Index: ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
 static Symbol *addRegular(StringRef Name, InputSectionBase<ELFT> *IS,
                           typename ELFT::uint Value) {
   typename ELFT::Sym LocalHidden = {};
-  LocalHidden.setBindingAndType(STB_LOCAL, STT_NOTYPE);
+  LocalHidden.setBindingAndType(STB_WEAK, STT_NOTYPE);
   LocalHidden.setVisibility(STV_HIDDEN);
   LocalHidden.st_value = Value;
   return Symtab<ELFT>::X->addRegular(Name, LocalHidden, IS, nullptr);
Index: test/ELF/duplicate-internal.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/duplicate-internal.s
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Should print an expected message in case of conflict with an internally generated symbol.
-
-# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=mips-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
-# RUN: not ld.lld -shared %t.o -o %t.so 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
-
-# CHECK: duplicate symbol '_gp' in {{.*}} and (internal)
-
-# REQUIRES: mips
-
-  .globl  _gp
-_gp = 0
Index: test/ELF/linkerscript/dynamic-sym.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/linkerscript/dynamic-sym.s
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: echo "_DYNAMIC = 0x123;" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -T %t.script %t.o -shared -o %t.so
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -t %t.so | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK:      Symbol {
+# CHECK:        Name: _DYNAMIC
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Value: 0x123
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Size: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Binding: Local
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Type: None
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Other [
+# CHECK-NEXT:     STV_HIDDEN
+# CHECK-NEXT:   ]
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Section: Absolute
+# CHECK-NEXT: }