Index: lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,17 @@
     // There was a forward reference.
     sec = secRef;
   } else {
-    sec = make<OutputSection>(name, SHT_PROGBITS, 0);
+    uint32_t type = SHT_PROGBITS;
+    uint64_t flags = 0;
+
+    // For compatibility with ld.bfd, mark sections starting with .note as
+    // SHT_NOTE and make them allocatable.
+    if (name.startswith_insensitive(".note.")) {
+      type = SHT_NOTE;
+      flags = SHF_ALLOC;
+    }
+
+    sec = make<OutputSection>(name, type, flags);
     if (!secRef)
       secRef = sec;
   }
@@ -151,8 +161,19 @@
 
 OutputSection *LinkerScript::getOrCreateOutputSection(StringRef name) {
   OutputSection *&cmdRef = nameToOutputSection[CachedHashStringRef(name)];
-  if (!cmdRef)
-    cmdRef = make<OutputSection>(name, SHT_PROGBITS, 0);
+  if (!cmdRef) {
+    uint32_t type = SHT_PROGBITS;
+    uint64_t flags = 0;
+
+    // For compatibility with ld.bfd, mark sections starting with .note as
+    // SHT_NOTE and make them allocatable.
+    if (name.startswith_insensitive(".note.")) {
+      type = SHT_NOTE;
+      flags = SHF_ALLOC;
+    }
+
+    cmdRef = make<OutputSection>(name, type, flags);
+  }
   return cmdRef;
 }
 
@@ -1160,6 +1181,11 @@
       sec->flags = flags & ((sec->nonAlloc ? 0 : (uint64_t)SHF_ALLOC) |
                             SHF_WRITE | SHF_EXECINSTR);
 
+    // We want note sections to be allocated, so that they are loaded in memory
+    // at execution time. This matches the behaviour of bfd.
+    if (sec->type == SHT_NOTE)
+      sec->flags |= SHF_ALLOC;
+
     // The code below may remove empty output sections. We should save the
     // specified program headers (if exist) and propagate them to subsequent
     // sections which do not specify program headers.
Index: lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/note-section.test
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/note-section.test
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux /dev/null -o %t.o
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t --build-id --script %s %t.o -shared
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -S --symbols %t | FileCheck %s
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+    .note.package : ALIGN(4) {
+        BYTE(0x04) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00) /* Length of Owner including NUL */
+        BYTE(0x0e) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00) /* Length of Value including NUL */
+        BYTE(0xaa) BYTE(0xaa) BYTE(0xaa) BYTE(0xaa) /* Note ID */
+        BYTE(0x4f) BYTE(0x4f) BYTE(0x4f) BYTE(0x00) /* Owner: 'FFF\x00' */
+        BYTE(0x7b) BYTE(0x22) BYTE(0x66) BYTE(0x6f) /* Value: '{"foo":"bar"}\x00\x00\x00' */
+        BYTE(0x6f) BYTE(0x22) BYTE(0x3a) BYTE(0x22)
+        BYTE(0x62) BYTE(0x61) BYTE(0x72) BYTE(0x22)
+        BYTE(0x7d) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00)
+    }
+}
+INSERT AFTER .note.gnu.build-id;
+
+# Make sure the section has type SHT_NOTE and it's marked as
+# allocatable
+# CHECK:       Section {
+# CHECK:         Index:
+# CHECK:         Name: .note.package
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Type: SHT_NOTE
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Flags [
+# CHECK-NEXT:      SHF_ALLOC
+# CHECK-NEXT:    ]
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Address:
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Offset:
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Size:
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Link:
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Info:
+# CHECK-NEXT:    AddressAlignment: 4
+# CHECK-NEXT:    EntrySize:
+# CHECK-NEXT:  }