Index: ELF/Config.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/Config.h
+++ ELF/Config.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
   bool EhFrameHdr;
   bool EmitRelocs;
   bool EnableNewDtags;
+  bool ExecuteOnly;
   bool ExportDynamic;
   bool FixCortexA53Errata843419;
   bool GcSections;
Index: ELF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@
     if (Config->Pie)
       error("-r and -pie may not be used together");
   }
+
+  if (Config->ExecuteOnly) {
+    if (Config->EMachine != EM_AARCH64)
+      error("-execute-only is only supported on AArch64 targets");
+
+    if (Config->SingleRoRx)
+      error("-execute-only and -no-rosegment cannot be used together");
+  }
 }
 
 static const char *getReproduceOption(opt::InputArgList &Args) {
@@ -735,6 +743,8 @@
   Config->EnableNewDtags =
       Args.hasFlag(OPT_enable_new_dtags, OPT_disable_new_dtags, true);
   Config->Entry = Args.getLastArgValue(OPT_entry);
+  Config->ExecuteOnly =
+      Args.hasFlag(OPT_execute_only, OPT_no_execute_only, false);
   Config->ExportDynamic =
       Args.hasFlag(OPT_export_dynamic, OPT_no_export_dynamic, false);
   Config->FilterList = args::getStrings(Args, OPT_filter);
Index: ELF/Options.td
===================================================================
--- ELF/Options.td
+++ ELF/Options.td
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@
 
 defm exclude_libs: Eq<"exclude-libs", "Exclude static libraries from automatic export">;
 
+defm execute_only: B<"execute-only",
+    "Do not mark executable sections readable",
+    "Mark executable sections readable (default)">;
+
 defm export_dynamic: B<"export-dynamic",
     "Put symbols in the dynamic symbol table",
     "Do not put symbols in the dynamic symbol table (default)">;
Index: ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -1608,6 +1608,15 @@
     if (auto *Sec = dyn_cast<OutputSection>(Base))
       OutputSections.push_back(Sec);
 
+  // Ensure data sections are not mixed with executable sections when
+  // -execute-only is used.
+  if (Config->ExecuteOnly)
+    for (OutputSection *OS : OutputSections)
+      if (OS->Flags & SHF_EXECINSTR)
+        for (InputSection *IS : getInputSections(OS))
+          if (!(IS->Flags & SHF_EXECINSTR))
+            error("-execute-only does not support intermingling data and code");
+
   // Prefer command line supplied address over other constraints.
   for (OutputSection *Sec : OutputSections) {
     auto I = Config->SectionStartMap.find(Sec->Name);
@@ -1766,6 +1775,8 @@
 static uint64_t computeFlags(uint64_t Flags) {
   if (Config->Omagic)
     return PF_R | PF_W | PF_X;
+  if (Config->ExecuteOnly && (Flags & PF_X))
+    return Flags & ~PF_R;
   if (Config->SingleRoRx && !(Flags & PF_W))
     return Flags | PF_X;
   return Flags;
Index: test/ELF/execute-only.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/execute-only.s
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// REQUIRES: aarch64
+
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-linux-none %s -o %t.o
+// RUN: ld.lld -Ttext=0xcafe0000 %t.o -o %t.so -shared -execute-only
+// RUN: llvm-readelf -l %t.so | FileCheck %s
+
+// CHECK:      LOAD {{.*}} 0x00000000cafe0000 0x000004 0x000004   E 0x{{.*}}
+// CHECK-NOT:  LOAD {{.*}} 0x00000000cafe0000 0x000004 0x000004 R E 0x{{.*}}
+
+        br lr