Index: lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@
     if (Sections[I] == &InputSection<ELFT>::Discarded)
       continue;
 
+    if (Sec.sh_flags & SHF_EXCLUDE) {
+      Sections[I] = &InputSection<ELFT>::Discarded;
+      continue;
+    }
+
     switch (Sec.sh_type) {
     case SHT_GROUP:
       Sections[I] = &InputSection<ELFT>::Discarded;
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/exclude.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/exclude.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/exclude.s
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t1 %t
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -section-headers %t1 | FileCheck %s
+# CHECK-NOT:      .aaa
+
+.globl _start
+_start:
+  jmp _start
+
+.section .aaa,"ae"
+ .quad 0