diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 43fad5323c..cdfd31377d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2301,6 +2301,14 @@ decl_checks += [
   ['pwritev', 'sys/uio.h'],
 ]
 
+# Check presence of some optional LLVM functions.
+if llvm.found()
+  decl_checks += [
+    ['LLVMCreateGDBRegistrationListener', 'llvm-c/ExecutionEngine.h'],
+    ['LLVMCreatePerfJITEventListener', 'llvm-c/ExecutionEngine.h'],
+  ]
+endif
+
 foreach c : decl_checks
   func = c.get(0)
   header = c.get(1)