diff --git a/lld/ELF/Arch/RISCV.cpp b/lld/ELF/Arch/RISCV.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Arch/RISCV.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Arch/RISCV.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
+// These are internal relocation numbers for GP relaxation. They aren't part
+// of the psABI spec.
+#define INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_I 256
+#define INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_S 257
+
 const uint64_t dtpOffset = 0x800;
 
 enum Op {
@@ -62,6 +67,7 @@
 
 enum Reg {
   X_RA = 1,
+  X_GP = 3,
   X_TP = 4,
   X_T0 = 5,
   X_T1 = 6,
@@ -436,6 +442,20 @@
     return;
   }
 
+  case INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_I:
+  case INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_S: {
+    Defined *gp = ElfSym::riscvGlobalPointer;
+    int64_t displace = SignExtend64(val - gp->getVA(), bits);
+    checkInt(loc, displace, 12, rel);
+    uint32_t insn = (read32le(loc) & ~(31 << 15)) | (X_GP << 15);
+    if (rel.type == INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_I)
+      insn = setLO12_I(insn, displace);
+    else
+      insn = setLO12_S(insn, displace);
+    write32le(loc, insn);
+    return;
+  }
+
   case R_RISCV_ADD8:
     *loc += val;
     return;
@@ -614,6 +634,30 @@
   }
 }
 
+static void relaxHi20Lo12(const InputSection &sec, size_t i, uint64_t loc,
+                          Relocation &r, uint32_t &remove) {
+  const Defined *gp = ElfSym::riscvGlobalPointer;
+  if (!gp)
+    return;
+
+  if (!isInt<12>(r.sym->getVA(r.addend) - gp->getVA()))
+    return;
+
+  switch (r.type) {
+  case R_RISCV_HI20:
+    // Remove lui rd, %hi20(x).
+    sec.relaxAux->relocTypes[i] = R_RISCV_RELAX;
+    remove = 4;
+    break;
+  case R_RISCV_LO12_I:
+    sec.relaxAux->relocTypes[i] = INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_I;
+    break;
+  case R_RISCV_LO12_S:
+    sec.relaxAux->relocTypes[i] = INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_S;
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
 static bool relax(InputSection &sec) {
   const uint64_t secAddr = sec.getVA();
   auto &aux = *sec.relaxAux;
@@ -665,6 +709,13 @@
           sec.relocs()[i + 1].type == R_RISCV_RELAX)
         relaxTlsLe(sec, i, loc, r, remove);
       break;
+    case R_RISCV_HI20:
+    case R_RISCV_LO12_I:
+    case R_RISCV_LO12_S:
+      if (i + 1 != sec.relocs().size() &&
+          sec.relocs()[i + 1].type == R_RISCV_RELAX)
+        relaxHi20Lo12(sec, i, loc, r, remove);
+      break;
     }
 
     // For all anchors whose offsets are <= r.offset, they are preceded by
@@ -778,6 +829,9 @@
           }
         } else if (RelType newType = aux.relocTypes[i]) {
           switch (newType) {
+          case INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_I:
+          case INTERNAL_R_RISCV_GPREL_S:
+            break;
           case R_RISCV_RELAX:
             // Used by relaxTlsLe to indicate the relocation is ignored.
             break;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Config.h b/lld/ELF/Config.h
--- a/lld/ELF/Config.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Config.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@
   bool printGcSections;
   bool printIcfSections;
   bool relax;
+  bool relaxGP;
   bool relocatable;
   bool relrGlibc = false;
   bool relrPackDynRelocs = false;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,9 @@
   if (config->pcRelOptimize && config->emachine != EM_PPC64)
     error("--pcrel-optimize is only supported on PowerPC64 targets");
 
+  if (config->relaxGP && config->emachine != EM_RISCV)
+    error("--relax-gp is only supported on RISC-V targets");
+
   if (config->pie && config->shared)
     error("-shared and -pie may not be used together");
 
@@ -1217,6 +1220,7 @@
   config->printSymbolOrder =
       args.getLastArgValue(OPT_print_symbol_order);
   config->relax = args.hasFlag(OPT_relax, OPT_no_relax, true);
+  config->relaxGP = args.hasFlag(OPT_relax_gp, OPT_no_relax_gp, false);
   config->rpath = getRpath(args);
   config->relocatable = args.hasArg(OPT_relocatable);
 
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Options.td b/lld/ELF/Options.td
--- a/lld/ELF/Options.td
+++ b/lld/ELF/Options.td
@@ -355,6 +355,10 @@
   "Enable target-specific relaxations if supported (default)",
   "Disable target-specific relaxations">;
 
+defm relax_gp: BB<"relax-gp",
+  "Enable global pointer relaxation",
+  "Disable global pointer relaxation (default)">;
+
 defm reproduce:
   EEq<"reproduce",
      "Write tar file containing inputs and command to reproduce link">;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Symbols.h b/lld/ELF/Symbols.h
--- a/lld/ELF/Symbols.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Symbols.h
@@ -512,6 +512,9 @@
   static Defined *mipsGpDisp;
   static Defined *mipsLocalGp;
 
