diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-options.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-options.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-options.test
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Verify that internal llvm options (such as `-debug`) can be injected via
+# the LLVM_INTERNAL_OPTS environment variable.
+
+RUN: llvm-objcopy --version 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+RUN: env LLVM_INTERNAL_OPTS=-debug llvm-objcopy --version 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=DEBUG %s
+
+CHECK-NOT: running as
+DEBUG: running as objcopy
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
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Option/Option.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Casting.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Errc.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Error.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@
 using namespace llvm::objcopy;
 using namespace llvm::object;
 
+#define DEBUG_TYPE "objcopy"
+
 // The name this program was invoked as.
 static StringRef ToolName;
 
@@ -86,14 +89,20 @@
            (I + Tool.size() == Stem.size() || !isAlnum(Stem[I + Tool.size()]));
   };
 
-  if (Is("bitcode-strip") || Is("bitcode_strip"))
+  if (Is("bitcode-strip") || Is("bitcode_strip")) {
+    LLVM_DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "running as bitcode-strip\n");
     return parseBitcodeStripOptions(Args);
-  else if (Is("strip"))
+  }
+  if (Is("strip")) {
+    LLVM_DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "running as strip\n");
     return parseStripOptions(Args, reportWarning);
-  else if (Is("install-name-tool") || Is("install_name_tool"))
+  }
+  if (Is("install-name-tool") || Is("install_name_tool")) {
+    LLVM_DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "running as install-name-tool\n");
     return parseInstallNameToolOptions(Args);
-  else
-    return parseObjcopyOptions(Args, reportWarning);
+  }
+  LLVM_DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "running as objcopy\n");
+  return parseObjcopyOptions(Args, reportWarning);
 }
 
 // For regular archives this function simply calls llvm::writeArchive,
@@ -417,6 +426,10 @@
                               ? cl::TokenizeWindowsCommandLine
                               : cl::TokenizeGNUCommandLine,
                           NewArgv);
+  // Allow llvm options to be passed via $LLVM_INTERNAL_OPTS.  This is useful
+  // for enabling common flags such as -debug.
+  cl::ParseCommandLineOptions(1, argv, "llvm-objcopy", nullptr,
+                              "LLVM_INTERNAL_OPTS");
 
   auto Args = makeArrayRef(NewArgv).drop_front();
   Expected<DriverConfig> DriverConfig = getDriverConfig(Args);