Index: ELF/LinkerScript.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/LinkerScript.h
+++ ELF/LinkerScript.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
   ConstraintKind Constraint = ConstraintKind::NoConstraint;
   std::string Location;
   std::string MemoryRegionName;
+  bool Noload = false;
 
   template <class ELFT> void writeTo(uint8_t *Buf);
   template <class ELFT> void maybeCompress();
Index: ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@
         assert(Sec->SectionIndex == INT_MAX);
         Sec->SectionIndex = I;
         SecToCommand[Sec] = Cmd;
+
+        if (Cmd->Noload)
+          Sec->Type = SHT_NOBITS;
       }
     }
   }
Index: ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -568,10 +568,20 @@
   OutputSectionCommand *Cmd =
       Script->createOutputSectionCommand(OutSec, getCurrentLocation());
 
-  // Read an address expression.
-  // https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Output-Section-Address.html
-  if (peek() != ":")
-    Cmd->AddrExpr = readExpr();
+  if (peek() != ":") {
+    // Read an address expression.
+    // https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Output-Section-Address.html
+    if (!peek().startswith("("))
+      Cmd->AddrExpr = readExpr();
+
+    // Read a section type. Currently, only NOLOAD is supported.
+    // https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Output-Section-Type.html
+    if (consume("(")) {
+      expect("NOLOAD");
+      expect(")");
+      Cmd->Noload = true;
+    }
+  }
 
   expect(":");
 
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