diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -681,6 +681,15 @@
   if (config->copyRelocs && sym.used)
     return true;
 
+  // Exclude local symbols pointing to .ARM.exidx sections.
+  // They are probably mapping symbols "$d", which are optional for these
+  // sections. After merging the .ARM.exidx sections, some of these symbols
+  // may become dangling. The easiest way to avoid the issue is not to add
+  // them to the symbol table from the beginning.
+  if (config->emachine == EM_ARM && sym.section &&
+      sym.section->type == SHT_ARM_EXIDX)
+    return false;
+
   if (config->discard == DiscardPolicy::None)
     return true;
   if (config->discard == DiscardPolicy::All)
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/arm-exidx-mapping-symbols.s b/lld/test/ELF/arm-exidx-mapping-symbols.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/arm-exidx-mapping-symbols.s
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// REQUIRES: arm
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=armv7a-none-linux-gnueabi %s -o %t
+// RUN: ld.lld %t -o %t2
+// RUN: llvm-readelf -s %t2 | FileCheck %s
+// CHECK-NOT: $d.exidx.foo
+
+/// Test that symbols which point to input .ARM.exidx sections are eliminated.
+/// These symbols might be produced, for example, by GNU tools.
+
+    .syntax unified
+    .section .text.foo,"axG",%progbits,foo,comdat
+foo:
+    bx lr
+
+/// GNU as adds mapping symbols "$d" for .ARM.exidx sections it generates.
+/// llvm-mc does not do that, so reproduce that manually.
+    .section .ARM.exidx.text.foo,"ao?",%0x70000001,.text.foo
+$d.exidx.foo:
+    .reloc 0, R_ARM_NONE, __aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr0
+    .long .text.foo(PREL31)
+    .long 0x80b0b0b0
+
+    .section .text.h,"ax"
+    .global __aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr0
+__aeabi_unwind_cpp_pr0:
+    bx lr