diff --git a/lld/ELF/Arch/X86_64.cpp b/lld/ELF/Arch/X86_64.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Arch/X86_64.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Arch/X86_64.cpp
@@ -730,7 +730,8 @@
 
 RelExpr X86_64::adjustRelaxExpr(RelType type, const uint8_t *data,
                                 RelExpr relExpr) const {
-  if (type != R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX && type != R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX)
+  if ((type != R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX && type != R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX) ||
+      !config->relax)
     return relExpr;
   const uint8_t op = data[-2];
   const uint8_t modRm = data[-1];
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Config.h b/lld/ELF/Config.h
--- a/lld/ELF/Config.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Config.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
   bool pie;
   bool printGcSections;
   bool printIcfSections;
+  bool relax;
   bool relocatable;
   bool relrPackDynRelocs;
   bool saveTemps;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@
   config->printArchiveStats = args.getLastArgValue(OPT_print_archive_stats);
   config->printSymbolOrder =
       args.getLastArgValue(OPT_print_symbol_order);
+  config->relax = args.hasFlag(OPT_relax, OPT_no_relax, true);
   config->rpath = getRpath(args);
   config->relocatable = args.hasArg(OPT_relocatable);
   config->saveTemps = args.hasArg(OPT_save_temps);
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Options.td b/lld/ELF/Options.td
--- a/lld/ELF/Options.td
+++ b/lld/ELF/Options.td
@@ -337,6 +337,10 @@
 def print_map: F<"print-map">,
   HelpText<"Print a link map to the standard output">;
 
+defm relax: BB<"relax",
+  "Enable target-specific relaxations (default)",
+  "Disable target-specific relaxations">;
+
 defm reproduce: Eq<"reproduce", "Write a tar file containing input files and command line options to reproduce link">;
 
 defm rosegment: BB<"rosegment",
diff --git a/lld/docs/ld.lld.1 b/lld/docs/ld.lld.1
--- a/lld/docs/ld.lld.1
+++ b/lld/docs/ld.lld.1
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@
 Page align sections.
 .It Fl -no-omagic
 Do not set the text data sections to be writable, page align sections.
+.It Fl -no-relax
+Disable target-specific relaxations. This currently disables GOTPCRELX relaxation on x86-64.
 .It Fl -no-rosegment
 Do not put read-only non-executable sections in their own segment.
 .It Fl -no-undefined-version
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/x86-64-gotpc-relax.s b/lld/test/ELF/x86-64-gotpc-relax.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/x86-64-gotpc-relax.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/x86-64-gotpc-relax.s
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 # RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=RELOC %s
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -d %t1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=DISASM %s
 
+# RUN: ld.lld --relax %t.o -o %t2
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -d %t2 | FileCheck --check-prefix=DISASM %s
+
+## --no-relax can disable relaxations.
+# RUN: ld.lld --no-relax %t.o -o %t3
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -d %t3 | FileCheck --check-prefix=NORELAX %s
+
 ## There is no relocations.
 # RELOC:    Relocations [
 # RELOC:    ]
@@ -50,6 +57,11 @@
 # DISASM-NEXT: jmpq  *4119(%rip)
 # DISASM-NEXT: jmpq  *4113(%rip)
 
+# NORELAX-LABEL: <foo>:
+# NORELAX-COUNT-12: movq
+# NORELAX-COUNT-6:  callq *
+# NORELAX-COUNT-6:  jmpq *
+
 .text
 .globl foo
 .type foo, @function