diff --git a/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs b/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
index 65c18d6d7772b..fdca8d00d7a75 100644
--- a/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/intrinsics.rs
@@ -629,10 +629,12 @@ extern "rust-intrinsic" {
     /// Aborts the execution of the process.
     pub fn abort() -> !;
 
-    /// Tells LLVM that this point in the code is not reachable,
-    /// enabling further optimizations.
+    /// Tells LLVM that this point in the code is not reachable, enabling
+    /// further optimizations.
     ///
-    /// NB: This is very different from the `unreachable!()` macro!
+    /// NB: This is very different from the `unreachable!()` macro: Unlike the
+    /// macro, which panics when it is executed, it is *undefined behavior* to
+    /// reach code marked with this function.
     pub fn unreachable() -> !;
 
     /// Informs the optimizer that a condition is always true.
diff --git a/src/libcore/mem.rs b/src/libcore/mem.rs
index 866296a567031..6f7adbe1e7a0e 100644
--- a/src/libcore/mem.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/mem.rs
@@ -942,3 +942,15 @@ impl<T: ::fmt::Debug> ::fmt::Debug for ManuallyDrop<T> {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// Tells LLVM that this point in the code is not reachable, enabling further
+/// optimizations.
+///
+/// NB: This is very different from the `unreachable!()` macro: Unlike the
+/// macro, which panics when it is executed, it is *undefined behavior* to
+/// reach code marked with this function.
+#[inline]
+#[unstable(feature = "unreachable", issue = "43751")]
+pub unsafe fn unreachable() -> ! {
+    intrinsics::unreachable()
+}