diff --git a/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp b/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
@@ -654,6 +654,17 @@
   return args.hasArg(OPT_pie);
 }
 
+static void parseClangOption(StringRef opt, const Twine &msg) {
+  std::string err;
+  raw_string_ostream os(err);
+
+  const char *argv[] = {"lld", opt.data()};
+  if (cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(2, argv, "", &os))
+    return;
+  os.flush();
+  error(msg + ": " + StringRef(err).trim());
+}
+
 bool macho::link(llvm::ArrayRef<const char *> argsArr, bool canExitEarly,
                  raw_ostream &stdoutOS, raw_ostream &stderrOS) {
   lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
@@ -788,6 +799,11 @@
       error("-sub_library " + searchName + " does not match a supplied dylib");
   }
 
+  // Parse LTO options.
+  if (auto *arg = args.getLastArg(OPT_mcpu))
+    parseClangOption(saver.save("-mcpu=" + StringRef(arg->getValue())),
+                     arg->getSpelling());
+
   initLLVM();
   compileBitcodeFiles();
   replaceCommonSymbols();
diff --git a/lld/MachO/LTO.cpp b/lld/MachO/LTO.cpp
--- a/lld/MachO/LTO.cpp
+++ b/lld/MachO/LTO.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 static lto::Config createConfig() {
   lto::Config c;
   c.Options = initTargetOptionsFromCodeGenFlags();
+  c.CPU = getCPUStr();
   return c;
 }
 
diff --git a/lld/MachO/Options.td b/lld/MachO/Options.td
--- a/lld/MachO/Options.td
+++ b/lld/MachO/Options.td
@@ -878,6 +878,9 @@
      HelpText<"Options to pass to LLVM">,
      Flags<[HelpHidden]>,
      Group<grp_rare>;
+def mcpu : Separate<["-"], "mcpu">,
+     HelpText<"Processor family target for LTO code generation">,
+     Group<grp_rare>;
 
 def grp_deprecated : OptionGroup<"deprecated">, HelpText<"DEPRECATED">;
 
@@ -1210,10 +1213,6 @@
      HelpText<"Alias for -maccatalyst_version_min">,
      Flags<[HelpHidden]>,
      Group<grp_undocumented>;
-def mcpu : Flag<["-"], "mcpu">,
-     HelpText<"This option is undocumented in ld64">,
-     Flags<[HelpHidden]>,
-     Group<grp_undocumented>;
 def no_compact_unwind : Flag<["-"], "no_compact_unwind">,
      HelpText<"This option is undocumented in ld64">,
      Flags<[HelpHidden]>,
diff --git a/lld/test/MachO/cpu-string.ll b/lld/test/MachO/cpu-string.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/MachO/cpu-string.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+; REQUIRES: x86
+; RUN: llvm-as %s -o %t.o
+
+; RUN: %lld %t.o -o %t.dylib -dylib
+; RUN: llvm-objdump -d --section="__text" --no-leading-addr --no-show-raw-insn %t.dylib | FileCheck %s
+; CHECK: nop{{$}}
+
+; RUN: %lld -mcpu znver1 %t.o -o %t.znver1.dylib -dylib
+; RUN: llvm-objdump -d --section="__text" --no-leading-addr --no-show-raw-insn %t.znver1.dylib | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ZNVER1
+
+; ZNVER1: nopw
+; ZNVER1-NOT: nop{{$}}
+
+target triple = "x86_64-apple-darwin"
+target datalayout = "e-m:o-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+
+define void @foo() #0 {
+entry:
+  call void asm sideeffect ".p2align        4, 0x90", "~{dirflag},~{fpsr},~{flags}"()
+  ret void
+}
+
+attributes #0 = { "frame-pointer"="all" }