diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@
                               ? cl::TokenizeWindowsCommandLine
                               : cl::TokenizeGNUCommandLine,
                           NewArgv);
+  // Allow llvm options to be passed via $LLVM_OPTS.  This is useful for
+  // enabling common flags such as -debug.
+  cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(1, argv, "llvm-objcopy", nullptr, "LLVM_OPTS");
 
   auto Args = makeArrayRef(NewArgv).drop_front();
   Expected<DriverConfig> DriverConfig = getDriverConfig(Args);