diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td
index b65c2697dd1a1..c8858f821acdb 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/Attr.td
@@ -1135,6 +1135,19 @@ def SYCLKernel : InheritableAttr {
   let Documentation = [SYCLKernelDocs];
 }
 
+// Available in SYCL explicit SIMD extension. Binds a file scope private
+// variable to a specific register.
+def SYCLRegisterNum : InheritableAttr {
+  let Spellings = [GNU<"register_num">, Declspec<"register_num">];
+  let Args = [UnsignedArgument<"Number">];
+  let Subjects = SubjectList<[GlobalVar]>;
+  // This attribute is applied to file-scope variables and must be compilable
+  // for the host device as well
+  let LangOpts = [SYCLExplicitSIMD];
+  let Documentation = [SYCLRegisterNumDocs];
+  let PragmaAttributeSupport = 0;
+}
+
 def SYCLScope : Attr {
   // No spelling, as this attribute can't be created in the source code.
   let Spellings = [];
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
index 1a7bca252912b..07f40b0cfe69a 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/AttrDocs.td
@@ -330,6 +330,17 @@ The SYCL kernel in the previous code sample meets these expectations.
   }];
 }
 
+def SYCLRegisterNumDocs : Documentation {
+  let Category = DocCatVariable;
+  let Content = [{
+    The ``__attribute__((register_num(n)))`` attribute can be used to bind
+    "private globals" (SYCL private address space variables declared in the file
+    scope) to a particular register with number 'n'. Actual mapping of registers
+    to numbers is target-specific. For Intel GPUs 'n' is a byte offset in the
+    GRF.
+  }];
+}
+
 def C11NoReturnDocs : Documentation {
   let Category = DocCatFunction;
   let Content = [{
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
index d4dbe93fe0f30..0af416ec759a6 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticSemaKinds.td
@@ -10888,4 +10888,6 @@ def err_ext_int_bad_size : Error<"%select{signed|unsigned}0 _ExtInt must "
                                  "have a bit size of at least %select{2|1}0">;
 def err_ext_int_max_size : Error<"%select{signed|unsigned}0 _ExtInt of bit "
                                  "sizes greater than %1 not supported">;
+def err_esimd_glob_cant_init : Error<
+  "SYCL explicit SIMD does not permit private global variable to have an initializer">;
 } // end of sema component.
diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h b/clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h
index c1297cf19b688..d527dc65ccb06 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Sema/Sema.h
@@ -12660,6 +12660,14 @@ class Sema final {
   void finalizeSYCLDelayedAnalysis(const FunctionDecl *Caller,
                                    const FunctionDecl *Callee,
                                    SourceLocation Loc);
+
+  /// Tells whether given variable is a SYCL explicit SIMD extension's "private
+  /// global" variable - global variable in the private address space.
+  bool isSYCLEsimdPrivateGlobal(VarDecl *VDecl) {
+    return getLangOpts().SYCLIsDevice && getLangOpts().SYCLExplicitSIMD &&
+           VDecl->hasGlobalStorage() &&
+           (VDecl->getType().getAddressSpace() != LangAS::opencl_constant);
+  }
 };
 
 template <typename AttrType>
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGSYCLRuntime.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGSYCLRuntime.cpp
index a827f6fb82f91..40b5c61ad581b 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGSYCLRuntime.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGSYCLRuntime.cpp
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ static bool isPFWI(const FunctionDecl &FD) {
   return FD.getName() == "parallel_for_work_item";
 }
 
-const char *WG_SCOPE_MD_ID = "work_group_scope";
-const char *WI_SCOPE_MD_ID = "work_item_scope";
-const char *PFWI_MD_ID = "parallel_for_work_item";
+constexpr char WG_SCOPE_MD_ID[] = "work_group_scope";
+constexpr char WI_SCOPE_MD_ID[] = "work_item_scope";
+constexpr char PFWI_MD_ID[] = "parallel_for_work_item";
+constexpr char ATTR_GENX_VOLATILE[] = "genx_volatile";
+constexpr char ATTR_GENX_BYTE_OFFSET[] = "genx_byte_offset";
 
