Index: test/wasm/data-segment-merging.ll
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/wasm/data-segment-merging.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+target triple = "wasm32-unknown-unknown-wasm"
+
+@A_HELLO = hidden global [6 x i8] c"hello\00", align 1
+@A_GOODBYE = hidden global [8 x i8] c"goodbye\00", align 1
+@A_WHATEVER = hidden global [9 x i8] c"whatever\00", align 1
+@N_ITERATIONS = hidden global i32 42, align 4
+
+; RUN: llc -filetype=obj %s -o %t.data-segment-merging.o
+
+; RUN: wasm-ld -no-gc-sections --allow-undefined -o %t.merged.wasm %t.data-segment-merging.o
+; RUN: obj2yaml %t.merged.wasm | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=MERGE
+; MERGE:  - Type:            DATA
+; MERGE:    Segments:
+; MERGE:      - SectionOffset:   7
+; MERGE:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; MERGE:        Offset:
+; MERGE:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; MERGE:          Value:           1024
+; MERGE:        Content:         68656C6C6F00676F6F6462796500776861746576657200002A000000
+
+; RUN: wasm-ld -no-gc-sections --allow-undefined --no-merge-data-segments -o %t.separate.wasm %t.data-segment-merging.o
+; RUN: obj2yaml %t.separate.wasm | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SEPARATE
+; SEPARATE:  - Type:            DATA
+; SEPARATE:    Segments:
+; SEPARATE:      - SectionOffset:   7
+; SEPARATE:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; SEPARATE:        Offset:
+; SEPARATE:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; SEPARATE:          Value:           1024
+; SEPARATE:        Content:         68656C6C6F00
+; SEPARATE:      - SectionOffset:   19
+; SEPARATE:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; SEPARATE:        Offset:
+; SEPARATE:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; SEPARATE:          Value:           1030
+; SEPARATE:        Content:         676F6F6462796500
+; SEPARATE:      - SectionOffset:   33
+; SEPARATE:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; SEPARATE:        Offset:
+; SEPARATE:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; SEPARATE:          Value:           1038
+; SEPARATE:        Content:         '776861746576657200'
+; SEPARATE:      - SectionOffset:   48
+; SEPARATE:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; SEPARATE:        Offset:
+; SEPARATE:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; SEPARATE:          Value:           1048
+; SEPARATE:        Content:         2A000000
Index: wasm/Config.h
===================================================================
--- wasm/Config.h
+++ wasm/Config.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   bool GcSections;
   bool ImportMemory;
   bool ImportTable;
+  bool MergeDataSegments;
   bool PrintGcSections;
   bool Relocatable;
   bool StripAll;
Index: wasm/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- wasm/Driver.cpp
+++ wasm/Driver.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@
   Config->Relocatable = Args.hasArg(OPT_relocatable);
   Config->GcSections =
       Args.hasFlag(OPT_gc_sections, OPT_no_gc_sections, !Config->Relocatable);
+  Config->MergeDataSegments =
+      Args.hasFlag(OPT_merge_data_segments, OPT_no_merge_data_segments,
+                   !Config->Relocatable);
   Config->PrintGcSections =
       Args.hasFlag(OPT_print_gc_sections, OPT_no_print_gc_sections, false);
   Config->SearchPaths = args::getStrings(Args, OPT_L);
Index: wasm/Options.td
===================================================================
--- wasm/Options.td
+++ wasm/Options.td
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     "Enable garbage collection of unused sections",
     "Disable garbage collection of unused sections">;
 
+defm merge_data_segments: B<"merge-data-segments",
+    "Enable merging data segments",
+    "Disable merging data segments">;
+
 def help: F<"help">, HelpText<"Print option help">;
 
 def l: JoinedOrSeparate<["-"], "l">, MetaVarName<"<libName>">,
Index: wasm/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- wasm/Writer.cpp
+++ wasm/Writer.cpp
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@
 }
 
 static StringRef getOutputDataSegmentName(StringRef Name) {
-  if (Config->Relocatable)
+  if (!Config->MergeDataSegments)
     return Name;
   if (Name.startswith(".text."))
     return ".text";