Index: lld/ELF/Arch/PPC64.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/ELF/Arch/PPC64.cpp
+++ lld/ELF/Arch/PPC64.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
   void writeGotHeader(uint8_t *Buf) const override;
   bool needsThunk(RelExpr Expr, RelType Type, const InputFile *File,
                   uint64_t BranchAddr, const Symbol &S) const override;
+  void relaxTlsGdToLe(uint8_t *Loc, RelType Type, uint64_t Val) const override;
 };
 } // namespace
 
@@ -156,6 +157,46 @@
   return 2;
 }
 
+void PPC64::relaxTlsGdToLe(uint8_t *Loc, RelType Type, uint64_t Val) const {
+  // Reference: 3.7.4.2 of the 64-bit ELF V2 abi supplement.
+  // The general dynamic code sequence for a global `x` will look like:
+  // Instruction                    Relocation                Symbol
+  // addis r3, r2, x@got@tlsgd@ha   R_PPC64_GOT_TLSGD16_HA      x
+  // addi  r3, r3, x@got@tlsgd@l    R_PPC64_GOT_TLSGD16_LO      x
+  // bl __tls_get_addr(x@tlsgd)     R_PPC64_TLSGD               x
+  //                                R_PPC64_REL24               __tls_get_addr
+  // nop                            None                       None
+
+  // Relaxing to local exec entails converting:
+  // addis r3, r2, x@got@tlsgd@ha    into      nop
+  // addi  r3, r3, x@got@tlsgd@l     into      addis r3, r13, x@tprel@ha
+  // bl __tls_get_addr(x@tlsgd)      into      nop
+  // nop                             into      addi r3, r3, x@tprel@l
+
+  unsigned Offset = (Config->EKind == ELF64BEKind) ? 2 : 0;
+
+  switch (Type) {
+  case R_PPC64_GOT_TLSGD16_HA: {
+    write32(Loc - Offset, 0x60000000); // nop
+    break;
+  }
+  case R_PPC64_GOT_TLSGD16_LO: {
+    write32(Loc - Offset, 0x3c6d0000); // addis r3, r13
+    relocateOne(Loc, R_PPC64_TPREL16_HA, Val);
+    break;
+  }
+  case R_PPC64_TLSGD: {
+    write32(Loc, 0x60000000); // nop
+    write32(Loc + 4, 0x38630000); // addi r3, r3
+    relocateOne(Loc + 4 + Offset, R_PPC64_TPREL16_LO, Val);
+    break;
+  }
+  default: {
+    llvm_unreachable("unsupported relocation for TLS GD to LE relaxation");
+  }
+  }
+}
+
 RelExpr PPC64::getRelExpr(RelType Type, const Symbol &S,
                           const uint8_t *Loc) const {
   switch (Type) {
@@ -213,6 +254,7 @@
   case R_PPC64_DTPREL16_LO_DS:
     return R_ABS;
   case R_PPC64_TLSGD:
+    return R_TLSDESC_CALL;
   case R_PPC64_TLSLD:
   case R_PPC64_TLS:
     return R_HINT;
Index: lld/ELF/InputSection.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/ELF/InputSection.cpp
+++ lld/ELF/InputSection.cpp
@@ -778,6 +778,12 @@
       Target->relaxTlsGdToIe(BufLoc, Type, TargetVA);
       break;
     case R_PPC_CALL:
+      // If this is a call to __tls_get_addr, it may be part of a TLS
+      // sequence that has been relaxed and turned into a nop. In this
+      // case, we don't want to handle it as a call.
+      if (read32(BufLoc) == 0x60000000) // nop
+        break;
+
       // Patch a nop (0x60000000) to a ld.
       if (Rel.Sym->NeedsTocRestore) {
         if (BufLoc + 8 > BufEnd || read32(BufLoc + 4) != 0x60000000) {
Index: lld/test/ELF/ppc64-tls-gd-le.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lld/test/ELF/ppc64-tls-gd-le.s
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// REQUIRES: ppc
+
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=powerpc64le-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
+// RUN: llvm-readelf -relocations --wide %t.o | FileCheck --check-prefix=InputRelocs %s
+// RUN: ld.lld  %t.o -o %t
+// RUN: llvm-objdump -D %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=Dis %s
+// RUN: llvm-readelf -relocations --wide %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=OutputRelocs %s
+
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=powerpc64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
+// RUN: llvm-readelf -relocations --wide %t.o | FileCheck --check-prefix=InputRelocs %s
+// RUN: ld.lld  %t.o -o %t
+// RUN: llvm-objdump -D %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=Dis %s
+// RUN: llvm-readelf -relocations --wide %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=OutputRelocs %s
+
+	.text
+	.abiversion 2
+	.globl	_start                    # -- Begin function _start
+	.p2align	4
+	.type	_start,@function
+_start:                                   # @_start
+.Lfunc_begin0:
+.Lfunc_gep0:
+	addis 2, 12, .TOC.-.Lfunc_gep0@ha
+	addi 2, 2, .TOC.-.Lfunc_gep0@l
+.Lfunc_lep0:
+	.localentry	_start, .Lfunc_lep0-.Lfunc_gep0
+# %bb.0:                                # %entry
+	mflr 0
+	std 31, -8(1)
+	std 0, 16(1)
+	stdu 1, -64(1)
+	mr 31, 1
+	std 30, 48(31)                  # 8-byte Folded Spill
+	li 3, 0
+	stw 3, 44(31)
+	addis 3, 2, a@got@tlsgd@ha
+	addi 3, 3, a@got@tlsgd@l
+	bl __tls_get_addr(a@tlsgd)
+	nop
+	lwz 30, 0(3)
+	extsw 3, 30
+	ld 30, 48(31)                   # 8-byte Folded Reload
+	addi 1, 1, 64
+	ld 0, 16(1)
+	ld 31, -8(1)
+	mtlr 0
+	blr
+	.long	0
+	.quad	0
+.Lfunc_end0:
+	.size	_start, .Lfunc_end0-.Lfunc_begin0
+
+.globl __tls_get_addr
+.type __tls_get_addr,@function
+__tls_get_addr:
+
+                                        # -- End function
+	.type	a,@object               # @a
+	.section	.tdata,"awT",@progbits
+	.globl	a
+	.p2align	2
+a:
+	.long	55                      # 0x37
+	.size	a, 4
+
+// Verify that the input has general-dynamic tls relocation types
+// InputRelocs:  Relocation section '.rela.text'
+// InputRelocs: R_PPC64_GOT_TLSGD16_HA  {{0+}}  a + 0
+// InputRelocs: R_PPC64_GOT_TLSGD16_LO  {{0+}}  a + 0
+// InputRelocs: R_PPC64_TLSGD           {{0+}}  a + 0
+
+// Verify that the general-dynamic sequence is  relaxed to local exec.
+// #ha(a@tprel) --> (0 - 0x7000 + 0x8000) >> 16 = 0
+// #lo(a@tprel)) --> (0 - 0x7000) &  0xFFFF =  -0x7000 = -28672
+// Dis: _start:
+// Dis: nop
+// Dis: addis 3, 13, 0
+// Dis: nop
+// Dis: addi 3, 3, -28672
+
+// Verify that no general-dynamic relocations exist for the dynamic linker.
+// OutputRelocs-NOT: R_PPC64_DTPMOD64
+// OutputRelocs-NOT: R_PPC64_DTPREL64