diff --git a/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp b/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/MachO/Driver.cpp
@@ -456,7 +456,11 @@
     }
     return;
   }
-  error("framework not found for -framework " + name);
+  if (loadType == LoadType::LCLinkerOption)
+    warn("framework not found for -framework " + name +
+         ", from LC_LINKER_OPTION");
+  else
+    error("framework not found for -framework " + name);
 }
 
 // Parses LC_LINKER_OPTION contents, which can add additional command line
diff --git a/lld/test/MachO/lc-linker-option.ll b/lld/test/MachO/lc-linker-option.ll
--- a/lld/test/MachO/lc-linker-option.ll
+++ b/lld/test/MachO/lc-linker-option.ll
@@ -134,6 +134,17 @@
 ; RUN: %lld %t/main -F %t -framework Foo -framework Foo -o /dev/null
 ; RUN: %lld -F %t -framework Foo -framework Foo %t/main -o /dev/null
 
+;; Checks that "framework not found" from LC_LINKER_OPTIONS are reported
+;; as warnings and not errors.
+; RUN: %no-fatal-warnings-lld  -ObjC %t/load-framework-foo.o %t/main.o -o %t/main-no-foo.out  2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=WARN
+; RUN: llvm-objdump --macho --syms %t/main-no-foo.out | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SYMS_NO_FOO
+
+; WARN: ld64.lld: warning: framework not found for -framework Foo, from LC_LINKER_OPTION
+;; Verify that nothing from the framework is included.
+; SYMS_NO_FOO:       SYMBOL TABLE:
+; SYMS_NO_FOO-NEXT:  g     F __TEXT,__text _main
+; SYMS_NO_FOO-NOT:   g     O __DATA,__objc_data _OBJC_CLASS_$_TestClass
+
 ;--- framework.ll
 target triple = "x86_64-apple-macosx10.15.0"
 target datalayout = "e-m:o-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"