diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Fuchsia.h b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Fuchsia.h
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Fuchsia.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Fuchsia.h
@@ -86,9 +86,7 @@
   void AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(const llvm::opt::ArgList &Args,
                            llvm::opt::ArgStringList &CmdArgs) const override;
 
-  const char *getDefaultLinker() const override {
-    return "ld.lld";
-  }
+  const char *getDefaultLinker() const override { return "ld.lld"; }
 
 protected:
   Tool *buildLinker() const override;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MipsLinux.h b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MipsLinux.h
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MipsLinux.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MipsLinux.h
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@
                                      : RuntimeLibType::RLT_CompilerRT;
   }
 
-  const char *getDefaultLinker() const override {
-    return "ld.lld";
-  }
+  const char *getDefaultLinker() const override { return "ld.lld"; }
 
 private:
   Multilib SelectedMultilib;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/WebAssembly.h b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/WebAssembly.h
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/WebAssembly.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/WebAssembly.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   explicit Linker(const ToolChain &TC);
   bool isLinkJob() const override;
   bool hasIntegratedCPP() const override;
+  std::string getLinkerPath(const llvm::opt::ArgList &Args) const;
   void ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction &JA,
                     const InputInfo &Output, const InputInfoList &Inputs,
                     const llvm::opt::ArgList &TCArgs,
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
   bool hasBlocksRuntime() const override;
   bool SupportsProfiling() const override;
   bool HasNativeLLVMSupport() const override;
+
   void
   addClangTargetOptions(const llvm::opt::ArgList &DriverArgs,
                         llvm::opt::ArgStringList &CC1Args,
@@ -65,8 +67,6 @@
   void AddCXXStdlibLibArgs(const llvm::opt::ArgList &Args,
                            llvm::opt::ArgStringList &CmdArgs) const override;
 
-  const char *getDefaultLinker() const override { return "wasm-ld"; }
-
   Tool *buildLinker() const override;
 };
 
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/WebAssembly.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/WebAssembly.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/WebAssembly.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/WebAssembly.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include "clang/Driver/Driver.h"
 #include "clang/Driver/DriverDiagnostic.h"
 #include "clang/Driver/Options.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Path.h"
 #include "llvm/Option/ArgList.h"
 
 using namespace clang::driver;
@@ -36,6 +38,25 @@
 
 bool wasm::Linker::hasIntegratedCPP() const { return false; }
 
+std::string wasm::Linker::getLinkerPath(const ArgList &Args) const {
+  const ToolChain &ToolChain = getToolChain();
+  if (const Arg* A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_fuse_ld_EQ)) {
+    StringRef UseLinker = A->getValue();
+
+    if (llvm::sys::path::is_absolute(UseLinker)) {
+      if (llvm::sys::fs::can_execute(UseLinker))
+        return UseLinker;
+    }
+
+    // Since 'wasm-ld' is just another name for lld we accept that name,
+    // otherwise generate an error.
+    if (UseLinker != "lld")
+      ToolChain.getDriver().Diag(diag::err_drv_invalid_linker_name) << A->getAsString(Args);
+  }
+
+  return ToolChain.GetProgramPath("wasm-ld");
+}
+
 void wasm::Linker::ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction &JA,
                                 const InputInfo &Output,
                                 const InputInfoList &Inputs,
@@ -43,7 +64,7 @@
                                 const char *LinkingOutput) const {
 
   const ToolChain &ToolChain = getToolChain();
-  const char *Linker = Args.MakeArgString(ToolChain.GetLinkerPath());
+  const char *Linker = Args.MakeArgString(getLinkerPath(Args));
   ArgStringList CmdArgs;
 
   if (Args.hasArg(options::OPT_s))
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/wasm-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/wasm-toolchain.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/wasm-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/wasm-toolchain.c
@@ -12,25 +12,25 @@
 
 // A basic C link command-line with unknown OS.
 
-// RUN: %clang -### -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-unknown --sysroot=/foo -fuse-ld=wasm-ld %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-unknown --sysroot=/foo %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK %s
 // LINK: clang{{.*}}" "-cc1" {{.*}} "-o" "[[temp:[^"]*]]"
 // LINK: wasm-ld{{.*}}" "-L/foo/lib" "crt1.o" "[[temp]]" "-lc" "{{.*[/\\]}}libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32.a" "-o" "a.out"
 
 // A basic C link command-line with optimization with unknown OS.
 
-// RUN: %clang -### -O2 -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-unknown --sysroot=/foo -fuse-ld=wasm-ld %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_OPT %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -O2 -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-unknown --sysroot=/foo %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_OPT %s
 // LINK_OPT: clang{{.*}}" "-cc1" {{.*}} "-o" "[[temp:[^"]*]]"
 // LINK_OPT: wasm-ld{{.*}}" "-L/foo/lib" "crt1.o" "[[temp]]" "-lc" "{{.*[/\\]}}libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32.a" "-o" "a.out"
 
 // A basic C link command-line with known OS.
 
