Index: ELF/Relocations.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Relocations.cpp
+++ ELF/Relocations.cpp
@@ -445,7 +445,10 @@
           (Name.empty() ? "readonly segment" : "symbol " + Name));
     return Expr;
   }
-  if (Body.getVisibility() != STV_DEFAULT) {
+
+  // GNU linkers allows non PIC program calls to a protected
+  // function in a shared library. We do the same.
+  if (!Body.isFunc() && Body.getVisibility() != STV_DEFAULT) {
     error("cannot preempt symbol " + Body.getName());
     return Expr;
   }
Index: test/ELF/Inputs/protected-shared-func.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/Inputs/protected-shared-func.s
+++ test/ELF/Inputs/protected-shared-func.s
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.text
+.protected bar
+.globl bar
+.type bar,@function
+bar:
Index: test/ELF/protected-shared-func.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/protected-shared-func.s
+++ test/ELF/protected-shared-func.s
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %p/Inputs/protected-shared-func.s -o %t2.o
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared %t2.o -o %t2.so
+# RUN: ld.lld %t.o %t2.so -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK:      Relocations [
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Section ({{.*}}) .rela.plt {
+# CHECK-NEXT:     0x13018 R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT bar 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   }
+# CHECK-NEXT: ]
+
+.globl _start
+_start:
+ callq bar