Index: ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -765,6 +765,13 @@
 }
 
 static bool isAllSectionDescription(const OutputSection &Cmd) {
+  // We do not want to remove sections that have custom address or align
+  // expressions set even if them are empty. We keep them because still
+  // want to be sure that any expressions can be evaluated and report
+  // an error otherwise.
+  if (Cmd.AddrExpr || Cmd.AlignExpr || Cmd.LMAExpr)
+    return false;
+
   for (BaseCommand *Base : Cmd.SectionCommands)
     if (!isa<InputSectionDescription>(*Base))
       return false;
Index: test/ELF/linkerscript/address-expr-symbols.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/linkerscript/address-expr-symbols.s
+++ test/ELF/linkerscript/address-expr-symbols.s
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
+
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .bar (foo) : { } };" > %t.script
+# RUN: not ld.lld -o %t --script %t.script %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# CHECK: symbol not found: foo
+
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .bar : AT(foo) { } };" > %t.script
+# RUN: not ld.lld -o %t --script %t.script %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .bar : ALIGN(foo) { } };" > %t.script
+# RUN: not ld.lld -o %t --script %t.script %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .bar : SUBALIGN(foo) { } };" > %t.script
+# RUN: not ld.lld -o %t --script %t.script %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck %s