Index: ELF/SyntheticSections.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/SyntheticSections.h
+++ ELF/SyntheticSections.h
@@ -481,12 +481,17 @@
                 uint64_t OffsetInSec, Symbol *Sym, int64_t Addend, RelExpr Expr,
                 RelType Type);
   void addReloc(const DynamicReloc &Reloc);
-  bool empty() const override { return Relocs.empty(); }
+  bool empty() const override { return Relocs.empty() && !IsIplt; }
   size_t getSize() const override { return Relocs.size() * this->Entsize; }
   size_t getRelativeRelocCount() const { return NumRelativeRelocs; }
   void finalizeContents() override;
+
   int32_t DynamicTag, SizeDynamicTag;
 
+  // Used to keep empty .rela.iplt as otherwise __rela_iplt_start would have an
+  // invalid st_shndx.
+  bool IsIplt = false;
+
 protected:
   std::vector<DynamicReloc> Relocs;
   size_t NumRelativeRelocs = 0;
Index: ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
+++ ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
@@ -1496,8 +1496,11 @@
   InputSection *SymTab = Config->Relocatable ? In.SymTab : In.DynSymTab;
   getParent()->Link = SymTab ? SymTab->getParent()->SectionIndex : 0;
 
-  if (In.RelaIplt == this || In.RelaPlt == this)
-    getParent()->Info = In.GotPlt->getParent()->SectionIndex;
+  if (In.RelaIplt == this || In.RelaPlt == this) {
+    uint32_t I = In.GotPlt->getParent()->SectionIndex;
+    if (I != UINT32_MAX)
+      getParent()->Info = I;
+  }
 }
 
 RelrBaseSection::RelrBaseSection()
Index: ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@
           ? ".rel.dyn"
           : In.RelaPlt->Name,
       false /*Sort*/);
+  In.RelaIplt->IsIplt = true;
   Add(In.RelaIplt);
 
   In.Plt = make<PltSection>(false);