Index: test/tools/llvm-lipo/Inputs/armv7m-slice.yaml
===================================================================
--- test/tools/llvm-lipo/Inputs/armv7m-slice.yaml
+++ test/tools/llvm-lipo/Inputs/armv7m-slice.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- !mach-o
+FileHeader:
+  magic:           0xFEEDFACE
+  cputype:         0x0000000C
+  cpusubtype:      0x0000000F
+  filetype:        0x00000001
+  ncmds:           0
+  sizeofcmds:      0
+  flags:           0x00002000
Index: test/tools/llvm-lipo/create-arch.test
===================================================================
--- test/tools/llvm-lipo/create-arch.test
+++ test/tools/llvm-lipo/create-arch.test
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # RUN: yaml2obj %p/Inputs/i386-slice.yaml > %t-i386.o
 # RUN: yaml2obj %p/Inputs/x86_64-slice.yaml > %t-x86_64.o
+# RUN: yaml2obj %p/Inputs/armv7m-slice.yaml >%t-armv7m.o
 
 # RUN: llvm-lipo %t-i386.o %t-x86_64.o -create -output %t-universal.o
 # RUN: llvm-lipo %t-i386.o -arch x86_64 %t-x86_64.o -create -output %t-universal-1.o
@@ -9,9 +10,14 @@
 #
 # RUN: not llvm-lipo -arch armv7 %t-i386.o -arch x86_64 %t-x86_64.o -create -output /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=ARCH_NOT_MATCHED %s
 # ARCH_NOT_MATCHED: error: specified architecture: armv7 for file: {{.*}} does not match the file's architecture (i386)
-#
-# # RUN: not llvm-lipo -arch i3866 %t-32.o -create -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID_ARCH %s
+
+# RUN: not llvm-lipo -arch i3866 %t-32.o -create -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID_ARCH %s
 # INVALID_ARCH: error: Invalid architecture: i3866
 #
 # RUN: not llvm-lipo -arch i386 %t-33.o -create -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID_FILE %s
 # INVALID_FILE: {{[nN]}}o such file or directory
+#
+# Verify that -arch accepts the mismatch of cpusubtypes if the cputypes match.
+# RUN: llvm-lipo -arch armv7 %t-armv7m.o -create -output %t-universal-3.o
+# RUN: llvm-lipo -arch armv7m %t-armv7m.o -create -output %t-universal-4.o
+# RUN: cmp %t-universal-3.o %t-universal-4.o
Index: tools/llvm-lipo/llvm-lipo.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/llvm-lipo/llvm-lipo.cpp
+++ tools/llvm-lipo/llvm-lipo.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/FileOutputBuffer.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/InitLLVM.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/WithColor.h"
+#include "llvm/TextAPI/MachO/Architecture.h"
 
 using namespace llvm;
 using namespace llvm::object;
@@ -438,14 +439,19 @@
     if (!B->isArchive() && !B->isMachO() && !B->isMachOUniversalBinary())
       reportError("File " + IF.FileName + " has unsupported binary format");
     if (IF.ArchType && (B->isMachO() || B->isArchive())) {
-      const auto ArchType =
-          B->isMachO() ? Slice(cast<MachOObjectFile>(B)).getArchString()
-                       : Slice(cast<Archive>(B)).getArchString();
-      if (Triple(*IF.ArchType).getArch() != Triple(ArchType).getArch())
+      const auto S = B->isMachO() ? Slice(cast<MachOObjectFile>(B))
+                                  : Slice(cast<Archive>(B));
+      const auto SpecifiedCPUType =
+          MachO::getCPUTypeFromArchitecture(
+              MachO::mapToArchitecture(Triple(*IF.ArchType)))
+              .first;
+      // For compatibility with cctools' lipo
+      // the comparison is relaxed just to checking cpu types.
+      if (S.getCPUType() != SpecifiedCPUType)
         reportError("specified architecture: " + *IF.ArchType +
                     " for file: " + B->getFileName() +
-                    " does not match the file's architecture (" + ArchType +
-                    ")");
+                    " does not match the file's architecture (" +
+                    S.getArchString() + ")");
     }
     InputBinaries.push_back(std::move(*BinaryOrErr));
   }