diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,21 @@
       return true;
     }
   }
+  if (const MCSymbolRefExpr *RefA = Target.getSymA()) {
+    // If SymA is equated to an expression with an undefined symbol, GNU as
+    // converts the fixup to be against the target symbol. We only support a
+    // simple form `alias = aliasee` (MCSymbolRefExpr).
+    auto &SymA = RefA->getSymbol();
+    if (SymA.isVariable()) {
+      if (auto *SRE = dyn_cast<MCSymbolRefExpr>(SymA.getVariableValue()))
+        if (SRE->getSymbol().isUndefined() &&
+            SRE->getKind() != MCSymbolRefExpr::VK_WEAKREF) {
+          Target = MCValue::get(
+              MCSymbolRefExpr::create(&SRE->getSymbol(), RefA->getKind(), Ctx),
+              Target.getSymB(), Target.getConstant(), Target.getRefKind());
+        }
+    }
+  }
 
   assert(getBackendPtr() && "Expected assembler backend");
   bool IsTarget = getBackendPtr()->getFixupKindInfo(Fixup.getKind()).Flags &
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/ELF/relocation-alias.s b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/relocation-alias.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/relocation-alias.s
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple x86_64 %s -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -dr %t | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -s %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SYM
+
+## If a fixup symbol is equated to an undefined symbol, convert the fixup
+## to be against the target symbol.
+# CHECK:      callq {{.*}}
+# CHECK-NEXT:   R_X86_64_PLT32  __GI_memcpy-0x4
+# CHECK:      movabsq $0, %rax
+# CHECK-NEXT:   R_X86_64_64  __GI_memcpy+0x2
+memcpy = __GI_memcpy
+call memcpy@PLT
+movabsq $memcpy+2, %rax
+
+## NOTE: GNU as redirects memcpy_plus_1.
+# CHECK:      callq {{.*}}
+# CHECK-NEXT:   R_X86_64_PLT32  memcpy_plus_1
+memcpy_plus_1 = __GI_memcpy+1
+call memcpy_plus_1@PLT
+
+# CHECK:      movabsq $0, %rbx
+# CHECK-NEXT:   R_X86_64_64  data_alias
+.globl data_alias
+.set data_alias, data
+movabsq $data_alias, %rbx
+
+.data
+.byte 0
+.globl data
+data:
+
+## Redirected symbols do not have a symbol table entry.
+# SYM:      NOTYPE LOCAL  DEFAULT UND
+# SYM-NEXT: NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT UND __GI_memcpy
+# SYM-NEXT: NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT   4 data
+# SYM-NEXT: NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT   4 data_alias
+# SYM-NEXT: NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT UND memcpy_plus_1
+# SYM-NOT:  {{.}}