Index: llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/Inputs/tag-dialog.rc
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/Inputs/tag-dialog.rc
+++ llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/Inputs/tag-dialog.rc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 ArgsOld DIALOG 1, 2, 3, 4 {
   LTEXT "L", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
   LTEXT "L2", 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
-  LTEXT "L3", 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
+  LTEXT "L3", -1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
 
   EDITTEXT 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
   EDITTEXT 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
Index: llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/tag-dialog.test
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/tag-dialog.test
+++ llvm/trunk/test/tools/llvm-rc/tag-dialog.test
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 ; DIALOG-NEXT:   0030: 00000000 0B000250 00000000 07000800  |.......P........|
 ; DIALOG-NEXT:   0040: 09000A00 0600FFFF 82004C00 32000000  |..........L.2...|
 ; DIALOG-NEXT:   0050: 00000000 11000250 12000000 0D000E00  |.......P........|
-; DIALOG-NEXT:   0060: 0F001000 0C00FFFF 82004C00 33000000  |..........L.3...|
+; DIALOG-NEXT:   0060: 0F001000 FFFFFFFF 82004C00 33000000  |..........L.3...|
 ; DIALOG-NEXT:   0070: 00000000 00008150 00000000 14001500  |.......P........|
 ; DIALOG-NEXT:   0080: 16001700 1300FFFF 81000000 00000000  |................|
 ; DIALOG-NEXT:   0090: 1D008150 00000000 19001A00 1B001C00  |...P............|
Index: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-rc/ResourceFileWriter.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-rc/ResourceFileWriter.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-rc/ResourceFileWriter.cpp
@@ -1008,8 +1008,11 @@
 
   // ID; it's 16-bit in DIALOG and 32-bit in DIALOGEX.
   if (!IsExtended) {
-    RETURN_IF_ERROR(checkNumberFits<uint16_t>(
-        Ctl.ID, "Control ID in simple DIALOG resource"));
+    // It's common to use -1, i.e. UINT32_MAX, for controls one doesn't
+    // want to refer to later.
+    if (Ctl.ID != static_cast<uint32_t>(-1))
+      RETURN_IF_ERROR(checkNumberFits<uint16_t>(
+          Ctl.ID, "Control ID in simple DIALOG resource"));
     writeInt<uint16_t>(Ctl.ID);
   } else {
     writeInt<uint32_t>(Ctl.ID);