diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e4708f4..30c9f96 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,26 +3,33 @@
   Core
   IRReader
   NaClBitReader
+  NaClBitTestUtils
   Support
   )
 
 file(GLOB pnacl_sz_SRCS "src/*.cpp")
 add_llvm_tool(pnacl-sz ${pnacl_sz_SRCS})
 
-add_definitions(
+if(PNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR)
+  add_definitions(
+  -DALLOW_DUMP=0
+  -DALLOW_LLVM_CL=0
+  -DALLOW_LLVM_IR=0
+  -DALLOW_LLVM_IR_AS_INPUT=0
+  -DALLOW_DISABLE_IR_GEN=0
+  -DALLOW_MINIMAL_BUILD=1
+  -DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=1
+  )
+else()
+  add_definitions(
   -DALLOW_DUMP=1
   -DALLOW_LLVM_CL=1
   -DALLOW_LLVM_IR=1
   -DALLOW_LLVM_IR_AS_INPUT=1
   -DALLOW_DISABLE_IR_GEN=1
   -DALLOW_MINIMAL_BUILD=0
-  -DINPUT_IS_TEXTUAL_BITCODE=0
+  -DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=0
   )
-
-if(PNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR)
-  add_definitions(-DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=1)
-else()
-  add_definitions(-DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=0)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(pnacl-sz pthread)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f15bd5..cf86103 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 ifeq ($(PNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR),1)
   CPP.Defines += -DALLOW_DUMP=0 -DALLOW_LLVM_CL=0 -DALLOW_LLVM_IR=0 \
     -DALLOW_LLVM_IR_AS_INPUT=0 -DALLOW_DISABLE_IR_GEN=0 \
-    -DALLOW_MINIMAL_BUILD=1 -DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=1 \
-    -DINPUT_IS_TEXTUAL_BITCODE=0
+    -DALLOW_MINIMAL_BUILD=1 -DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=1
 else
   CPP.Defines += -DALLOW_DUMP=1 -DALLOW_LLVM_CL=1 -DALLOW_LLVM_IR=1 \
     -DALLOW_LLVM_IR_AS_INPUT=1 -DALLOW_DISABLE_IR_GEN=1 \
-    -DALLOW_MINIMAL_BUILD=0 -DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=0 \
-    -DINPUT_IS_TEXTUAL_BITCODE=0
+    -DALLOW_MINIMAL_BUILD=0 -DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=0
 endif
+
diff --git a/Makefile.standalone b/Makefile.standalone
index ccb202e..c39b926 100644
--- a/Makefile.standalone
+++ b/Makefile.standalone
@@ -86,13 +86,6 @@
     -DALLOW_MINIMAL_BUILD=0
 endif
 
-ifdef TEXTUAL_BITCODE
-  BASE_CXX_DEFINES += -DINPUT_IS_TEXTUAL_BITCODE=1
-  OBJDIR := $(OBJDIR)+Tbc
-else
-  BASE_CXX_DEFINES += -DINPUT_IS_TEXTUAL_BITCODE=0
-endif
-
 SB_CXX_DEFINES := $(BASE_CXX_DEFINES) -DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=1
 CXX_DEFINES := $(BASE_CXX_DEFINES) -DPNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR=0
 
@@ -238,11 +231,7 @@
 
 # SHOW_BUILD_ATTS is an executable that is run to show what build
 # attributes were used to build pnacl-sz.
-ifdef TEXTUAL_BITCODE
-  SHOW_BUILD_ATTS = echo "Can't show build attributes when TEXTUAL_BITCODE=1"
-else
-  SHOW_BUILD_ATTS = $(OBJDIR)/pnacl-sz --build-atts
-endif
+SHOW_BUILD_ATTS = $(OBJDIR)/pnacl-sz --build-atts
 
 # Creates symbolic link so that testing is easier. Also runs
 # pnacl-sz to verify that the defines flags have valid values,
diff --git a/src/IceBuildDefs.h b/src/IceBuildDefs.h
index 42e66b8..71600d4 100644
--- a/src/IceBuildDefs.h
+++ b/src/IceBuildDefs.h
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 constexpr bool llvmIr() { return ALLOW_LLVM_IR; }
 constexpr bool llvmIrAsInput() { return ALLOW_LLVM_IR_AS_INPUT; }
 constexpr bool minimal() { return ALLOW_MINIMAL_BUILD; }
-constexpr bool textualBitcode() { return INPUT_IS_TEXTUAL_BITCODE; }
 
 // NDEBUG can be undefined, or defined to something arbitrary.
 constexpr bool asserts() {
diff --git a/src/IceClFlags.cpp b/src/IceClFlags.cpp
index 746cb3e..c6ea696 100644
--- a/src/IceClFlags.cpp
+++ b/src/IceClFlags.cpp
@@ -314,6 +314,12 @@
     cl::desc("Reorder the layout of constants in constant pools"),
     cl::init(false));
 
+// Command line option for accepting textual bitcode.
+cl::opt<bool> BitcodeAsText(
+    "bitcode-as-text",
+    cl::desc(
+        "Accept textual form of PNaCl bitcode records (i.e. not .ll assembly)"),
+    cl::init(false));
 } // end of anonymous namespace
 
 namespace Ice {
@@ -442,6 +448,7 @@
 
 void ClFlags::getParsedClFlagsExtra(ClFlagsExtra &OutFlagsExtra) {
   OutFlagsExtra.setAlwaysExitSuccess(AlwaysExitSuccess);
+  OutFlagsExtra.setBitcodeAsText(BitcodeAsText);
   OutFlagsExtra.setBuildOnRead(BuildOnRead);
   OutFlagsExtra.setGenerateBuildAtts(GenerateBuildAtts);
   OutFlagsExtra.setLLVMVerboseErrors(LLVMVerboseErrors);
diff --git a/src/IceClFlagsExtra.h b/src/IceClFlagsExtra.h
index b105138..46000e3 100644
--- a/src/IceClFlagsExtra.h
+++ b/src/IceClFlagsExtra.h
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
   bool getLLVMVerboseErrors() const { return LLVMVerboseErrors; }
   void setLLVMVerboseErrors(bool NewValue) { LLVMVerboseErrors = NewValue; }
 
+  bool getBitcodeAsText() const { return BitcodeAsText; }
+  void setBitcodeAsText(bool NewValue) { BitcodeAsText = NewValue; }
+
   llvm::NaClFileFormat getInputFileFormat() const { return InputFileFormat; }
   void setInputFileFormat(llvm::NaClFileFormat NewValue) {
     InputFileFormat = NewValue;
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@
 
 private:
   bool AlwaysExitSuccess = false;
+  bool BitcodeAsText = false;
   bool BuildOnRead = false;
   bool GenerateBuildAtts = false;
   bool LLVMVerboseErrors = false;
diff --git a/src/IceCompileServer.cpp b/src/IceCompileServer.cpp
index 23874f0..b7bc72b 100644
--- a/src/IceCompileServer.cpp
+++ b/src/IceCompileServer.cpp
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
 
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-parameter"
-// Include code to handle converting textual bitcode records to binary (for
-// INPUT_IS_TEXTUAL_BITCODE).
 #include "llvm/Bitcode/NaCl/NaClBitcodeMungeUtils.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_os_ostream.h"
@@ -39,10 +37,6 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-static_assert(!(BuildDefs::textualBitcode() && PNACL_BROWSER_TRANSLATOR),
-              "Can not define INPUT_IS_TEXTUAL_BITCODE when building browswer "
-              "translator");
-
 // Define a SmallVector backed buffer as a data stream, so that it
 // can hold the generated binary version of the textual bitcode in the
 // input file.
@@ -64,12 +58,12 @@
   llvm::raw_string_ostream ErrStrm(*Err);
   if (std::error_code EC = llvm::readNaClRecordTextAndBuildBitcode(
           Filename, Streamer->BitcodeBuffer, &ErrStrm)) {
-    ErrStrm << EC.message(); // << "\n";
+    ErrStrm << EC.message();
     ErrStrm.flush();
     delete Streamer;
     return nullptr;
   }
-  // ErrStrm.flush();
+  ErrStrm.flush();
   return Streamer;
 }
 
@@ -151,9 +145,13 @@
   } break;
   }
 
+  if (BuildDefs::minimal() && ExtraFlags.getBitcodeAsText())
+    llvm::report_fatal_error("Can't specify 'bitcode-as-text' flag in "
+                             "minimal build");
+
   IceString StrError;
   std::unique_ptr<llvm::DataStreamer> InputStream(
-      BuildDefs::textualBitcode()
+      (!BuildDefs::minimal() && ExtraFlags.getBitcodeAsText())
           ? TextDataStreamer::create(ExtraFlags.getIRFilename(), &StrError)
           : llvm::getDataFileStreamer(ExtraFlags.getIRFilename(), &StrError));
   if (!StrError.empty() || !InputStream) {
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 7b57f44..f01ece5 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 SUBZERO_LEVEL := ..
 
 TOOLNAME := pnacl-sz
-LINK_COMPONENTS := irreader bitreader naclbitreader naclanalysis core support
+LINK_COMPONENTS := irreader bitreader naclbitreader naclbittestutils naclanalysis core support
 
 # This tool has no plugins, optimize startup time.
 TOOL_NO_EXPORTS := 1