diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -1429,8 +1429,9 @@
     return [=] { return *val; };
 
   // Tok is a symbol name.
-  tok = unquote(tok);
-  if (!isValidSymbolName(tok))
+  if (tok.startswith("\""))
+    tok = unquote(tok);
+  else if (!isValidSymbolName(tok))
     setError("malformed number: " + tok);
   script->referencedSymbols.push_back(tok);
   return [=] { return script->getSymbolValue(tok, location); };
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-name.test b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-name.test
--- a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-name.test
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-name.test
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # REQUIRES: x86
-## Test that ., $ and " can be used by symbol names in expressions.
+## Test that ., $, space and " can be used by symbol names in expressions.
 
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 /dev/null -o %t.o
 # RUN: ld.lld -T %s %t.o -o %t
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 # CHECK:      Value            Size Type   Bind   Vis     Ndx Name
 # CHECK-DAG:  0000000000000000    0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT ABS a1
 # CHECK-DAG:  0000000000000000    0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT ABS a0
-# CHECK-DAG:  0000000000000003    0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT ABS a2
+# CHECK-DAG:  0000000000000003    0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT ABS a 2
+# CHECK-DAG:  0000000000000004    0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT ABS a 3
 
 a0 = DEFINED(.TOC.) ? .TOC. : 0;
 "a1" = DEFINED(__global_pointer$) ? __global_pointer$ : 0;
-"a2" = DEFINED("a1") ? "a1" + 3 : 0;
+"a 2" = DEFINED("a1") ? "a1" + 3 : 0;
+"a 3" = "a 2" + 1;