diff --git a/lld/test/wasm/driver.s b/lld/test/wasm/driver.s
--- a/lld/test/wasm/driver.s
+++ b/lld/test/wasm/driver.s
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@
 ## stack-size without an = is also an error
 # RUN: not wasm-ld %t.o -z stack-size 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR11 %s
 # ERR11: unknown -z value: stack-size
+
+# RUN: not wasm-ld %t.o --require-defined=foo -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=REQUIRE-DEFINED %s
+# REQUIRE-DEFINED: wasm-ld: error: required symbol `foo` not defined
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Config.h b/lld/wasm/Config.h
--- a/lld/wasm/Config.h
+++ b/lld/wasm/Config.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
   llvm::StringSet<> allowUndefinedSymbols;
   llvm::StringSet<> exportedSymbols;
   std::vector<llvm::StringRef> requiredExports;
+  std::vector<llvm::StringRef> requireDefined;
   std::vector<llvm::StringRef> searchPaths;
   llvm::CachePruningPolicy thinLTOCachePolicy;
   llvm::Optional<std::vector<std::string>> features;
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
@@ -902,6 +902,9 @@
   for (auto *arg : args.filtered(OPT_export_if_defined))
     config->exportedSymbols.insert(arg->getValue());
 
+  for (auto *arg : args.filtered(OPT_require_defined))
+    config->requireDefined.push_back(arg->getValue());
+
   for (auto *arg : args.filtered(OPT_export)) {
     config->exportedSymbols.insert(arg->getValue());
     config->requiredExports.push_back(arg->getValue());
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Options.td b/lld/wasm/Options.td
--- a/lld/wasm/Options.td
+++ b/lld/wasm/Options.td
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
   def no_ # NAME: Flag<["--", "-"], "no-" # name>, HelpText<help2>;
 }
 
+defm require_defined: Eq<"require-defined",
+     "Force symbol to be added to symbol table as an undefined one">;
+
 // The following flags are shared with the ELF linker
 def Bsymbolic: F<"Bsymbolic">, HelpText<"Bind defined symbols locally">;
 
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Writer.cpp b/lld/wasm/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/wasm/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/Writer.cpp
@@ -1585,6 +1585,13 @@
 
   // Delay reporting error about explicit exports until after
   // addStartStopSymbols which can create optional symbols.
+  for (auto &name : config->requireDefined) {
+    Symbol *sym = symtab->find(name);
+    if (!sym || !sym->isDefined()) {
+      error(Twine("required symbol `") + name + "` not defined");
+    }
+  }
+
   for (auto &name : config->requiredExports) {
     Symbol *sym = symtab->find(name);
     if (!sym || !sym->isDefined()) {