 } // anonymous namespace
 
@@ -101,6 +103,19 @@ bool CGSYCLRuntime::actOnAutoVarEmit(CodeGenFunction &CGF, const VarDecl &D,
   return true;
 }
 
+bool CGSYCLRuntime::actOnGlobalVarEmit(CodeGenModule &CGM, const VarDecl &D,
+                                       llvm::Value *Addr) {
+  SYCLRegisterNumAttr *RegAttr = D.getAttr<SYCLRegisterNumAttr>();
+  if (!RegAttr)
+    return false;
+  auto *GlobVar = cast<llvm::GlobalVariable>(Addr);
+  GlobVar->addAttribute(ATTR_GENX_VOLATILE);
+  GlobVar->addAttribute(ATTR_GENX_BYTE_OFFSET,
+                        Twine(RegAttr->getNumber()).str());
+  // TODO consider reversing the error/success return values
+  return true;
+}
+
 bool Util::matchQualifiedTypeName(const CXXRecordDecl *RecTy,
                                   ArrayRef<Util::DeclContextDesc> Scopes) {
   // The idea: check the declaration context chain starting from the type
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGSYCLRuntime.h b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGSYCLRuntime.h
index 12885f42aae85..71bc45599516f 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGSYCLRuntime.h
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGSYCLRuntime.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ class CGSYCLRuntime {
   void emitWorkGroupLocalVarDecl(CodeGenFunction &CGF, const VarDecl &D);
   bool actOnAutoVarEmit(CodeGenFunction &CGF, const VarDecl &D,
                         llvm::Value *Addr);
+  bool actOnGlobalVarEmit(CodeGenModule &CGM, const VarDecl &D,
+                          llvm::Value *Addr);
 };
 
 } // namespace CodeGen
diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index c656e2d10f21e..3a429bdebec01 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -4415,8 +4415,12 @@ void CodeGenModule::EmitGlobalVarDefinition(const VarDecl *D,
     if (getCodeGenOpts().hasReducedDebugInfo())
       DI->EmitGlobalVariable(GV, D);
 
-  if (LangOpts.SYCLIsDevice)
+  if (LangOpts.SYCLIsDevice) {
     maybeEmitPipeStorageMetadata(D, GV, *this);
+    // Notify SYCL code generation infrastructure that a global variable is
+    // being generated.
+    getSYCLRuntime().actOnGlobalVarEmit(*this, *D, GV);
+  }
 }
 
 void CodeGenModule::EmitExternalVarDeclaration(const VarDecl *D) {
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
index b3944d3560754..efea9a9dc5049 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -11979,6 +11979,13 @@ void Sema::AddInitializerToDecl(Decl *RealDecl, Expr *Init, bool DirectInit) {
     VDecl->setInvalidDecl();
     return;
   }
+  // In the SYCL explicit SIMD extension non constant "private globals" can't
+  // be explicitly initialized in the declaration.
+  if (isSYCLEsimdPrivateGlobal(VDecl)) {
+    Diag(VDecl->getLocation(), diag::err_esimd_glob_cant_init);
+    VDecl->setInvalidDecl();
+    return;
+  }
 
   // The LoaderUninitialized attribute acts as a definition (of undef).
   if (VDecl->hasAttr<LoaderUninitializedAttr>()) {
@@ -12578,6 +12585,11 @@ void Sema::ActOnUninitializedDecl(Decl *RealDecl) {
     if (getLangOpts().OpenCL &&
         Var->getType().getAddressSpace() == LangAS::opencl_local)
       return;
+    // In SYCL explicit SIMD extension "private global" variables can't be
+    // initialized even implicitly, so don't synthesize an implicit initializer.
+    if (isSYCLEsimdPrivateGlobal(Var))
+      return;
+
     // C++03 [dcl.init]p9:
     //   If no initializer is specified for an object, and the
     //   object is of (possibly cv-qualified) non-POD class type (or
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
index 08dfc66729f96..c56d4148adbe9 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDeclAttr.cpp
@@ -4497,6 +4497,22 @@ static void handleSYCLDeviceIndirectlyCallableAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D,
   handleSimpleAttribute<SYCLDeviceIndirectlyCallableAttr>(S, D, AL);
 }
 
+static void handleSYCLRegisterNumAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
+  auto *VD = cast<VarDecl>(D);
+  if (!VD->hasGlobalStorage()) {
+    S.Diag(AL.getLoc(), diag::err_sycl_attibute_cannot_be_applied_here)
+        << AL << 0;
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!checkAttributeNumArgs(S, AL, 1))
+    return;
+  uint32_t RegNo = 0;
+  const Expr *E = AL.getArgAsExpr(0);
+  if (!checkUInt32Argument(S, AL, E, RegNo, 0, /*StrictlyUnsigned=*/true))
+    return;
+  D->addAttr(::new (S.Context) SYCLRegisterNumAttr(S.Context, AL, RegNo));
+}
+
 static void handleConstantAttr(Sema &S, Decl *D, const ParsedAttr &AL) {
   if (checkAttrMutualExclusion<CUDASharedAttr>(S, D, AL))
     return;
@@ -7536,6 +7552,9 @@ static void ProcessDeclAttribute(Sema &S, Scope *scope, Decl *D,
   case ParsedAttr::AT_SYCLDeviceIndirectlyCallable:
     handleSYCLDeviceIndirectlyCallableAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;
+  case ParsedAttr::AT_SYCLRegisterNum:
+    handleSYCLRegisterNumAttr(S, D, AL);
+    break;
   case ParsedAttr::AT_Format:
     handleFormatAttr(S, D, AL);
     break;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
index 4f61ebdb828e0..2cb1ac15fdeb7 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,9 @@ bool Sema::DiagnoseUseOfDecl(NamedDecl *D, ArrayRef<SourceLocation> Locs,
       if (!IsConst && VD->getStorageClass() == SC_Static)
         SYCLDiagIfDeviceCode(*Locs.begin(), diag::err_sycl_restrict)
             << Sema::KernelNonConstStaticDataVariable;
-      else if (!IsConst && VD->hasGlobalStorage() && !isa<ParmVarDecl>(VD))
+      // Non-const globals are allowed for SYCL explicit SIMD.
+      else if (!isSYCLEsimdPrivateGlobal(VD) && !IsConst &&
+               VD->hasGlobalStorage() && !isa<ParmVarDecl>(VD))
         SYCLDiagIfDeviceCode(*Locs.begin(), diag::err_sycl_restrict)
             << Sema::KernelGlobalVariable;
     }
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/esimd-private-global.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/esimd-private-global.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d5c475b5656af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGenSYCL/esimd-private-global.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -disable-llvm-passes -triple spir64-unknown-unknown-sycldevice \
+// RUN:   -fsycl -fsycl-is-device -fsycl-explicit-simd -emit-llvm %s -o - | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck %s
+
+// This test checks that FE allows globals with register_num attribute in ESIMD mode.
+
+__attribute__((opencl_private)) __attribute__((register_num(17))) int vc;
+// CHECK: @vc = {{.+}} i32 0, align 4 #0
+
+SYCL_EXTERNAL void init_vc(int x) {
+  vc = x;
+  // CHECK: store i32 %0, i32* @vc
+}
+// CHECK: attributes #0 = { "genx_byte_offset"="17" "genx_volatile" }
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaSYCL/esimd-private-global.cpp b/clang/test/SemaSYCL/esimd-private-global.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3023385e48e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/SemaSYCL/esimd-private-global.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsycl -fsycl-is-device -fsycl-explicit-simd -fsyntax-only -verify -pedantic %s
+
+// no error expected
+__attribute__((opencl_private)) __attribute__((register_num(17))) int privGlob;
+
+// expected-error@+1{{'register_num' attribute takes one argument}}
+__attribute__((opencl_private)) __attribute__((register_num())) int privGlob1;
+
+// expected-error@+1{{'register_num' attribute takes one argument}}
+__attribute__((opencl_private)) __attribute__((register_num(10, 11))) int privGlob2;
+
+// expected-error@+1{{SYCL explicit SIMD does not permit private global variable to have an initializer}}
+__attribute__((opencl_private)) int privGlob3 = 10;
+
+void foo() {
+  // expected-warning@+1{{'register_num' attribute only applies to global variables}}
+  __attribute__((register_num(17))) int privLoc;
+}