Index: ELF/Driver.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/Driver.h
+++ ELF/Driver.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 std::string createResponseFile(const llvm::opt::InputArgList &Args);
 
 llvm::Optional<std::string> findFromSearchPaths(StringRef Path);
-llvm::Optional<std::string> searchLinkerScript(StringRef Path);
+llvm::Optional<std::string> searchScript(StringRef Path);
 llvm::Optional<std::string> searchLibrary(StringRef Path);
 
 } // namespace elf
Index: ELF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -939,8 +939,12 @@
     Config->Undefined.push_back(Arg->getValue());
 
   for (auto *Arg : Args.filtered(OPT_version_script))
-    if (Optional<MemoryBufferRef> Buffer = readFile(Arg->getValue()))
-      readVersionScript(*Buffer);
+    if (Optional<std::string> Path = searchScript(Arg->getValue())) {
+      if (Optional<MemoryBufferRef> Buffer = readFile(*Path))
+        readVersionScript(*Buffer);
+    } else {
+      error(Twine("cannot find version script ") + Arg->getValue());
+    }
 }
 
 // Some Config members do not directly correspond to any particular
@@ -1022,7 +1026,7 @@
       break;
     }
     case OPT_script:
-      if (Optional<std::string> Path = searchLinkerScript(Arg->getValue())) {
+      if (Optional<std::string> Path = searchScript(Arg->getValue())) {
         if (Optional<MemoryBufferRef> MB = readFile(*Path))
           readLinkerScript(*MB);
         break;
Index: ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
+++ ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
@@ -227,10 +227,10 @@
   return None;
 }
 
-// If a linker script doesn't exist in the current directory, we also look for
-// the script in the '-L' search paths. This matches the behaviour of both '-T'
-// and linker script INPUT() directives in ld.bfd.
-Optional<std::string> elf::searchLinkerScript(StringRef Name) {
+// If a linker/version script doesn't exist in the current directory, we also
+// look for the script in the '-L' search paths. This matches the behaviour of
+// '-T', --version-script=, and linker script INPUT() command in ld.bfd.
+Optional<std::string> elf::searchScript(StringRef Name) {
   if (fs::exists(Name))
     return Name.str();
   return findFromSearchPaths(Name);
Index: ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  if (Optional<std::string> Path = searchLinkerScript(Tok)) {
+  if (Optional<std::string> Path = searchScript(Tok)) {
     if (Optional<MemoryBufferRef> MB = readFile(*Path))
       tokenize(*MB);
     return;
Index: test/ELF/version-script-in-search-path.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/version-script-in-search-path.s
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# Check that we fall back to search paths if a version script was not found
+# This behaviour matches ld.bfd.
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: mkdir -p %T/searchpath
+# RUN: echo '{};' > %T/searchpath/t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -L%T/searchpath --version-script=t.script %t.o -o /dev/null
+# RUN: not ld.lld --version-script=t.script %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix ERROR %s
+# ERROR: error: cannot find version script