diff --git a/src/libcore/hint.rs b/src/libcore/hint.rs
index b2f82ef0d17..d6ddab0d8f5 100644
--- a/src/libcore/hint.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/hint.rs
@@ -91,3 +91,22 @@ pub fn spin_loop() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// A function that is opaque to the optimizer, to allow benchmarks to
+/// pretend to use outputs to assist in avoiding dead-code
+/// elimination.
+///
+/// This function is a no-op, and does not even read from `dummy`.
+#[cfg_attr(any(target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32"), inline(never))]
+#[unstable(feature = "test", issue = "27812")]
+pub fn black_box<T>(dummy: T) -> T {
+    #[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32")))] {
+        // we need to "use" the argument in some way LLVM can't
+        // introspect.
+        unsafe { asm!("" : : "r"(&dummy)) }
+        dummy
+    }
+    #[cfg(any(target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32"))] {
+        dummy
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libtest/lib.rs b/src/libtest/lib.rs
index cb0ce480e42..5c91c0ec43b 100644
--- a/src/libtest/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libtest/lib.rs
@@ -27,23 +27,7 @@ pub use libtest::{
     TestResult, TrFailed, TrFailedMsg, TrIgnored, TrOk, stats::Summary
 };
 
-/// A function that is opaque to the optimizer, to allow benchmarks to
-/// pretend to use outputs to assist in avoiding dead-code
-/// elimination.
-///
-/// This function is a no-op, and does not even read from `dummy`.
-#[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32")))]
-pub fn black_box<T>(dummy: T) -> T {
-    // we need to "use" the argument in some way LLVM can't
-    // introspect.
-    unsafe { asm!("" : : "r"(&dummy)) }
-    dummy
-}
-#[cfg(any(target_arch = "asmjs", target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-#[inline(never)]
-pub fn black_box<T>(dummy: T) -> T {
-    dummy
-}
+pub use std::hint::black_box;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {