diff --git a/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp b/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
@@ -142,16 +142,10 @@
     if (!bStatic) {
       if (Optional<std::string> s = findFile(dir, name + ".lib"))
         return *s;
-      if (Optional<std::string> s = findFile(dir, "lib" + name + ".dll")) {
-        error("lld doesn't support linking directly against " + *s +
-              ", use an import library");
-        return "";
-      }
-      if (Optional<std::string> s = findFile(dir, name + ".dll")) {
-        error("lld doesn't support linking directly against " + *s +
-              ", use an import library");
-        return "";
-      }
+      if (Optional<std::string> s = findFile(dir, "lib" + name + ".dll"))
+        return *s;
+      if (Optional<std::string> s = findFile(dir, name + ".dll"))
+        return *s;
     }
   }
   error("unable to find library -l" + name);
diff --git a/lld/test/MinGW/lib.test b/lld/test/MinGW/lib.test
--- a/lld/test/MinGW/lib.test
+++ b/lld/test/MinGW/lib.test
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 RUN: echo > %t/lib/libnoimplib.dll
 RUN: echo > %t/lib/noprefix_noimplib.dll
-RUN: not ld.lld -### -m i386pep -L%t/lib -lnoimplib 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=UNSUPPORTED-DLL1 %s
-RUN: not ld.lld -### -m i386pep -L%t/lib -lnoprefix_noimplib 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=UNSUPPORTED-DLL2 %s
-UNSUPPORTED-DLL1: lld doesn't support linking directly against {{.*}}libnoimplib.dll, use an import library
-UNSUPPORTED-DLL2: lld doesn't support linking directly against {{.*}}noprefix_noimplib.dll, use an import library
+RUN: ld.lld -### -m i386pep -L%t/lib -lnoimplib 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=DLL1 %s
+RUN: ld.lld -### -m i386pep -L%t/lib -lnoprefix_noimplib 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=DLL2 %s
+DLL1: libnoimplib.dll
+DLL2: noprefix_noimplib.dll