Index: llvm/include/llvm/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/JITLink.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/include/llvm/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/JITLink.h
+++ llvm/include/llvm/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/JITLink.h
@@ -1114,11 +1114,11 @@
   Symbol &addDefinedSymbol(Block &Content, JITTargetAddress Offset,
                            StringRef Name, JITTargetAddress Size, Linkage L,
                            Scope S, bool IsCallable, bool IsLive) {
-    assert(llvm::count_if(defined_symbols(),
-                          [&](const Symbol *Sym) {
-                            return Sym->getName() == Name;
-                          }) == 0 &&
-           "Duplicate defined symbol");
+    assert(S == Scope::Local || llvm::count_if(defined_symbols(),
+                                               [&](const Symbol *Sym) {
+                                                 return Sym->getName() == Name;
+                                               }) == 0 &&
+                                    "Duplicate defined symbol");
     auto &Sym =
         Symbol::constructNamedDef(Allocator.Allocate<Symbol>(), Content, Offset,
                                   Name, Size, L, S, IsLive, IsCallable);
Index: llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/X86/MachO-duplicate-local.test
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/test/ExecutionEngine/JITLink/X86/MachO-duplicate-local.test
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# RUN: yaml2obj %s -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-jitlink -noexec -show-graph %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# The below describes an object with two local symbols named _foo, each
+# referenced by _main to keep it live. Ensure we can link it.
+
+# CHECK: scope: local, live  -   _foo
+# CHECK: scope: local, live  -   _foo
+# CHECK: scope: default, live  -   _main
+# CHECK-NEXT: edges:
+# CHECK-NEXT:   target = _foo
+# CHECK-NEXT:   target = _foo
+
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+    - ''
+    - ''
+    - ''
+    - ''
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