diff --git a/ptx/src/ast.rs b/ptx/src/ast.rs
index 225fc1d..bf5de1c 100644
--- a/ptx/src/ast.rs
+++ b/ptx/src/ast.rs
@@ -1316,6 +1316,7 @@ pub enum TuningDirective {
     MaxNtid(u32, u32, u32),
     ReqNtid(u32, u32, u32),
     MinNCtaPerSm(u32),
+    Noreturn
 }
 
 #[repr(u8)]
diff --git a/ptx/src/emit.rs b/ptx/src/emit.rs
index af72f89..ddfddae 100644
--- a/ptx/src/emit.rs
+++ b/ptx/src/emit.rs
@@ -575,6 +575,17 @@ fn emit_tuning_single<'a>(
                 format!("{0},{0}", size).as_bytes(),
             );
         }
+        ast::TuningDirective::Noreturn => {
+            let noreturn = b"noreturn";
+            let attr_kind = unsafe {
+                LLVMGetEnumAttributeKindForName(noreturn.as_ptr().cast(), noreturn.len())
+            };
+            if attr_kind == 0 {
+                panic!();
+            }
+            let noreturn = unsafe { LLVMCreateEnumAttribute(ctx.context.get(), attr_kind, 0) };
+            unsafe { LLVMAddAttributeAtIndex(llvm_method, LLVMAttributeFunctionIndex, noreturn) };
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ptx/src/ptx.lalrpop b/ptx/src/ptx.lalrpop
index 547810f..e1aaa3b 100644
--- a/ptx/src/ptx.lalrpop
+++ b/ptx/src/ptx.lalrpop
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ match {
     ".ne",
     ".neu",
     ".noftz",
+    ".noreturn",
     ".num",
     ".or",
     ".param",
@@ -531,6 +532,8 @@ LinkingDirective: ast::LinkingDirective = {
 };
 
 TuningDirective: ast::TuningDirective = {
+    // not a performance tuning directive but fits here in the grammar
+    ".noreturn" => ast::TuningDirective::Noreturn,
     ".maxnreg" <ncta:U32Num> => ast::TuningDirective::MaxNReg(ncta),
     ".maxntid" <nx:U32Num> => ast::TuningDirective::MaxNtid(nx, 1, 1),
     ".maxntid" <nx:U32Num> "," <ny:U32Num> => ast::TuningDirective::MaxNtid(nx, ny, 1),
diff --git a/ptx/src/test/spirv_build/noreturn.ll b/ptx/src/test/spirv_build/noreturn.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..286b289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ptx/src/test/spirv_build/noreturn.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+target datalayout = "e-p:64:64-p1:64:64-p2:32:32-p3:32:32-p4:64:64-p5:32:32-p6:32:32-i64:64-v16:16-v24:32-v32:32-v48:64-v96:128-v192:256-v256:256-v512:512-v1024:1024-v2048:2048-n32:64-S32-A5-G1-ni:7"
+target triple = "amdgcn-amd-amdhsa"
+
+; Function Attrs: noreturn
+define private void @noreturn(i64 %"6") #0 {
+"9":
+  %"3" = alloca i64, align 8, addrspace(5)
+  %"4" = alloca i1, align 1, addrspace(5)
+  store i1 false, ptr addrspace(5) %"4", align 1
+  %"5" = alloca i1, align 1, addrspace(5)
+  store i1 false, ptr addrspace(5) %"5", align 1
+  %"8" = alloca i64, align 8, addrspace(5)
+  store i64 %"6", ptr addrspace(5) %"3", align 8
+  %"7" = load i64, ptr addrspace(5) %"3", align 8
+  store i64 %"7", ptr addrspace(5) %"8", align 8
+  ret void
+}
+
+attributes #0 = { noreturn "amdgpu-unsafe-fp-atomics"="true" "denormal-fp-math"="ieee,ieee" "denormal-fp-math-f32"="ieee,ieee" "no-trapping-math"="true" "uniform-work-group-size"="true" }
diff --git a/ptx/src/test/spirv_build/noreturn.ptx b/ptx/src/test/spirv_build/noreturn.ptx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd34bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ptx/src/test/spirv_build/noreturn.ptx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+.version 6.5
+.target sm_30
+.address_size 64
+
+.weak .func noreturn(.param .b64 noreturn_0)
+.noreturn 
+{
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ptx/src/translate.rs b/ptx/src/translate.rs
index f7fd281..c63a258 100644
--- a/ptx/src/translate.rs
+++ b/ptx/src/translate.rs
@@ -3345,6 +3345,7 @@ fn to_llvm_module_impl2<'a, 'input>(
     if let Some(ref mut raytracing_state) = raytracing {
         translation_module = raytracing::run_on_normalized(translation_module, raytracing_state)?;
     }
+    let translation_module = return_from_noreturn(translation_module);
     let translation_module = extract_builtin_functions(translation_module);
     let translation_module = resolve_instruction_types(translation_module, functions)?;
     let mut translation_module = restructure_function_return_types(translation_module)?;
@@ -3392,6 +3393,32 @@ fn to_llvm_module_impl2<'a, 'input>(
     })
 }
 
+// In PTX it's legal to have a function like this:
+//      .func noreturn(.param .b64 noreturn_0)
+//      .noreturn
+//      {
+//      }
+// Which trips up LLVM. We normalize this by inserting `ret;`
+fn return_from_noreturn(
+    mut translation_module: TranslationModule<NormalizedArgParams>,
+) -> TranslationModule<NormalizedArgParams> {
+    for directive in translation_module.directives.iter_mut() {
+        match directive {
+            TranslationDirective::Method(method) => {
+                if let Some(ref mut body) = method.body {
+                    if body.is_empty() && method.tuning.contains(&ast::TuningDirective::Noreturn) {
+                        body.push(Statement::Instruction(ast::Instruction::Ret(
+                            ast::RetData { uniform: false },
+                        )));
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            TranslationDirective::Variable(..) => {}
+        }
+    }
+    translation_module
+}
+
 // From "Performance Tips for Frontend Authors" (https://llvm.org/docs/Frontend/PerformanceTips.html):
 // "The SROA (Scalar Replacement Of Aggregates) and Mem2Reg passes only attempt to eliminate alloca
 // instructions that are in the entry basic block. Given SSA is the canonical form expected by much
@@ -3586,7 +3613,8 @@ fn create_metadata<'input>(
                     match tuning {
                         // TODO: measure
                         ast::TuningDirective::MaxNReg(_)
-                        | ast::TuningDirective::MinNCtaPerSm(_) => {}
+                        | ast::TuningDirective::MinNCtaPerSm(_)
+                        | ast::TuningDirective::Noreturn => {}
                         ast::TuningDirective::MaxNtid(x, y, z) => {
                             let size = x as u64 * y as u64 * z as u64;
                             kernel_metadata.push((
@@ -3632,7 +3660,8 @@ fn insert_compilation_mode_prologue<'input>(
                 for t in tuning.iter_mut() {
                     match t {
                         ast::TuningDirective::MaxNReg(_)
-                        | ast::TuningDirective::MinNCtaPerSm(_) => {}
+                        | ast::TuningDirective::MinNCtaPerSm(_)
+                        | ast::TuningDirective::Noreturn => {}
                         ast::TuningDirective::MaxNtid(_, _, z) => {
                             *z *= 2;
                         }