diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/HandleLLVMOptions.cmake
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@
   # -fPIC does not enable the large code model for GCC on AIX but does for XL.
   if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
     append("-mcmodel=large" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS CMAKE_C_FLAGS)
+    append("-Wl, bglink=large"
+        CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS)
   elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "XL")
     # XL generates a small number of relocations not of the large model, -bbigtoc is needed.
     append("-Wl,-bbigtoc"