diff --git a/lld/ELF/Config.h b/lld/ELF/Config.h
--- a/lld/ELF/Config.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Config.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
   bool timeTraceEnabled;
   bool tocOptimize;
   bool undefinedVersion;
+  bool unique = false;
   bool useAndroidRelrTags = false;
   bool warnBackrefs;
   bool warnCommon;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -967,6 +967,7 @@
   config->splitStackAdjustSize = args::getInteger(args, OPT_split_stack_adjust_size, 16384);
   config->strip = getStrip(args);
   config->sysroot = args.getLastArgValue(OPT_sysroot);
+  config->unique = args.hasArg(OPT_unique);
   config->target1Rel = args.hasFlag(OPT_target1_rel, OPT_target1_abs, false);
   config->target2 = getTarget2(args);
   config->thinLTOCacheDir = args.getLastArgValue(OPT_thinlto_cache_dir);
diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -684,13 +684,18 @@
       orphanSections.push_back(s);
 
       StringRef name = getOutputSectionName(s);
-      if (OutputSection *sec = findByName(sectionCommands, name)) {
-        sec->recordSection(s);
+
+      if (config->unique) {
+        v.push_back(createSection(s, name));
       } else {
-        if (OutputSection *os = addInputSec(map, s, name))
-          v.push_back(os);
-        assert(isa<MergeInputSection>(s) ||
-               s->getOutputSection()->sectionIndex == UINT32_MAX);
+        if (OutputSection *sec = findByName(sectionCommands, name)) {
+          sec->recordSection(s);
+        } else {
+          if (OutputSection *os = addInputSec(map, s, name))
+            v.push_back(os);
+          assert(isa<MergeInputSection>(s) ||
+                 s->getOutputSection()->sectionIndex == UINT32_MAX);
+        }
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Options.td b/lld/ELF/Options.td
--- a/lld/ELF/Options.td
+++ b/lld/ELF/Options.td
@@ -374,6 +374,9 @@
 defm undefined_glob: Eq<"undefined-glob", "Force undefined symbol during linking">,
   MetaVarName<"<pattern>">;
 
+
+def unique: F<"unique">, HelpText<"Creates a separate output section for every orphan input section.">;
+
 defm unresolved_symbols:
   Eq<"unresolved-symbols", "Determine how to handle unresolved symbols">;
 
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/Inputs/unique-orphans.s b/lld/test/ELF/Inputs/unique-orphans.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/Inputs/unique-orphans.s
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+  .text
+  .section        .text.bar_2,"ax",@progbits
+  .globl  bar_2
+  .type   bar_2,@function
+bar_2:
+  callq   foo
+  retq
+.Lfunc_end0:
+  .size   bar_2, .Lfunc_end0-bar_2
+
+  .section        .text.foo,"ax",@progbits
+  .type   foo,@function
+foo:
+  retq
+.Lfunc_end1:
+  .size   foo, .Lfunc_end1-foo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/unique-orphans.s b/lld/test/ELF/unique-orphans.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/unique-orphans.s
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t1.o
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %p/Inputs/unique-orphans.s -o %t2.o
+
+  .text
+  .section        .text.bar,"ax",@progbits
+  .globl  bar
+  .type   bar,@function
+bar:
+  callq   foo
+  retq
+.Lfunc_end0:
+  .size   bar, .Lfunc_end0-bar
+
+  .section        .text.foo,"ax",@progbits
+  .type   foo,@function
+foo:
+  retq
+.Lfunc_end1:
+  .size   foo, .Lfunc_end1-foo
+
+# We should have 2 instance of orphan section .text.foo
+# RUN: ld.lld %t1.o %t2.o -r -o %t3.ro --unique
+# RUN: objdump -h %t3.ro | FileCheck --check-prefix UNIQUE %s
+# UNIQUE-COUNT-2: .text.foo
+# UNIQUE-NOT: .text.foo
+
+# Check that the orphan section .text.foo has been merged
+# RUN: ld.lld %t1.o %t2.o -r -o %t3.ro
+# RUN: objdump -h %t3.ro | FileCheck %s
+# CHECK-COUNT-1: .text.foo
+# CHECK-NOT: .text.foo