Index: llvm/trunk/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@
 # for use by clang_complete, YouCompleteMe, etc.
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS 1)
 
+option(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS
+  "Install symlinks from the binutils tool names to the corresponding LLVM tools." OFF)
+
 option(LLVM_INSTALL_UTILS "Include utility binaries in the 'install' target." OFF)
 
 option(LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY "Only include toolchain files in the 'install' target." OFF)
Index: llvm/trunk/docs/CMake.rst
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/docs/CMake.rst
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/CMake.rst
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@
   Generate build targets for the LLVM tools. Defaults to ON. You can use this
   option to disable the generation of build targets for the LLVM tools.
 
+**LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS**:BOOL
+  Install symlinks from the binutils tool names to the corresponding LLVM tools.
+  For example, ar will be symlinked to llvm-ar.
+
 **LLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES**:BOOL
   Build LLVM examples. Defaults to OFF. Targets for building each example are
   generated in any case. See documentation for *LLVM_BUILD_TOOLS* above for more
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-ar/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-ar/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-ar/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,9 @@
 add_llvm_tool_symlink(llvm-ranlib llvm-ar)
 add_llvm_tool_symlink(llvm-lib llvm-ar)
 add_llvm_tool_symlink(llvm-dlltool llvm-ar)
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(ar llvm-ar)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(dlltool llvm-ar)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(ranlib llvm-ar)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-cxxfilt/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-cxxfilt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-cxxfilt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 add_llvm_tool(llvm-cxxfilt
   llvm-cxxfilt.cpp
   )
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(c++filt llvm-cxxfilt)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-dwp/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-dwp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-dwp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@
   DEPENDS
   intrinsics_gen
   )
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(dwp llvm-dwp)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-nm/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-nm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-nm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
   DEPENDS
   intrinsics_gen
   )
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(nm llvm-nm)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objcopy/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objcopy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objcopy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@
   llvm-objcopy.cpp
   Object.cpp
   )
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(objcopy llvm-objcopy)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objdump/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objdump/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objdump/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@
 if(HAVE_LIBXAR)
   target_link_libraries(llvm-objdump ${XAR_LIB})
 endif()
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(objdump llvm-objdump)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-readobj/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-readobj/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-readobj/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@
   )
 
 add_llvm_tool_symlink(llvm-readelf llvm-readobj)
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(readelf llvm-readobj)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-size/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-size/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-size/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 add_llvm_tool(llvm-size
   llvm-size.cpp
   )
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(size llvm-size)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-strings/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-strings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-strings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@
   llvm-strings.cpp
   )
 
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(strings llvm-strings)
+endif()
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-symbolizer/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-symbolizer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-symbolizer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
 add_llvm_tool(llvm-symbolizer
   llvm-symbolizer.cpp
   )
+
+if(LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS)
+  add_llvm_tool_symlink(addr2line llvm-symbolizer)
+endif()