Index: lib/Driver/GnuLdDriver.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Driver/GnuLdDriver.cpp
+++ lib/Driver/GnuLdDriver.cpp
@@ -423,10 +423,6 @@
   if (auto *arg = parsedArgs->getLastArg(OPT_sysroot))
     ctx->setSysroot(arg->getValue());
 
-  // Add the default search directory specific to the target.
-  if (!parsedArgs->hasArg(OPT_nostdlib))
-    addPlatformSearchDirs(*ctx, triple, baseTriple);
-
   // Handle --demangle option(For compatibility)
   if (parsedArgs->hasArg(OPT_demangle))
     ctx->setDemangleSymbols(true);
@@ -545,6 +541,10 @@
   for (auto *arg : parsedArgs->filtered(OPT_L))
     ctx->addSearchPath(arg->getValue());
 
+  // Add the default search directory specific to the target.
+  if (!parsedArgs->hasArg(OPT_nostdlib))
+    addPlatformSearchDirs(*ctx, triple, baseTriple);
+
   for (auto *arg : parsedArgs->filtered(OPT_u))
     ctx->addInitialUndefinedSymbol(arg->getValue());
 
Index: test/Driver/Inputs/libtest.a
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Driver/Inputs/libtest.a
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!<arch>
Index: test/Driver/def-lib-search.test
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Driver/def-lib-search.test
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Check that search paths explicitly provided by the -L option
+# are used in search before default paths. 
+
+RUN: not lld -flavor gnu -target x86_64 -t -ltest \
+RUN:         --sysroot=%p/Inputs -L%p/Inputs 2> %t
+RUN: FileCheck %s < %t
+
+CHECK: {{[^ ]+}}{{[\\/]}}Inputs{{[\\/]}}libtest.a