diff --git a/lld/ELF/Config.h b/lld/ELF/Config.h
--- a/lld/ELF/Config.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Config.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@
   bool emitLLVM;
   bool emitRelocs;
   bool enableNewDtags;
+  llvm::SmallVector<llvm::GlobPattern, 0> excludeInputs;
   bool executeOnly;
   bool exportDynamic;
   bool fixCortexA53Errata843419;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@
 void LinkerDriver::addFile(StringRef path, bool withLOption) {
   using namespace sys::fs;
 
+  for (const llvm::GlobPattern &pat : config->excludeInputs)
+    if (pat.match(path)) {
+      log("excluding input " + Twine(path));
+      return;
+    }
+
   std::optional<MemoryBufferRef> buffer = readFile(path);
   if (!buffer)
     return;
@@ -1563,6 +1569,14 @@
     } else {
       error(Twine("cannot find version script ") + arg->getValue());
     }
+
+  for (opt::Arg *arg : args.filtered(OPT_exclude_inputs)) {
+    StringRef pattern(arg->getValue());
+    if (Expected<GlobPattern> pat = GlobPattern::create(pattern))
+      config->excludeInputs.push_back(std::move(*pat));
+    else
+      error(arg->getSpelling() + ": " + toString(pat.takeError()));
+  }
 }
 
 // Some Config members do not directly correspond to any particular
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Options.td b/lld/ELF/Options.td
--- a/lld/ELF/Options.td
+++ b/lld/ELF/Options.td
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@
 defm error_handling_script: EEq<"error-handling-script",
     "Specify an error handling script">;
 
+defm exclude_inputs: EEq<"exclude-inputs", "Do not link inputs matching given pattern">,
+  MetaVarName<"<pattern>">;
+
 defm exclude_libs: Eq<"exclude-libs", "Exclude static libraries from automatic export">;
 
 defm execute_only: BB<"execute-only",
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
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@
 .It Fl -execute-only
 Mark executable sections unreadable.
 This option is currently only supported on AArch64.
+.It Fl -exclude-inputs Ns = Ns Ar pattern
+Do not link inputs matching given pattern.
 .It Fl -exclude-libs Ns = Ns Ar value
 Exclude static libraries from automatic export.
 .It Fl -export-dynamic , Fl E
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/exclude-inputs.s b/lld/test/ELF/exclude-inputs.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/exclude-inputs.s
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// REQUIRES: x86
+
+// RUN: rm -rf %t && mkdir %t && cd %t
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o foo.o
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux --defsym BAR=1 %s -o bar.o
+// RUN: llvm-ar rcs bar.a bar.o
+
+// RUN: ld.lld --exclude-inputs='*foo*' --whole-archive foo.o bar.a -o exe
+// RUN: llvm-readelf -s exe | FileCheck --check-prefix=OBJECT %s
+// OBJECT: bar
+// OBJECT-NOT: foo
+
+// RUN: ld.lld --exclude-inputs='*bar*' --whole-archive foo.o bar.a -o exe
+// RUN: llvm-readelf -s exe | FileCheck --check-prefix=ARCHIVE %s
+// ARCHIVE: foo
+// ARCHIVE-NOT: bar
+
+.ifdef BAR
+.globl bar
+bar:
+  nop
+.else
+.globl foo
+foo:
+  nop
+.endif