-// RUN: %clang -### -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-wasi-musl --sysroot=/foo -fuse-ld=wasm-ld %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_KNOWN %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-wasi-musl --sysroot=/foo %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_KNOWN %s
 // LINK_KNOWN: clang{{.*}}" "-cc1" {{.*}} "-o" "[[temp:[^"]*]]"
 // LINK_KNOWN: wasm-ld{{.*}}" "-L/foo/lib/wasm32-wasi-musl" "crt1.o" "[[temp]]" "-lc" "{{.*[/\\]}}libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32.a" "-o" "a.out"
 
 // A basic C link command-line with optimization with known OS.
 
-// RUN: %clang -### -O2 -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-wasi-musl --sysroot=/foo -fuse-ld=wasm-ld %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_OPT_KNOWN %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -O2 -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-wasi-musl --sysroot=/foo %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_OPT_KNOWN %s
 // LINK_OPT_KNOWN: clang{{.*}}" "-cc1" {{.*}} "-o" "[[temp:[^"]*]]"
 // LINK_OPT_KNOWN: wasm-ld{{.*}}" "-L/foo/lib/wasm32-wasi-musl" "crt1.o" "[[temp]]" "-lc" "{{.*[/\\]}}libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32.a" "-o" "a.out"
 
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/wasm-toolchain.cpp b/clang/test/Driver/wasm-toolchain.cpp
--- a/clang/test/Driver/wasm-toolchain.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/wasm-toolchain.cpp
@@ -12,25 +12,25 @@
 
 // A basic C++ link command-line with unknown OS.
 
-// RUN: %clangxx -### -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-unknown --sysroot=/foo -fuse-ld=wasm-ld --stdlib=c++ %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK %s
+// RUN: %clangxx -### -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-unknown --sysroot=/foo --stdlib=c++ %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK %s
 // LINK: clang{{.*}}" "-cc1" {{.*}} "-o" "[[temp:[^"]*]]"
 // LINK: wasm-ld{{.*}}" "-L/foo/lib" "crt1.o" "[[temp]]" "-lc++" "-lc++abi" "-lc" "{{.*[/\\]}}libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32.a" "-o" "a.out"
 
 // A basic C++ link command-line with optimization with unknown OS.
 
-// RUN: %clangxx -### -O2 -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-unknown --sysroot=/foo %s --stdlib=c++ -fuse-ld=wasm-ld 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_OPT %s
+// RUN: %clangxx -### -O2 -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-unknown --sysroot=/foo %s --stdlib=c++ 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_OPT %s
 // LINK_OPT: clang{{.*}}" "-cc1" {{.*}} "-o" "[[temp:[^"]*]]"
 // LINK_OPT: wasm-ld{{.*}}" "-L/foo/lib" "crt1.o" "[[temp]]" "-lc++" "-lc++abi" "-lc" "{{.*[/\\]}}libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32.a" "-o" "a.out"
 
 // A basic C++ link command-line with known OS.
 
-// RUN: %clangxx -### -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-wasi-musl --sysroot=/foo -fuse-ld=wasm-ld --stdlib=c++ %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_KNOWN %s
+// RUN: %clangxx -### -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-wasi-musl --sysroot=/foo --stdlib=c++ %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_KNOWN %s
 // LINK_KNOWN: clang{{.*}}" "-cc1" {{.*}} "-o" "[[temp:[^"]*]]"
 // LINK_KNOWN: wasm-ld{{.*}}" "-L/foo/lib/wasm32-wasi-musl" "crt1.o" "[[temp]]" "-lc++" "-lc++abi" "-lc" "{{.*[/\\]}}libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32.a" "-o" "a.out"
 
 // A basic C++ link command-line with optimization with known OS.
 
-// RUN: %clangxx -### -O2 -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-wasi-musl --sysroot=/foo %s --stdlib=c++ -fuse-ld=wasm-ld 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_OPT_KNOWN %s
+// RUN: %clangxx -### -O2 -no-canonical-prefixes -target wasm32-unknown-wasi-musl --sysroot=/foo %s --stdlib=c++ 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=LINK_OPT_KNOWN %s
 // LINK_OPT_KNOWN: clang{{.*}}" "-cc1" {{.*}} "-o" "[[temp:[^"]*]]"
 // LINK_OPT_KNOWN: wasm-ld{{.*}}" "-L/foo/lib/wasm32-wasi-musl" "crt1.o" "[[temp]]" "-lc++" "-lc++abi" "-lc" "{{.*[/\\]}}libclang_rt.builtins-wasm32.a" "-o" "a.out"