diff --git a/techlibs/quicklogic/Makefile.inc b/techlibs/quicklogic/Makefile.inc
index ade1443713c..a54a7ec0324 100644
--- a/techlibs/quicklogic/Makefile.inc
+++ b/techlibs/quicklogic/Makefile.inc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ OBJS += techlibs/quicklogic/ql_bram_merge.o
 OBJS += techlibs/quicklogic/ql_bram_types.o
 OBJS += techlibs/quicklogic/ql_dsp_simd.o
 OBJS += techlibs/quicklogic/ql_dsp_io_regs.o
+OBJS += techlibs/quicklogic/ql_ioff.o
 
 # --------------------------------------
 
@@ -40,4 +41,4 @@ $(eval $(call add_share_file,share/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f,techlibs/quicklogic/qlf
 $(eval $(call add_share_file,share/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f,techlibs/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f/dsp_final_map.v))
 $(eval $(call add_share_file,share/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f,techlibs/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f/TDP18K_FIFO.v))
 $(eval $(call add_share_file,share/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f,techlibs/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f/ufifo_ctl.v))
-$(eval $(call add_share_file,share/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f,techlibs/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f/sram1024x18_mem.v))
\ No newline at end of file
+$(eval $(call add_share_file,share/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f,techlibs/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f/sram1024x18_mem.v))
diff --git a/techlibs/quicklogic/ql_ioff.cc b/techlibs/quicklogic/ql_ioff.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96d0f7c431c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/techlibs/quicklogic/ql_ioff.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#include "kernel/log.h"
+#include "kernel/modtools.h"
+#include "kernel/register.h"
+#include "kernel/rtlil.h"
+
+USING_YOSYS_NAMESPACE
+PRIVATE_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+struct QlIoffPass : public Pass {
+	QlIoffPass() : Pass("ql_ioff", "Infer I/O FFs for qlf_k6n10f architecture") {}
+
+	void execute(std::vector<std::string>, RTLIL::Design *design) override
+	{
+		log_header(design, "Executing QL_IOFF pass.\n");
+
+		ModWalker modwalker(design);
+		Module *module = design->top_module();
+		if (!module)
+			return;
+		modwalker.setup(module);
+		pool<RTLIL::Cell *> cells_to_replace;
+		for (auto cell : module->selected_cells()) {
+			if (cell->type.in(ID(dffsre), ID(sdffsre))) {
+				bool e_const = cell->getPort(ID::E).is_fully_const();
+				bool r_const = cell->getPort(ID::R).is_fully_const();
+				bool s_const = cell->getPort(ID::S).is_fully_const();
+
+				if (!(e_const && r_const && s_const))
+					continue;
+
+				auto d_sig = modwalker.sigmap(cell->getPort(ID::D));
+				if (d_sig.is_wire() && d_sig.as_wire()->port_input) {
+					log_debug("Cell %s is potentially eligible for promotion to input IOFF.\n", cell->name.c_str());
+					// check that d_sig has no other consumers
+					if (GetSize(d_sig) != 1) continue;
+					pool<ModWalker::PortBit> portbits;
+					modwalker.get_consumers(portbits, d_sig[0]);
+					if (GetSize(portbits) > 1) {
+						log_debug("not promoting: d_sig has other consumers\n");
+						continue;
+					}
+					cells_to_replace.insert(cell);
+					continue; // no need to check Q if we already put it on the list
+				}
+				auto q_sig = modwalker.sigmap(cell->getPort(ID::Q));
+				if (q_sig.is_wire() && q_sig.as_wire()->port_output) {
+					log_debug("Cell %s is potentially eligible for promotion to output IOFF.\n", cell->name.c_str());
+					// check that q_sig has no other consumers
+					if (GetSize(q_sig) != 1) continue;
+					pool<ModWalker::PortBit> portbits;
+					modwalker.get_consumers(portbits, q_sig[0]);
+					if (GetSize(portbits) > 0) {
+						log_debug("not promoting: q_sig has other consumers\n");
+						continue;
+					}
+					cells_to_replace.insert(cell);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		for (auto cell : cells_to_replace) {
+			log("Promoting register %s to IOFF.\n", log_signal(cell->getPort(ID::Q)));
+			cell->type = ID(dff);
+			cell->unsetPort(ID::E);
+			cell->unsetPort(ID::R);
+			cell->unsetPort(ID::S);
+		}
+	}
+} QlIoffPass;
+
+PRIVATE_NAMESPACE_END
diff --git a/techlibs/quicklogic/synth_quicklogic.cc b/techlibs/quicklogic/synth_quicklogic.cc
index 76ef4457069..40cd75eb921 100644
--- a/techlibs/quicklogic/synth_quicklogic.cc
+++ b/techlibs/quicklogic/synth_quicklogic.cc
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct SynthQuickLogicPass : public ScriptPass {
 	}
 
