Index: ELF/Arch/PPC.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Arch/PPC.cpp
+++ ELF/Arch/PPC.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
   switch (Type) {
   case R_PPC_REL24:
   case R_PPC_REL32:
+  // This allows lld to resolve local symbols when performing static linkage
+  // after LLVM started to use PLT relocations by default (see D38554).
+  // This is what bfd and gold are doing too.
+  // Non-local symbols will need a full PLT implementation, and once it lands
+  // local symbols should still avoid PLT table with static relocation model.
+  case R_PPC_PLTREL24:
     return R_PC;
   default:
     return R_ABS;
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@
   case R_PPC_REL32:
     write32be(Loc, Val);
     break;
+  case R_PPC_PLTREL24:
   case R_PPC_REL24:
     write32be(Loc, read32be(Loc) | (Val & 0x3FFFFFC));
     break;
Index: test/ELF/ppc-relocs.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/ppc-relocs.s
+++ test/ELF/ppc-relocs.s
@@ -76,3 +76,15 @@
 # CHECK: Disassembly of section .R_PPC_ADDR32:
 # CHECK: .FR_PPC_ADDR32:
 # CHECK:    11024:       00 01 10 28
+
+.align  2
+.section .R_PPC_PLTREL24,"ax",@progbits
+.globl .R_PPC_PLTREL24
+.FR_PPC_PLTREL24:
+  b .Lfoox4@PLT
+.section .R_PPC_PLTREL24_2,"ax",@progbits
+.Lfoox4:
+
+# CHECK: Disassembly of section .R_PPC_PLTREL24:
+# CHECK: .R_PPC_PLTREL24:
+# CHECK:    11028:       48 00 00 04     b .+4