diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/IRSymtab.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/IRSymtab.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/IRSymtab.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/IRSymtab.h
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     FB_format_specific,
     FB_unnamed_addr,
     FB_executable,
+    FB_libcall,
   };
 };
 
@@ -200,6 +201,7 @@
   bool isCommon() const { return (Flags >> S::FB_common) & 1; }
   bool isIndirect() const { return (Flags >> S::FB_indirect) & 1; }
   bool isUsed() const { return (Flags >> S::FB_used) & 1; }
+  bool isLibCall() const { return (Flags >> S::FB_libcall) & 1; }
   bool isTLS() const { return (Flags >> S::FB_tls) & 1; }
 
   bool canBeOmittedFromSymbolTable() const {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTO.cpp
@@ -667,7 +667,8 @@
     // with -defsym or -wrap options, used elsewhere, e.g. it is visible to a
     // regular object, is referenced from llvm.compiler.used/llvm.used, or was
     // already recorded as being referenced from a different partition.
-    if (Res.LinkerRedefined || Res.VisibleToRegularObj || Sym.isUsed() ||
+    if (Res.LinkerRedefined || Res.VisibleToRegularObj ||
+        (Sym.isUsed() && !(Conf.Freestanding && Sym.isLibCall())) ||
         (GlobalRes.Partition != GlobalResolution::Unknown &&
          GlobalRes.Partition != Partition)) {
       GlobalRes.Partition = GlobalResolution::External;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/IRSymtab.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/IRSymtab.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/IRSymtab.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/IRSymtab.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@
 
   if (Used.count(GV) || IsPreservedSymbol)
     Sym.Flags |= 1 << storage::Symbol::FB_used;
+  if (IsPreservedSymbol)
+    Sym.Flags |= 1 << storage::Symbol::FB_libcall;
   if (GV->isThreadLocal())
     Sym.Flags |= 1 << storage::Symbol::FB_tls;
   if (GV->hasGlobalUnnamedAddr())