diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/mh-preload-unsupported.yaml b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/mh-preload-unsupported.yaml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/mh-preload-unsupported.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- !mach-o
+FileHeader:
+  magic:           0xFEEDFACF
+  cputype:         0x100000C
+  cpusubtype:      0x0
+  filetype:        0x5
+  ncmds:           0
+  sizeofcmds:      0
+  flags:           0x1
+  reserved:        0x0
+...
+
+# RUN: yaml2obj %s > %t
+# RUN: not llvm-objcopy %t 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -DFILE=%t
+#
+# CHECK: error: [[FILE]]: MH_PRELOAD files are not supported
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/MachOObjcopy.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/MachOObjcopy.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/MachOObjcopy.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/MachO/MachOObjcopy.cpp
@@ -389,6 +389,11 @@
   if (!O)
     return createFileError(Config.InputFilename, O.takeError());
 
+  if (O->get()->Header.FileType == MachO::HeaderFileType::MH_PRELOAD)
+    return createStringError(std::errc::not_supported,
+                             "%s: MH_PRELOAD files are not supported",
+                             Config.InputFilename.str().c_str());
+
   if (Error E = handleArgs(Config, MachOConfig, **O))
     return createFileError(Config.InputFilename, std::move(E));