRef module)
 
 	if (context->base.flags & PGJIT_OPT3)
 		passes = "default<O3>";
+	else if (context->base.flags & PGJIT_INLINE)
+		/* if doing inlining, but no expensive optimization, add inline pass */
+		passes = "default<O0>,mem2reg,inline";
 	else
+		/* default<O0> includes always-inline pass */
 		passes = "default<O0>,mem2reg";
 
 	options = LLVMCreatePassBuilderOptions();