diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@
   }
 
   for (StringRef v :
-       {".data.rel.ro", ".data", ".rodata", ".bss.rel.ro", ".bss",
-        ".gcc_except_table", ".init_array", ".fini_array", ".tbss", ".tdata",
-        ".ARM.exidx", ".ARM.extab", ".ctors", ".dtors"})
+       {".data.rel.ro", ".data", ".rodata", ".bss.rel.ro", ".bss", ".ldata",
+        ".lrodata", ".lbss", ".gcc_except_table", ".init_array", ".fini_array",
+        ".tbss", ".tdata", ".ARM.exidx", ".ARM.extab", ".ctors", ".dtors"})
     if (isSectionPrefix(v, s->name))
       return v;
 
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -830,10 +830,11 @@
   RF_NOT_ALLOC = 1 << 26,
   RF_PARTITION = 1 << 18, // Partition number (8 bits)
   RF_NOT_SPECIAL = 1 << 17,
-  RF_WRITE = 1 << 13,
-  RF_EXEC_WRITE = 1 << 12,
-  RF_EXEC = 1 << 11,
-  RF_RODATA = 1 << 10,
+  RF_WRITE = 1 << 16,
+  RF_EXEC_WRITE = 1 << 15,
+  RF_EXEC = 1 << 14,
+  RF_RODATA = 1 << 13,
+  RF_LARGE = 1 << 12,
   RF_NOT_RELRO = 1 << 9,
   RF_NOT_TLS = 1 << 8,
   RF_BSS = 1 << 7,
@@ -891,6 +892,9 @@
     // .dynstr and .dynsym can be away from .text.
     if (osec.type == SHT_PROGBITS)
       rank |= RF_RODATA;
+    // Among PROGBITS sections, place .rodata closer to .text.
+    if (!(osec.flags & SHF_X86_64_LARGE && config->emachine == EM_X86_64))
+      rank |= RF_LARGE;
   } else if (isExec) {
     rank |= isWrite ? RF_EXEC_WRITE : RF_EXEC;
   } else {
@@ -901,6 +905,10 @@
       rank |= RF_NOT_TLS;
     if (!isRelroSection(&osec))
       rank |= RF_NOT_RELRO;
+    // Place .ldata and .lbss after .bss. Making .bss closer to .text alleviates
+    // relocation overflow pressure.
+    if (osec.flags & SHF_X86_64_LARGE && config->emachine == EM_X86_64)
+      rank |= RF_LARGE;
   }
 
   // Within TLS sections, or within other RelRo sections, or within non-RelRo
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/x86-64-section-layout.s b/lld/test/ELF/x86-64-section-layout.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/x86-64-section-layout.s
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+## Test the placement of .lrodata, .lbss, .ldata, and their -fdata-sections variants.
+## See also section-layout.s.
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 --defsym=BSS=1 %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --section-start=.note=0x200300 %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t1.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --section-start=.note=0x200300 %t1.o -o %t1
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK1
+
+# CHECK:       Name      Type            Address          Off    Size   ES Flg Lk Inf Al
+# CHECK-NEXT:            NULL            0000000000000000 000000 000000 00      0   0  0
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .note     NOTE            0000000000200300 000300 000001 00   A  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .lrodata  PROGBITS        0000000000200301 000301 000002 00  Al  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .rodata   PROGBITS        0000000000200303 000303 000001 00   A  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .text     PROGBITS        0000000000201304 000304 000000 00  AX  0   0  4
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .tdata    PROGBITS        0000000000202304 000304 000001 00 WAT  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .tbss     NOBITS          0000000000202305 000305 000002 00 WAT  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .data     PROGBITS        0000000000203305 000305 000001 00  WA  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .bss      NOBITS          0000000000203306 000306 000001 00  WA  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .ldata    PROGBITS        0000000000203307 000307 000002 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .ldata2   PROGBITS        0000000000203309 000309 000001 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .lbss     NOBITS          000000000020330a 00030a 000002 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .comment  PROGBITS        0000000000000000 00030a {{.*}} 01  MS  0   0  1
+
+# CHECK1:      .data     PROGBITS        0000000000203305 000305 000001 00  WA  0   0  1
+# CHECK1-NEXT: .ldata    PROGBITS        0000000000203306 000306 000002 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK1-NEXT: .ldata2   PROGBITS        0000000000203308 000308 000001 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK1-NEXT: .comment  PROGBITS        0000000000000000 000309 000013 01  MS  0   0  1
+
+.section .note,"a",@note; .space 1
+.section .rodata,"a",@progbits; .space 1
+.section .data,"aw",@progbits; .space 1
+.ifdef BSS
+.section .bss,"aw",@nobits; .space 1
+.endif
+.section .tdata,"awT",@progbits; .space 1
+.section .tbss,"awT",@nobits; .space 1
+.section .tbss.1,"awT",@nobits; .space 1
+
+.section .lrodata,"al"; .space 1
+.section .lrodata.1,"al"; .space 1
+.section .ldata,"awl"; .space 1
+## Input .ldata.rel.ro sections are placed in the output .ldata section.
+.section .ldata.rel.ro,"awl"; .space 1
+.ifdef BSS
+.section .lbss,"awl",@nobits; .space 1
+## Input .lbss.rel.ro sections are placed in the output .lbss section.
+.section .lbss.rel.ro,"awl",@nobits; .space 1
+.endif
+.section .ldata2,"awl"; .space 1