Index: ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/Path.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/StringSaver.h"
 
+#include <sstream>
+
 using namespace llvm;
 using namespace llvm::ELF;
 using namespace llvm::object;
@@ -797,13 +799,27 @@
 
 std::vector<uint8_t> ScriptParser::readOutputSectionFiller() {
   StringRef Tok = peek();
+  std::string HexStr;
   if (!Tok.startswith("="))
     return {};
   if (!Tok.startswith("=0x")) {
-    setError("filler should be a hexadecimal value");
-    return {};
+    // This must be a decimal.
+    Tok = Tok.substr(1);
+    unsigned int Value;
+    if (Tok.getAsInteger(10, Value)) {
+      setError("filler should be a decimal/hexadecimal value");
+      return {};
+    }
+    if (Value > 255)
+      setError("only single bytes decimal are supported for the filler now");
+    raw_string_ostream SO(HexStr);
+    SO.write_hex(Value);
+    SO.flush();
+    Tok = HexStr;
+  }
+  else {
+    Tok = Tok.substr(3);
   }
-  Tok = Tok.substr(3);
   next();
   return parseHex(Tok);
 }
Index: test/ELF/linkerscript/linkerscript-sections-padding.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/linkerscript/linkerscript-sections-padding.s
+++ test/ELF/linkerscript/linkerscript-sections-padding.s
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 # RUN: hexdump -C %t.out | FileCheck -check-prefix=NO %s
 # NO: 00000120  66 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 
-## Filler should be a hex value (1):
+## Decimal value.
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .mysec : { *(.mysec*) } =99 }" > %t.script
-# RUN: not ld.lld -o %t.out --script %t.script %t 2>&1 \
-# RUN:   | FileCheck --check-prefix=ERR %s
-# ERR: filler should be a hexadecimal value
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t.out --script %t.script %t
+# RUN: hexdump -C %t.out | FileCheck -check-prefix=DEC %s
+# DEC: 00000120  66 63 63 63 63 63 63 63  63 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 
 
-## Filler should be a hex value (2):
+## Invalid hex value:
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .mysec : { *(.mysec*) } =0x99XX }" > %t.script
 # RUN: not ld.lld -o %t.out --script %t.script %t 2>&1 \
 # RUN:   | FileCheck --check-prefix=ERR2 %s