diff --git a/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp b/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
@@ -1034,6 +1034,23 @@
     in.wordLiteralSection->finalizeContents();
 }
 
+static void referenceStubBinder() {
+  bool needsStubHelper = config->outputType == MH_DYLIB ||
+                         config->outputType == MH_EXECUTE ||
+                         config->outputType == MH_BUNDLE;
+  if (!needsStubHelper || !symtab->find("dyld_stub_binder"))
+    return;
+
+  // dyld_stub_binder is used by dyld to resolve lazy bindings. This code here
+  // adds a opportunistic reference to dyld_stub_binder if it happens to exist.
+  // dyld_stub_binder is in libSystem.dylib, which is usually linked in. This
+  // isn't needed for correctness, but the presence of that symbol suppresses
+  // "no symbols" diagnostics from `nm`.
+  // StubHelperSection::setup() adds a reference and errors out if
+  // dyld_stub_binder doesn't exist in case it is actually needed.
+  symtab->addUndefined("dyld_stub_binder", /*file=*/nullptr, /*isWeak=*/false);
+}
+
 bool macho::link(ArrayRef<const char *> argsArr, bool canExitEarly,
                  raw_ostream &stdoutOS, raw_ostream &stderrOS) {
   lld::stdoutOS = &stdoutOS;
@@ -1370,6 +1387,8 @@
           treatUndefinedSymbol(*undefined, "-exported_symbol(s_list)");
     }
 
+    referenceStubBinder();
+
     // FIXME: should terminate the link early based on errors encountered so
     // far?
 
diff --git a/lld/test/MachO/dyld-stub-binder.s b/lld/test/MachO/dyld-stub-binder.s
--- a/lld/test/MachO/dyld-stub-binder.s
+++ b/lld/test/MachO/dyld-stub-binder.s
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 # RUN: %lld -arch arm64 -dylib %t/foo.o -o %t/libfoo.dylib
 # RUN: llvm-nm -m %t/libfoo.dylib | FileCheck --check-prefix=NOSTUB %s
 
+## Binaries that don't do lazy dynamic calls but are linked against
+## libSystem.dylib get a reference to dyld_stub_binder even if it's
+## not needed.
+# RUN: %lld -arch arm64 -lSystem -dylib %t/foo.o -o %t/libfoo.dylib
+# RUN: llvm-nm -m %t/libfoo.dylib | FileCheck --check-prefix=STUB %s
+
+
 ## Dylibs that do lazy dynamic calls do need dyld_stub_binder.
 # RUN: not %lld -arch arm64 -dylib %t/bar.o %t/libfoo.dylib \
 # RUN:     -o %t/libbar.dylib 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=MISSINGSTUB %s
diff --git a/lld/test/MachO/lto-internalize.ll b/lld/test/MachO/lto-internalize.ll
--- a/lld/test/MachO/lto-internalize.ll
+++ b/lld/test/MachO/lto-internalize.ll
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 ; SYMTAB-NEXT:  g     F __TEXT,__text _main
 ; SYMTAB-NEXT:  g     F __TEXT,__text _used_in_regular_obj
 ; SYMTAB-NEXT:  g     F __TEXT,__text __mh_execute_header
+; SYMTAB-NEXT:          *UND* dyld_stub_binder
 ; SYMTAB-EMPTY:
 
 ;--- test.s
diff --git a/lld/test/MachO/stabs.s b/lld/test/MachO/stabs.s
--- a/lld/test/MachO/stabs.s
+++ b/lld/test/MachO/stabs.s
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
 # CHECK-DAG:  (     SECT EXT) [[#%.2d,MORE_TEXT_ID + 1]] 0000   [[#FUN]]           '_fun'
 # CHECK-DAG:  (     SECT EXT) [[#%.2d,TEXT_ID + 1]]      0000   {{[0-9a-f]+}}      '_no_debug'
 # CHECK-DAG:  (       {{.*}}) {{[0-9]+}}                 0010   {{[0-9a-f]+}}      '__mh_execute_header'
+# CHECK-DAG:  (       {{.*}}) {{[0-9]+}}                 0100   0000000000000000   'dyld_stub_binder'
 # CHECK-EMPTY:
 
 ## Check that we don't attempt to emit rebase opcodes for the debug sections