Index: ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
+++ ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
@@ -2919,6 +2919,7 @@
 void MergeSyntheticSection::addSection(MergeInputSection *MS) {
   MS->Parent = this;
   Sections.push_back(MS);
+  Alignment = std::max(Alignment, MS->Alignment);
 }
 
 MergeTailSection::MergeTailSection(StringRef Name, uint32_t Type,
@@ -3062,8 +3063,11 @@
       //
       // Using Entsize in here also allows us to propagate it to the synthetic
       // section.
+      //
+      // SHF_STRINGS section with different alignments should not be merged.
       return Sec->Name == OutsecName && Sec->Flags == MS->Flags &&
-             Sec->Entsize == MS->Entsize && Sec->Alignment == MS->Alignment;
+             Sec->Entsize == MS->Entsize &&
+             (Sec->Alignment == MS->Alignment || !(Sec->Flags & SHF_STRINGS));
     });
     if (I == MergeSections.end()) {
       MergeSyntheticSection *Syn =
Index: test/ELF/merge-align2.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/merge-align2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=SEC %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -x .cst8 %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -O0 -r %t.o -o %t1.o
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t1.o | FileCheck --check-prefix=SEC %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -x .cst8 %t1.o | FileCheck %s
+
+## Check that if we have SHF_MERGE sections with the same name, flags and
+## entsize, but different alignments, we combine them with the maximum input
+## alignment as the output alignment.
+
+# SEC: Name  Type     {{.*}} Size   ES Flg Lk Inf Al
+# SEC: .cst8 PROGBITS {{.*}} 000018 08  AM  0   0  8
+
+# CHECK:      0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} 02000000 00000000 01000000 00000000
+# CHECK-NEXT: 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} 03000000 00000000
+
+.section .cst8,"aM",@progbits,8,unique,0
+.align 4
+.quad 1
+.quad 1
+
+.section .cst8,"aM",@progbits,8,unique,1
+.align 4
+.quad 1
+.quad 2
+
+.section .cst8,"aM",@progbits,8,unique,2
+.align 8
+.quad 1
+.quad 3
Index: test/ELF/merge-entsize2.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/merge-entsize2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=SEC %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -x .cst %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=HEX %s
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -O0 -r %t.o -o %t1.o
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t1.o | FileCheck --check-prefix=SEC-R %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -x .cst %t1.o | FileCheck --check-prefix=HEX-R %s
+
+## Check that SHF_MERGE sections with the same name, sh_flags and sh_entsize
+## are grouped together and can be merged within the group.
+
+## .cst 0 and .cst 1 are merged (sh_entsize=4). The result and .cst 2 and
+## combined (sh_entsize=8). The output sh_entsize is 0.
+# SEC:   Name  Type     {{.*}} Size   ES Flg Lk Inf Al
+# SEC:   .cst  PROGBITS {{.*}} 000020 00  AM  0   0  8
+
+## .cst 0 and .cst 1 are merged, but emitted as a separate output section.
+# SEC-R: .cst  PROGBITS {{.*}} 00000c 04  AM  0   0  4
+# SEC-R: .cst  PROGBITS {{.*}} 000010 08  AM  0   0  8
+
+# HEX:      Hex dump of section '.cst':
+# HEX-NEXT: 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} 01000000 00000000 02000000 00000000
+# HEX-NEXT: 0x{{[0-9a-f]+}} 01000000 00000000 03000000 00000000
+
+# HEX-R:      Hex dump of section '.cst':
+# HEX-R-NEXT: 0x00000000 01000000 00000000 02000000
+# HEX-R-EMPTY:
+# HEX-R-NEXT: Hex dump of section '.cst':
+# HEX-R-NEXT: 0x00000000 01000000 00000000 03000000 00000000
+
+.section .cst,"aM",@progbits,4,unique,0
+.align 2
+.long 1
+.long 0
+.long 2
+
+.section .cst,"aM",@progbits,4,unique,1
+.align 4
+.long 1
+.long 0
+.long 2
+
+.section .cst,"aM",@progbits,8,unique,2
+.align 8
+.quad 1
+.quad 3
Index: test/ELF/merge-reloc-O0.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/merge-reloc-O0.s
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# REQUIRES: x86
-# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
-# RUN: ld.lld %t.o -r -o %t2.o -O0
-# RUN: llvm-readobj -S --section-data %t2.o | FileCheck %s
-
-# We combine just the sections with the same name and sh_entsize.
-
-# CHECK:      Name: .foo
-# CHECK-NEXT: Type: SHT_PROGBITS
-# CHECK-NEXT: Flags [
-# CHECK-NEXT:   SHF_ALLOC
-# CHECK-NEXT:   SHF_MERGE
-# CHECK-NEXT: ]
-# CHECK-NEXT: Address:
-# CHECK-NEXT: Offset:
-# CHECK-NEXT: Size: 16
-# CHECK-NEXT: Link:
-# CHECK-NEXT: Info:
-# CHECK-NEXT: AddressAlignment: 1
-# CHECK-NEXT: EntrySize: 8
-# CHECK-NEXT: SectionData (
-# CHECK-NEXT:   0000: 41000000 00000000 42000000 00000000
-# CHECK-NEXT: )
-
-# CHECK:      Name: .foo
-# CHECK-NEXT: Type: SHT_PROGBITS
-# CHECK-NEXT: Flags [
-# CHECK-NEXT:   SHF_ALLOC
-# CHECK-NEXT:   SHF_MERGE
-# CHECK-NEXT: ]
-# CHECK-NEXT: Address:
-# CHECK-NEXT: Offset:
-# CHECK-NEXT: Size: 8
-# CHECK-NEXT: Link:
-# CHECK-NEXT: Info:
-# CHECK-NEXT: AddressAlignment: 1
-# CHECK-NEXT: EntrySize: 4
-# CHECK-NEXT: SectionData (
-# CHECK-NEXT:   0000: 41000000 42000000
-# CHECK-NEXT: )
-
-        .section .foo, "aM",@progbits,8,unique,0
-        .quad 0x41
-        .section .foo, "aM",@progbits,8,unique,1
-        .quad 0x42
-        .section .foo, "aM",@progbits,4,unique,2
-        .long 0x41
-        .long 0x42
Index: test/ELF/tail-merge-string-align2.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/tail-merge-string-align2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=SEC %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -x .rodata %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# SEC: Name    Type     {{.*}} Size   ES Flg Lk Inf Al
+# SEC: .rodata PROGBITS {{.*}} 000006 01 AMS  0   0  8
+
+# CHECK: a.b.c.
+
+.section .rodata.str1.8,"aMS",@progbits,1
+.align 8
+.asciz "a"
+
+.section .rodata.str1.2,"aMS",@progbits,1
+.align 2
+.asciz "b"
+
+.section .rodata.str1.1,"aMS",@progbits,1
+.align 1
+.asciz "c"