Index: lld/trunk/ELF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -921,6 +921,11 @@
   if (ErrorCount)
     return;
 
+  // Some symbols (such as __ehdr_start) are defined lazily only when there
+  // are undefined symbols for them, so we add these to trigger that logic.
+  for (StringRef Sym : Script->Opt.UndefinedSymbols)
+    Symtab.addUndefined(Sym);
+
   for (auto *Arg : Args.filtered(OPT_wrap))
     Symtab.wrap(Arg->getValue());
 
Index: lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.h
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.h
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.h
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@
 
   // A map from memory region name to a memory region descriptor.
   llvm::DenseMap<llvm::StringRef, MemoryRegion> MemoryRegions;
+
+  // A list of undefined symbols referenced by the script.
+  std::vector<llvm::StringRef> UndefinedSymbols;
 };
 
 class LinkerScript {
Index: lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -999,8 +999,8 @@
   if (SymbolBody *B = findSymbol(S)) {
     if (auto *D = dyn_cast<DefinedRegular>(B))
       return {D->Section, D->Value};
-    auto *C = cast<DefinedCommon>(B);
-    return {InX::Common, C->Offset};
+    if (auto *C = dyn_cast<DefinedCommon>(B))
+      return {InX::Common, C->Offset};
   }
   error(Loc + ": symbol not found: " + S);
   return 0;
@@ -1867,8 +1867,11 @@
     return [=] { return V; };
 
   // Tok is a symbol name.
-  if (Tok != "." && !isValidCIdentifier(Tok))
-    setError("malformed number: " + Tok);
+  if (Tok != ".") {
+    if (!isValidCIdentifier(Tok))
+      setError("malformed number: " + Tok);
+    Script->Opt.UndefinedSymbols.push_back(Tok);
+  }
   return [=] { return Script->getSymbolValue(Location, Tok); };
 }
 
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-reserved.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-reserved.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-reserved.s
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t
+# RUN: echo "PROVIDE_HIDDEN(newsym = __ehdr_start + 5);" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t1 %t.script %t
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -t %t1 | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: 0000000000200005 .text 00000000 .hidden newsym
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t1.so %t.script %t -shared
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -t %t1.so | FileCheck --check-prefix=SHARED %s
+
+# SHARED: 0000000000000005 .dynsym 00000000 .hidden newsym
+
+.global _start
+_start:
+  lea newsym(%rip),%rax