diff --git a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
@@ -1475,6 +1475,9 @@
   // Handle /lldmingw early, since it can potentially affect how other
   // options are handled.
   config->mingw = args.hasArg(OPT_lldmingw);
+  if (config->mingw)
+    ctx.e.errorLimitExceededMsg = "too many errors emitted, stopping now"
+                                  " (use --error-limit=0 to see all errors)";
 
   // Handle /linkrepro and /reproduce.
   if (Optional<std::string> path = getReproduceFile(args)) {
diff --git a/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp b/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/MinGW/Driver.cpp
@@ -390,6 +390,15 @@
          " only takes effect when used with --guard-cf");
   }
 
+  if (auto *a = args.getLastArg(OPT_error_limit)) {
+    int n;
+    StringRef s = a->getValue();
+    if (s.getAsInteger(10, n))
+      error(a->getSpelling() + " number expected, but got " + s);
+    else
+      add("-errorlimit:" + s);
+  }
+
   for (auto *a : args.filtered(OPT_mllvm))
     add("-mllvm:" + StringRef(a->getValue()));
 
diff --git a/lld/MinGW/Options.td b/lld/MinGW/Options.td
--- a/lld/MinGW/Options.td
+++ b/lld/MinGW/Options.td
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@
 defm guard_longjmp : B<"guard-longjmp",
   "Enable Control Flow Guard long jump hardening (default for --guard-cf)" ,
   "Do not enable Control Flow Guard long jump hardening">;
+defm error_limit:
+  EqLong<"error-limit", "Maximum number of errors to emit before stopping (0 = no limit)">;
 
 // Alias
 def alias_Bdynamic_call_shared: Flag<["-"], "call_shared">, Alias<Bdynamic>;
diff --git a/lld/test/COFF/error-limit.test b/lld/test/COFF/error-limit.test
--- a/lld/test/COFF/error-limit.test
+++ b/lld/test/COFF/error-limit.test
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@
 RUN:   15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=WRONG %s
 
 WRONG:      /errorlimit: number expected, but got XYZ
+
+RUN: not lld-link -lldmingw 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 \
+RUN:   21 22 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=MINGW-DEFAULT %s
+
+MINGW-DEFAULT:      could not open '01'
+MINGW-DEFAULT:      could not open '20'
+MINGW-DEFAULT-NEXT: too many errors emitted, stopping now (use --error-limit=0 to see all errors)
+MINGW-DEFAULT-NOT:  could not open '21'
diff --git a/lld/test/MinGW/error-limit.test b/lld/test/MinGW/error-limit.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/MinGW/error-limit.test
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+RUN: ld.lld -### foo.o -m i386pep 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=DEFAULT %s
+DEFAULT-NOT: -errorlimit:
+DEFAULT-NOT: /errorlimit:
+
+RUN: ld.lld -### foo.o -m i386pep --error-limit=5 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=NUMERIC %s
+NUMERIC: -errorlimit:5
+
+RUN: ld.lld -### foo.o -m i386pep --error-limit=0 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=UNLIMITED %s
+UNLIMITED: -errorlimit:0
+
+RUN: not ld.lld -### foo.o -m i386pep --error-limit=XYZ 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=WRONG %s
+WRONG:      --error-limit number expected, but got XYZ
+
+RUN: not ld.lld -m i386pep --error-limit=5 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 2>&1 \
+RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=LIMIT5 %s
+LIMIT5:      could not open '01'
+LIMIT5:      could not open '05'
+LIMIT5-NEXT: too many errors emitted, stopping now (use --error-limit=0 to see all errors)
+LIMIT5-NOT:  could not open '06'