diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChain.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChain.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChain.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChain.cpp
@@ -534,21 +534,24 @@
   const Arg* A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_fuse_ld_EQ);
   StringRef UseLinker = A ? A->getValue() : CLANG_DEFAULT_LINKER;
 
+  // If we're passed -fuse-ld= with no argument, or with the argument ld,
+  // then use whatever the default system linker is.
+  if (UseLinker.empty() || UseLinker == "ld")
+    return GetProgramPath(getDefaultLinker());
   if (llvm::sys::path::is_absolute(UseLinker)) {
     // If we're passed what looks like an absolute path, don't attempt to
     // second-guess that.
     if (llvm::sys::fs::can_execute(UseLinker))
       return std::string(UseLinker);
-  } else if (UseLinker.empty() || UseLinker == "ld") {
-    // If we're passed -fuse-ld= with no argument, or with the argument ld,
-    // then use whatever the default system linker is.
-    return GetProgramPath(getDefaultLinker());
   } else {
     llvm::SmallString<8> LinkerName;
-    if (Triple.isOSDarwin())
-      LinkerName.append("ld64.");
-    else
+    // Recognize common abbreviations by appending an OS specific prefix.
+    if (Triple.isOSDarwin()) {
+      if (UseLinker == "lld")
+        LinkerName.append("ld64.");
+    } else if (UseLinker == "bfd" || UseLinker == "gold" || UseLinker == "lld")
       LinkerName.append("ld.");
+
     LinkerName.append(UseLinker);
 
     std::string LinkerPath(GetProgramPath(LinkerName.c_str()));
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/Inputs/Windows/ARM/8.1/usr/bin/ld.lld-link2 b/clang/test/Driver/Inputs/Windows/ARM/8.1/usr/bin/lld-link2
rename from clang/test/Driver/Inputs/Windows/ARM/8.1/usr/bin/ld.lld-link2
rename to clang/test/Driver/Inputs/Windows/ARM/8.1/usr/bin/lld-link2
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/Inputs/fuse_ld_windows/ld.foo.exe b/clang/test/Driver/Inputs/fuse_ld_windows/foo.exe
rename from clang/test/Driver/Inputs/fuse_ld_windows/ld.foo.exe
rename to clang/test/Driver/Inputs/fuse_ld_windows/foo.exe
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld-windows.c b/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld-windows.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld-windows.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld-windows.c
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
 // With the full path, the extension can be omitted, too,
 // because Windows allows that.
 // RUN: %clang %s -### -o %t.o -target i386-unknown-linux \
-// RUN:     -fuse-ld=%S/Inputs/fuse_ld_windows/ld.foo 2>&1 \
+// RUN:     -fuse-ld=%S/Inputs/fuse_ld_windows/foo 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s
 
 // Check that the full path with the extension works too.
 // RUN: %clang %s -### -o %t.o -target i386-unknown-linux \
-// RUN:     -fuse-ld=%S/Inputs/fuse_ld_windows/ld.foo.exe 2>&1 \
+// RUN:     -fuse-ld=%S/Inputs/fuse_ld_windows/foo.exe 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s
 
 // CHECK-NOT: invalid linker name
-// CHECK: /Inputs/fuse_ld_windows{{/|\\\\}}ld.foo
+// CHECK: /Inputs/fuse_ld_windows{{/|\\\\}}foo
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld.c b/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/fuse-ld.c
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 // RUN:     -target x86_64-unknown-freebsd \
 // RUN:     -B%S/Inputs/basic_freebsd_tree/usr/bin 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-FREEBSD-BFD
+// RUN: %clang %s -### -fuse-ld=ld.bfd \
+// RUN:     --sysroot=%S/Inputs/basic_freebsd_tree \
+// RUN:     -target x86_64-unknown-freebsd \
+// RUN:     -B%S/Inputs/basic_freebsd_tree/usr/bin 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-FREEBSD-BFD
+
 // CHECK-FREEBSD-BFD: Inputs/basic_freebsd_tree/usr/bin{{/|\\+}}ld.bfd
 
 // RUN: %clang %s -### -fuse-ld=gold \
@@ -22,6 +28,12 @@
 // RUN:     -target x86_64-unknown-freebsd \
 // RUN:     -B%S/Inputs/basic_freebsd_tree/usr/bin 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-FREEBSD-GOLD
+// RUN: %clang %s -### -fuse-ld=ld.gold \
+// RUN:     --sysroot=%S/Inputs/basic_freebsd_tree \
+// RUN:     -target x86_64-unknown-freebsd \
+// RUN:     -B%S/Inputs/basic_freebsd_tree/usr/bin 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=CHECK-FREEBSD-GOLD
+
 // CHECK-FREEBSD-GOLD: Inputs/basic_freebsd_tree/usr/bin{{/|\\+}}ld.gold
 
 // RUN: %clang %s -### -fuse-ld=plib \