diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -1948,7 +1948,11 @@
   case GlobalValue::CommonLinkage:
     return XCOFF::C_EXT;
   case GlobalValue::ExternalWeakLinkage:
+  case GlobalValue::LinkOnceODRLinkage:
     return XCOFF::C_WEAKEXT;
+  case GlobalValue::AppendingLinkage:
+    report_fatal_error(
+        "There is no mapping that implements AppendingLinkage for XCOFF.");
   default:
     report_fatal_error(
         "Unhandled linkage when mapping linkage to StorageClass.");
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -1579,9 +1579,22 @@
   return PPCAsmPrinter::lowerConstant(CV);
 }
 
+static bool isSpecialLLVMGlobalArrayForStaticInit(const GlobalVariable *GV) {
+  return StringSwitch<bool>(GV->getName())
+      .Cases("llvm.global_ctors", "llvm.global_dtors", true)
+      .Default(false);
+}
+
 void PPCAIXAsmPrinter::emitGlobalVariable(const GlobalVariable *GV) {
   ValidateGV(GV);
 
+  // TODO: Update the handling of global arrays for static init when we support
+  // the ".ref" directive.
+  // Otherwise, we can skip these arrays, because the AIX linker collects
+  // static init functions simply based on their name.
+  if (isSpecialLLVMGlobalArrayForStaticInit(GV))
+    return;
+
   // Create the symbol, set its storage class.
   MCSymbolXCOFF *GVSym = cast<MCSymbolXCOFF>(getSymbol(GV));
   GVSym->setStorageClass(
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-AppendingLinkage.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-AppendingLinkage.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-AppendingLinkage.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mcpu=pwr4 -mtriple powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff < \
+; RUN: %s | FileCheck %s
+
+; RUN: llc -verify-machineinstrs -mcpu=pwr4 -mtriple powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff < \
+; RUN: %s | FileCheck %s
+
+@llvm.global_ctors = appending global [1 x { i32, void ()*, i8* }] [{ i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @foo, i8* null }]
+@llvm.global_dtors = appending global [1 x { i32, void ()*, i8* }] [{ i32, void ()*, i8* } { i32 65535, void ()* @bar, i8* null }]
+
+define dso_local void @foo() {
+entry:
+  ret void
+}
+
+define dso_local void @bar() {
+entry:
+  ret void
+}
+
+; CHECK-NOT: llvm.global_ctors
+; CHECK-NOT: llvm.global_dtors
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-LinkOnceODRLinkage.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-LinkOnceODRLinkage.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-LinkOnceODRLinkage.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff < %s | \
+; RUN: FileCheck %s
+
+; RUN: llc -mtriple powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff < %s | \
+; RUN: FileCheck %s
+
+define linkonce_odr void @_Z3fooIiEvT_() {
+entry:
+  ret void
+}
+
+; CHECK: .weak   _Z3fooIiEvT_
+; CHECK: .weak   ._Z3fooIiEvT_