diff --git a/lld/ELF/MarkLive.cpp b/lld/ELF/MarkLive.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/MarkLive.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/MarkLive.cpp
@@ -291,14 +291,31 @@
 // GOT, which means that the ifunc must be available when the main partition is
 // loaded) and TLS symbols (because we only know how to correctly process TLS
 // relocations for the main partition).
+//
+// We also need to move sections whose names are C identifiers that are referred
+// to from __start_/__stop_ symbols because there will only be one set of
+// symbols for the whole program.
 template <class ELFT> void MarkLive<ELFT>::moveToMain() {
-  for (InputFile *file : objectFiles)
-    for (Symbol *s : file->getSymbols())
+  StringSet<> startStopSymbolNames;
+  for (InputFile *file : objectFiles) {
+    for (Symbol *s : file->getSymbols()) {
       if (auto *d = dyn_cast<Defined>(s))
         if ((d->type == STT_GNU_IFUNC || d->type == STT_TLS) && d->section &&
             d->section->isLive())
           markSymbol(s);
 
+      StringRef name = s->getName();
+      if (name.startswith("__start_"))
+        startStopSymbolNames.insert(name.substr(8));
+      else if (name.startswith("__stop_"))
+        startStopSymbolNames.insert(name.substr(7));
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (InputSectionBase *sec : inputSections)
+    if (sec->isLive() && startStopSymbolNames.count(sec->name))
+      enqueue(sec, 0);
+
   mark();
 }