Index: include/clang/Driver/Options.td
===================================================================
--- include/clang/Driver/Options.td
+++ include/clang/Driver/Options.td
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@
 def Xclang : Separate<["-"], "Xclang">,
   HelpText<"Pass <arg> to the clang compiler">, MetaVarName<"<arg>">,
   Flags<[DriverOption, CoreOption]>;
+def z_Flag : Separate<["-"], "z">, Flags<[LinkerInput, RenderAsInput]>,
+  HelpText<"Pass -z <arg> to the linker">, MetaVarName<"<arg>">;
 def Xlinker : Separate<["-"], "Xlinker">, Flags<[LinkerInput, RenderAsInput]>,
   HelpText<"Pass <arg> to the linker">, MetaVarName<"<arg>">;
 def Xpreprocessor : Separate<["-"], "Xpreprocessor">,
Index: lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
+++ lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
                             const InputInfoList &Inputs, const ArgList &Args,
                             ArgStringList &CmdArgs) {
   const Driver &D = TC.getDriver();
+  StringRef z_Flag("z");
 
   // Add extra linker input arguments which are not treated as inputs
   // (constructed via -Xarch_).
@@ -201,8 +202,12 @@
       TC.AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(Args, CmdArgs);
     else if (A.getOption().matches(options::OPT_Z_reserved_lib_cckext))
       TC.AddCCKextLibArgs(Args, CmdArgs);
-    else
-      A.renderAsInput(Args, CmdArgs);
+    else {
+      // Pass -z prefix for gcc linker compatibility.
+      if (A.getOption().getName().equals(z_Flag))
+        CmdArgs.push_back("-z");
+       A.renderAsInput(Args, CmdArgs);
+    }
   }
 
   // LIBRARY_PATH - included following the user specified library paths.
@@ -7523,6 +7528,7 @@
                                       const ArgList &Args,
                                       const char *LinkingOutput) const {
   ArgStringList CmdArgs;
+  StringRef z_Flag("z");
 
   if (Output.isFilename()) {
     CmdArgs.push_back(Args.MakeArgString(std::string("-out:") +
@@ -7574,8 +7580,12 @@
   for (const auto &Input : Inputs)
     if (Input.isFilename())
       CmdArgs.push_back(Input.getFilename());
-    else
-      Input.getInputArg().renderAsInput(Args, CmdArgs);
+    else {
+      // Pass -z prefix for gcc linker compatibility.
+      if (Input.getInputArg().getOption().getName().equals(z_Flag))
+        CmdArgs.push_back("-z");
+       Input.getInputArg().renderAsInput(Args, CmdArgs);
+    }
 
   const char *Exec =
     Args.MakeArgString(getToolChain().GetProgramPath("link.exe"));
Index: test/Driver/Xlinker-args.c
===================================================================
--- test/Driver/Xlinker-args.c
+++ test/Driver/Xlinker-args.c
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@
 
 // RUN: %clang -target i386-apple-darwin9 -### \
 // RUN:   -Xlinker one -Xlinker --no-demangle \
-// RUN:   -Wl,two,--no-demangle,three -Xlinker four %s 2> %t
+// RUN:   -Wl,two,--no-demangle,three -Xlinker four -z five %s 2> %t
 // RUN: FileCheck -check-prefix=DARWIN < %t %s
 //
 // RUN: %clang -target x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -### \
 // RUN:   -Xlinker one -Xlinker --no-demangle \
-// RUN:   -Wl,two,--no-demangle,three -Xlinker four %s 2> %t
+// RUN:   -Wl,two,--no-demangle,three -Xlinker four -z five %s 2> %t
 // RUN: FileCheck -check-prefix=LINUX < %t %s
 //
 // DARWIN-NOT: --no-demangle
-// DARWIN: "one" "two" "three" "four"
-// LINUX: "--no-demangle" "one" "two" "three" "four"
+// DARWIN: "one" "two" "three" "four" "-z" "five"
+// LINUX: "--no-demangle" "one" "two" "three" "four" "-z" "five"
 
 // Check that we forward '-Xlinker' and '-Wl,' on Windows.
 // RUN: %clang -target i686-pc-win32 -### \
-// RUN:   -Xlinker one -Wl,two %s 2>&1 | \
-// RUN:   FileCheck -check-prefix=WIN %s
+// RUN:   -Xlinker one -Wl,two -z three %s 2>&1 | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck -check-prefix=WIN %s 
 // WIN: link.exe
 // WIN: "one"
 // WIN: "two"