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
@@ -834,10 +834,11 @@
   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,
@@ -895,6 +896,9 @@
     // .dynstr and .dynsym can be away from .text.
     if (osec.type == SHT_PROGBITS)
       rank |= RF_RODATA;
+    // Among PROGBITS sections, place .lrodata further from .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 {
@@ -905,6 +909,10 @@
       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
@@ -2321,16 +2329,27 @@
     // Segments are contiguous memory regions that has the same attributes
     // (e.g. executable or writable). There is one phdr for each segment.
     // Therefore, we need to create a new phdr when the next section has
-    // different flags or is loaded at a discontiguous address or memory
-    // region using AT or AT> linker script command, respectively. At the same
-    // time, we don't want to create a separate load segment for the headers,
-    // even if the first output section has an AT or AT> attribute.
+    // different flags or is loaded at a discontiguous address or memory region
+    // using AT or AT> linker script command, respectively.
+    //
+    // As an exception, we don't create a separate load segment for the ELF
+    // headers, even if the first "real" output has an AT or AT> attribute.
+    //
+    // In addition, NOBITS sections should only be placed at the end of a LOAD
+    // segment (since it's represented as p_filesz < p_memsz). If we have a
+    // not-NOBITS section after a NOBITS, we create a new LOAD for the latter
+    // even if flags match, so as not to require actually writing the
+    // supposed-to-be-NOBITS section to the output file. (However, we cannot do
+    // so when hasSectionsCommand, since we cannot introduce the extra alignment
+    // needed to create a new LOAD)
     uint64_t newFlags = computeFlags(sec->getPhdrFlags());
     bool sameLMARegion =
         load && !sec->lmaExpr && sec->lmaRegion == load->firstSec->lmaRegion;
     if (!(load && newFlags == flags && sec != relroEnd &&
           sec->memRegion == load->firstSec->memRegion &&
-          (sameLMARegion || load->lastSec == Out::programHeaders))) {
+          (sameLMARegion || load->lastSec == Out::programHeaders) &&
+          (script->hasSectionsCommand || sec->type == SHT_NOBITS ||
+           load->lastSec->type != SHT_NOBITS))) {
       load = addHdr(PT_LOAD, newFlags);
       flags = newFlags;
     }
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 +1,110 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+## Test the placement of .lrodata, .lbss, .ldata, and their -fdata-sections variants.
+## See also section-layout.s.
+
+# RUN: rm -rf %t && split-file %s %t && cd %t
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 --defsym=BSS=1 a.s -o a.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --section-start=.note=0x200300 a.o -o a
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S -l a | FileCheck %s
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 a.s -o a1.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --section-start=.note=0x200300 a1.o -o a1
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S a1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK1
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -T b.lds -z norelro a.o -o b
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S -l b | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK2
+
+# 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 000001 00  AX  0   0  4
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .tdata     PROGBITS        0000000000202305 000305 000001 00 WAT  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .tbss      NOBITS          0000000000202306 000306 000002 00 WAT  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .data      PROGBITS        0000000000203306 000306 000001 00  WA  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .bss       NOBITS          0000000000203307 000307 001800 00  WA  0   0  1
+## We spend size(.bss) % MAXPAGESIZE bytes for .bss.
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .ldata     PROGBITS        0000000000205b07 000b07 000002 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .ldata2    PROGBITS        0000000000205b09 000b09 000001 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .lbss      NOBITS          0000000000205b0a 000b0a 000002 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK-NEXT:  .comment   PROGBITS        0000000000000000 000b0a {{.*}} 01  MS  0   0  1
+
+# CHECK:       Program Headers:
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Type  Offset   VirtAddr           PhysAddr           FileSiz  MemSiz   Flg Align
+# CHECK-NEXT:    PHDR  0x000040 0x0000000000200040 0x0000000000200040 {{.*}}   {{.*}}   R   0x8
+# CHECK-NEXT:    LOAD  0x000000 0x0000000000200000 0x0000000000200000 0x000304 0x000304 R   0x1000
+# CHECK-NEXT:    LOAD  0x000304 0x0000000000201304 0x0000000000201304 0x000001 0x000001 R E 0x1000
+# CHECK-NEXT:    LOAD  0x000305 0x0000000000202305 0x0000000000202305 0x000001 0x000001 RW  0x1000
+# CHECK-NEXT:    LOAD  0x000306 0x0000000000203306 0x0000000000203306 0x000001 0x001801 RW  0x1000
+# CHECK-NEXT:    LOAD  0x000b07 0x0000000000205b07 0x0000000000205b07 0x000003 0x000005 RW  0x1000
+
+# CHECK1:      .data      PROGBITS        0000000000203306 000306 000001 00  WA  0   0  1
+# CHECK1-NEXT: .ldata     PROGBITS        0000000000203307 000307 000002 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK1-NEXT: .ldata2    PROGBITS        0000000000203309 000309 000001 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK1-NEXT: .comment   PROGBITS        0000000000000000 00030a {{.*}} 01  MS  0   0  1
+
+# CHECK2:      .note      NOTE            0000000000200300 000300 000001 00   A  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .lrodata   PROGBITS        0000000000200301 000301 000001 00  Al  0   0  1
+## With a SECTIONS command, we suppress the default rule placing .lrodata.* into .lrodata.
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .lrodata.1 PROGBITS        0000000000200302 000302 000001 00  Al  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .rodata    PROGBITS        0000000000200303 000303 000001 00   A  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .text      PROGBITS        0000000000200304 000304 000001 00  AX  0   0  4
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .tdata     PROGBITS        0000000000200305 000305 000001 00 WAT  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .tbss      NOBITS          0000000000200306 000306 000001 00 WAT  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .tbss.1    NOBITS          0000000000200307 000306 000001 00 WAT  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .data      PROGBITS        0000000000200306 000306 000001 00  WA  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .bss       NOBITS          0000000000200307 000307 001800 00  WA  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .ldata     PROGBITS        0000000000201b07 001b07 000002 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .ldata2    PROGBITS        0000000000201b09 001b09 000001 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .lbss      NOBITS          0000000000201b0a 001b0a 000002 00 WAl  0   0  1
+# CHECK2-NEXT: .comment   PROGBITS        0000000000000000 001b0a {{.*}} 01  MS  0   0  1
+
+# CHECK2:      Program Headers:
+# CHECK2-NEXT:   Type  Offset   VirtAddr           PhysAddr           FileSiz  MemSiz   Flg Align
+# CHECK2-NEXT:   PHDR  0x000040 0x0000000000200040 0x0000000000200040 {{.*}}   {{.*}}   R   0x8
+# CHECK2-NEXT:   LOAD  0x000000 0x0000000000200000 0x0000000000200000 0x000304 0x000304 R   0x1000
+# CHECK2-NEXT:   LOAD  0x000304 0x0000000000200304 0x0000000000200304 0x000001 0x000001 R E 0x1000
+# CHECK2-NEXT:   LOAD  0x000305 0x0000000000200305 0x0000000000200305 0x001805 0x001807 RW  0x1000
+# CHECK2-NEXT:   TLS   0x000305 0x0000000000200305 0x0000000000200305 0x000001 0x000003 R   0x1
+
+#--- a.s
+.globl _start
+_start:
+  ret
+
+.section .note,"a",@note; .space 1
+.section .rodata,"a",@progbits; .space 1
+.section .data,"aw",@progbits; .space 1
+.ifdef BSS
+## .bss is large than one MAXPAGESIZE to test file offsets.
+.section .bss,"aw",@nobits; .space 0x1800
+.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
+
+#--- b.lds
+SECTIONS {
+  . = 0x200300;
+  .rodata : {}
+  .text : {}
+  .data : {}
+  .bss : {}
+  .ldata : { *(.ldata .ldata.*) }
+  .ldata2 : {}
+  .lbss : { *(.lbss .lbss.*) }
+}