Index: ELF/LinkerScript.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/LinkerScript.h
+++ ELF/LinkerScript.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
   OutputSection *Sec = nullptr;
   MemoryRegion *MemRegion = nullptr;
   StringRef Name;
+  StringRef Type;
   Expr AddrExpr;
   Expr AlignExpr;
   Expr LMAExpr;
Index: ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@
         assert(Sec->SectionIndex == INT_MAX);
         Sec->SectionIndex = I;
         SecToCommand[Sec] = Cmd;
+
+        if (!Cmd->Type.empty())
+          Sec->Type = SHT_NOBITS;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -1076,6 +1079,9 @@
     return;
   }
 
+  if (Sec->Type == SHT_NOBITS)
+    return;
+
   // Write leading padding.
   ArrayRef<InputSection *> Sections = Sec->Sections;
   uint32_t Filler = getFiller();
Index: ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -569,9 +569,18 @@
 
   // Read an address expression.
   // https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Output-Section-Address.html
-  if (peek() != ":")
+  if (peek() != ":" && !peek().startswith("("))
     Cmd->AddrExpr = readExpr();
 
+  // Read section type. Only NOLOAD is supported currently.
+  // https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Output-Section-Type.html
+  if (peek() != ":") {
+    expect("(");
+    Cmd->Type = peek();
+    expect("NOLOAD");
+    expect(")");
+  }
+
   expect(":");
 
   if (consume("AT"))
Index: test/ELF/linkerscript/noload.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/linkerscript/noload.s
+++ test/ELF/linkerscript/noload.s
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { \
+# RUN:        .data_noload_a (NOLOAD) : { *(.data_noload_a) } \
+# RUN:        .data_noload_b 0x10000 (NOLOAD) : { *(.data_noload_b) } };" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t --script %t.script %t.o
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --symbols -sections %t
+
+# CHECK:      Section {
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Index: 2
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Name: .data_noload_a
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Type: SHT_NOBITS
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Flags [
+# CHECK-NEXT:     SHF_ALLOC
+# CHECK-NEXT:     SHF_WRITE
+# CHECK-NEXT:   ]
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Address: 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Offset: 0x1000
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Size: 4096
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Link: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Info: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   AddressAlignment: 1
+# CHECK-NEXT:   EntrySize: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT: }
+# CHECK-NEXT: Section {
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Index: 3
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Name: .data_noload_b
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Type: SHT_NOBITS
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Flags [
+# CHECK-NEXT:     SHF_ALLOC
+# CHECK-NEXT:     SHF_WRITE
+# CHECK-NEXT:   ]
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Address: 0x10000
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Offset: 0x1000
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Size: 4096
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Link: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Info: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   AddressAlignment: 1
+# CHECK-NEXT:   EntrySize: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT: }
+
+.section .data_noload_a,"aw",@progbits
+.zero 4096
+
+.section .data_noload_b,"aw",@progbits
+.zero 4096