+  // __global_pointer$ for RISC-V.
+  static Defined *riscvGlobalPointer;
+
   // __rel{,a}_iplt_{start,end} symbols.
   static Defined *relaIpltStart;
   static Defined *relaIpltEnd;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Symbols.cpp b/lld/ELF/Symbols.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Symbols.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Symbols.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 Defined *ElfSym::mipsGp;
 Defined *ElfSym::mipsGpDisp;
 Defined *ElfSym::mipsLocalGp;
+Defined *ElfSym::riscvGlobalPointer;
 Defined *ElfSym::relaIpltStart;
 Defined *ElfSym::relaIpltEnd;
 Defined *ElfSym::tlsModuleBase;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -1872,10 +1872,20 @@
     // should only be defined in an executable. If .sdata does not exist, its
     // value/section does not matter but it has to be relative, so set its
     // st_shndx arbitrarily to 1 (Out::elfHeader).
-    if (config->emachine == EM_RISCV && !config->shared) {
-      OutputSection *sec = findSection(".sdata");
-      addOptionalRegular("__global_pointer$", sec ? sec : Out::elfHeader, 0x800,
-                         STV_DEFAULT);
+    if (config->emachine == EM_RISCV) {
+      ElfSym::riscvGlobalPointer = nullptr;
+      if (!config->shared) {
+        OutputSection *sec = findSection(".sdata");
+        addOptionalRegular(
+            "__global_pointer$", sec ? sec : Out::elfHeader, 0x800, STV_DEFAULT);
+        // Set riscvGlobalPointer to be used by the optional global pointer
+        // relaxation.
+        if (config->relaxGP) {
+          Symbol *s = symtab.find("__global_pointer$");
+          if (s && s->isDefined())
+            ElfSym::riscvGlobalPointer = cast<Defined>(s);
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     if (config->emachine == EM_386 || config->emachine == EM_X86_64) {
diff --git a/lld/docs/ld.lld.1 b/lld/docs/ld.lld.1
--- a/lld/docs/ld.lld.1
+++ b/lld/docs/ld.lld.1
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@
 .It Fl -pop-state
 Restore the states saved by
 .Fl -push-state.
+.It Fl --relax-gp
+Enable global pointer relaxation for RISC-V.
 .It Fl -relocatable , Fl r
 Create relocatable object file.
 .It Fl -reproduce Ns = Ns Ar path
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/riscv-relax-hi20-lo12-pie.s b/lld/test/ELF/riscv-relax-hi20-lo12-pie.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/riscv-relax-hi20-lo12-pie.s
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# REQUIRES: riscv
+# RUN: rm -rf %t && split-file %s %t && cd %t
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=riscv32-unknown-elf -mattr=+relax a.s -o rv32.o
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=riscv64-unknown-elf -mattr=+relax a.s -o rv64.o
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=riscv64-unknown-elf -mattr=+relax a.s -o rv64-pie.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld --relax-gp --undefined=__global_pointer$ rv32.o lds -pie -o rv32
+# RUN: ld.lld --relax-gp --undefined=__global_pointer$ rv64.o lds -shared -o rv64
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -td -M no-aliases --no-show-raw-insn rv32 | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -td -M no-aliases --no-show-raw-insn rv64 | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK:      lui     a0, 512
+# CHECK-NEXT: addi    a0, a0, 1
+# CHECK-NEXT: lw      a0, 1(a0)
+# CHECK-NEXT: sw      a0, 1(a0)
+
+#--- a.s
+.globl abs
+abs = 0x200001
+
+.global _start
+_start:
+  lui a0, %hi(abs)
+  addi a0, a0, %lo(abs)
+  lw a0, %lo(abs)(a0)
+  sw a0, %lo(abs)(a0)
+
+#--- lds
+SECTIONS {
+  .text : {*(.text) }
+  .sdata 0x200000 : {}
+}
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/riscv-relax-hi20-lo12.s b/lld/test/ELF/riscv-relax-hi20-lo12.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/riscv-relax-hi20-lo12.s
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# REQUIRES: riscv
+# RUN: rm -rf %t && split-file %s %t && cd %t
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=riscv32-unknown-elf -mattr=+relax a.s -o rv32.o
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=riscv64-unknown-elf -mattr=+relax a.s -o rv64.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld --relax-gp --undefined=__global_pointer$ rv32.o lds -o rv32
+# RUN: ld.lld --relax-gp --undefined=__global_pointer$ rv64.o lds -o rv64
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -td -M no-aliases --no-show-raw-insn rv32 | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -td -M no-aliases --no-show-raw-insn rv64 | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: 00000028 l       .text {{0*}}0 a
+
+# CHECK-NOT:  lui
+# CHECK:      addi    a0, gp, -2048
+# CHECK-NEXT: lw      a0, -2048(gp)
+# CHECK-NEXT: sw      a0, -2048(gp)
+# CHECK-NOT:  lui
+# CHECK-NEXT: addi    a0, gp, 2047
+# CHECK-NEXT: lb      a0, 2047(gp)
+# CHECK-NEXT: sb      a0, 2047(gp)
+# CHECK-NEXT: lui     a0, 513
+# CHECK-NEXT: addi    a0, a0, 0
+# CHECK-NEXT: lw      a0, 0(a0)
+# CHECK-NEXT: sw      a0, 0(a0)
+# CHECK-EMPTY:
+# CHECK-NEXT: <a>:
+# CHECK-NEXT: addi a0, a0, 1
+
+#--- a.s
+.global _start
+_start:
+  lui a0, %hi(foo)
+  addi a0, a0, %lo(foo)
+  lw a0, %lo(foo)(a0)
+  sw a0, %lo(foo)(a0)
+  lui a0, %hi(bar)
+  addi a0, a0, %lo(bar)
+  lb a0, %lo(bar)(a0)
+  sb a0, %lo(bar)(a0)
+  lui a0, %hi(norelax)
+  addi a0, a0, %lo(norelax)
+  lw a0, %lo(norelax)(a0)
+  sw a0, %lo(norelax)(a0)
+a:
+  addi a0, a0, 1
+
+.section .sdata,"aw"
+foo:
+  .word 0
+  .space 4091
+bar:
+  .byte 0
+norelax:
+  .word 0
+
+#--- lds
+SECTIONS {
+  .text : {*(.text) }
+  .sdata 0x200000 : { }
+}