Index: ELF/Config.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/Config.h
+++ ELF/Config.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
   bool ZExecstack;
   bool ZNocopyreloc;
   bool ZNodelete;
+  bool ZNorelocOverflow;
   bool ZNow;
   bool ZOrigin;
   bool ZRelro;
Index: ELF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@
     if (Config->Pie)
       error("-r and -pie may not be used together");
   }
+
+  // -z noreloc-overflow is a specific feature used in kernels. When it is
+  // enabled, we may emit a dynamic relocation against RO segment. In that
+  // case we would need to add DT_TEXTREL flag to prepare runtime linker.
+  // Though noreloc-overflow is usually used for producing self-relocatable
+  // output which avoid use of dynamic linker.
+  if (Config->ZNorelocOverflow && !Args.hasArg(OPT_no_dynamic_linker))
+    error("-z noreloc-overflow may not be used without --no-dynamic-linker");
 }
 
 static StringRef getString(opt::InputArgList &Args, unsigned Key,
@@ -576,6 +584,7 @@
   Config->ZExecstack = hasZOption(Args, "execstack");
   Config->ZNocopyreloc = hasZOption(Args, "nocopyreloc");
   Config->ZNodelete = hasZOption(Args, "nodelete");
+  Config->ZNorelocOverflow = hasZOption(Args, "noreloc-overflow");
   Config->ZNow = hasZOption(Args, "now");
   Config->ZOrigin = hasZOption(Args, "origin");
   Config->ZRelro = !hasZOption(Args, "norelro");
Index: ELF/Relocations.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Relocations.cpp
+++ ELF/Relocations.cpp
@@ -528,11 +528,12 @@
   // only memory. We can hack around it if we are producing an executable and
   // the refered symbol can be preemepted to refer to the executable.
   if (Config->Shared || (Config->pic() && !isRelExpr(Expr))) {
-    error(S.getLocation(RelOff) + ": can't create dynamic relocation " +
-          toString(Type) + " against " +
-          (Body.getName().empty() ? "local symbol in readonly segment"
-                                  : "symbol '" + toString(Body) + "'") +
-          " defined in " + toString(Body.File));
+    if (!Config->ZNorelocOverflow)
+      error(S.getLocation(RelOff) + ": can't create dynamic relocation " +
+            toString(Type) + " against " +
+            (Body.getName().empty() ? "local symbol in readonly segment"
+                                    : "symbol '" + toString(Body) + "'") +
+            " defined in " + toString(Body.File));
     return Expr;
   }
   if (Body.getVisibility() != STV_DEFAULT) {
Index: test/ELF/znoreloc-overflow.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/znoreloc-overflow.s
+++ test/ELF/znoreloc-overflow.s
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --no-dynamic-linker -z noreloc-overflow %t.o -o %t -pie
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -r  %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK:      Relocations [
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Section {{.*}} .rela.dyn {
+# CHECK-NEXT:      0x1000 R_X86_64_RELATIVE - 0x1000
+# CHECK-NEXT:      0x1004 R_X86_64_RELATIVE - 0x1000
+# CHECK-NEXT:    }
+# CHECK-NEXT:  ]
+
+# RUN: not ld.lld -z noreloc-overflow %t.o -o %t -pie 2>&1 \
+# RUN:  | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ERR
+# ERR: -z noreloc-overflow may not be used without --no-dynamic-linker
+
+.text
+.global _start
+_start:
+ .long _start
+ .quad _start