 	string top_opt, blif_file, edif_file, family, currmodule, verilog_file, lib_path;
-	bool abc9, inferAdder, nobram, bramTypes, dsp;
+	bool abc9, inferAdder, nobram, bramTypes, dsp, ioff;
 
 	void clear_flags() override
 	{
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct SynthQuickLogicPass : public ScriptPass {
 		bramTypes = false;
 		lib_path = "+/quicklogic/";
 		dsp = true;
+		ioff = true;
 	}
 
 	void set_scratchpad_defaults(RTLIL::Design *design) {
@@ -158,6 +159,10 @@ struct SynthQuickLogicPass : public ScriptPass {
 				dsp = false;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (args[argidx] == "-noioff") {
+				ioff = false;
+				continue;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 		extra_args(args, argidx, design);
@@ -298,6 +303,9 @@ struct SynthQuickLogicPass : public ScriptPass {
 				run("techmap -map " + lib_path + family + "/ffs_map.v");
 			}
 			run("opt");
+			if (ioff || help_mode) {
+				run("ql_ioff", "(unless -noioff)");
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (check_label("map_luts", "(for pp3)") && (help_mode || family == "pp3")) {
diff --git a/tests/arch/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f/ioff.ys b/tests/arch/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f/ioff.ys
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd69a28d400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/arch/quicklogic/qlf_k6n10f/ioff.ys
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# test: acceptable for output IOFF promotion
+read_verilog <<EOF
+module top (input clk, input a, output reg o);
+    always @(posedge clk) begin
+        o <= ~a;
+    end
+endmodule
+EOF
+synth_quicklogic -family qlf_k6n10f -top top
+select -assert-count 1 t:dff
+
+design -reset
+# test: acceptable for input IOFF promotion
+read_verilog <<EOF
+module top (input clk, input a, output o);
+    reg r;
+    always @(posedge clk) begin
+        r <= a;
+    end
+    assign o = ~r;
+endmodule
+EOF
+synth_quicklogic -family qlf_k6n10f -top top
+select -assert-count 1 t:dff
+
+design -reset
+# test: acceptable for either IOFF promotion
+read_verilog <<EOF
+module top (input clk, input a, output reg o);
+    always @(posedge clk) begin
+        o <= a;
+    end
+endmodule
+EOF
+synth_quicklogic -family qlf_k6n10f -top top
+select -assert-count 1 t:dff
+
+design -reset
+# test: not acceptable for output IOFF promotion: output signal is used
+read_verilog <<EOF
+module top (input clk, input a, output reg o);
+    always @(posedge clk) begin
+        o <= ~a | o;
+    end
+endmodule
+EOF
+synth_quicklogic -family qlf_k6n10f -top top
+select -assert-count 0 t:dff
+
+design -reset
+# test: not acceptable for input IOFF promotion: input signal is used
+read_verilog <<EOF
+module top (input clk, input a, output o, p);
+    reg r;
+    always @(posedge clk) begin
+        r <= a;
+    end
+    assign o = ~r;
+    assign p = ~a;
+endmodule
+EOF
+synth_quicklogic -family qlf_k6n10f -top top
+select -assert-count 0 t:dff
+
+design -reset
+# test: not acceptable for IOFF promotion: FF has reset
+read_verilog <<EOF
+module top (input clk, input rst, input a, output reg o);
+    always @(posedge clk) begin
+        if (rst)
+            o <= 1'b0;
+        else
+            o <= a;
+    end
+endmodule
+EOF
+synth_quicklogic -family qlf_k6n10f -top top
+select -assert-count 0 t:dff
+
+design -reset
+# test: not acceptable for IOFF promotion: FF has enable
+read_verilog <<EOF
+module top (input clk, input en, input a, output reg o);
+    always @(posedge clk) begin
+        if (en)
+            o <= a;
+    end
+endmodule
+EOF
+synth_quicklogic -family qlf_k6n10f -top top
+select -assert-count 0 t:dff