diff --git a/lld/COFF/Writer.cpp b/lld/COFF/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/COFF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Writer.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@
   void addSyntheticIdata();
   void fixPartialSectionChars(StringRef name, uint32_t chars);
   bool fixGnuImportChunks();
+  void fixTlsAlignment();
   PartialSection *createPartialSection(StringRef name, uint32_t outChars);
   PartialSection *findPartialSection(StringRef name, uint32_t outChars);
 
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@
   DelayLoadContents delayIdata;
   EdataContents edata;
   bool setNoSEHCharacteristic = false;
+  uint32_t tlsAlignment = 0;
 
   DebugDirectoryChunk *debugDirectory = nullptr;
   std::vector<std::pair<COFF::DebugType, Chunk *>> debugRecords;
@@ -633,6 +635,11 @@
   writeSections();
   sortExceptionTable();
 
+  // Fix up the alignment in the TLS Directory's characteristic field,
+  // if a specific alignment value is needed
+  if (tlsAlignment)
+    fixTlsAlignment();
+
   t1.stop();
 
   if (!config->pdbPath.empty() && config->debug) {
@@ -866,6 +873,10 @@
     StringRef name = c->getSectionName();
     if (shouldStripSectionSuffix(sc, name))
       name = name.split('$').first;
+
+    if (name.startswith(".tls"))
+      tlsAlignment = std::max(tlsAlignment, c->getAlignment());
+
     PartialSection *pSec = createPartialSection(name,
                                                 c->getOutputCharacteristics());
     pSec->chunks.push_back(c);
@@ -2038,3 +2049,34 @@
     return it->second;
   return nullptr;
 }
+
+void Writer::fixTlsAlignment() {
+  if (Symbol *sym = symtab->findUnderscore("_tls_used")) {
+    if (Defined *b = dyn_cast<Defined>(sym)) {
+      OutputSection *sec = b->getChunk()->getOutputSection();
+      assert(sec && b->getRVA() >= sec->getRVA() &&
+             "no output section for _tls_used");
+
+      uint8_t *secBuf = buffer->getBufferStart() + sec->getFileOff();
+      uint64_t tlsOffset = b->getRVA() - sec->getRVA();
+      uint64_t directorySize = config->is64()
+                                   ? sizeof(object::coff_tls_directory64)
+                                   : sizeof(object::coff_tls_directory32);
+
+      if (tlsOffset + directorySize > sec->getRawSize())
+        fatal("_tls_used is malformed");
+
+      if (config->is64()) {
+        object::coff_tls_directory64 *tlsDir =
+            reinterpret_cast<object::coff_tls_directory64 *>(
+                &secBuf[tlsOffset]);
+        tlsDir->setAlignment(tlsAlignment);
+      } else {
+        object::coff_tls_directory32 *tlsDir =
+            reinterpret_cast<object::coff_tls_directory32 *>(
+                &secBuf[tlsOffset]);
+        tlsDir->setAlignment(tlsAlignment);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/COFF.h
@@ -576,11 +576,22 @@
 
   uint32_t getAlignment() const {
     // Bit [20:24] contains section alignment.
-    uint32_t Shift = (Characteristics & 0x00F00000) >> 20;
+    uint32_t Shift = (Characteristics & COFF::IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK) >> 20;
     if (Shift > 0)
       return 1U << (Shift - 1);
     return 0;
   }
+
+  void setAlignment(uint32_t align) {
+    if (!align) {
+      Characteristics &= ~COFF::IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_MASK;
+    } else {
+      assert(llvm::isPowerOf2_32(align) && "alignment is not a power of 2");
+      uint32_t p2Align = llvm::Log2_32(align);
+      assert(p2Align <= 13 && "invalid alignment requested");
+      Characteristics |= (p2Align + 1) << 20;
+    }
+  }
 };
 
 using coff_tls_directory32 = coff_tls_directory<support::little32_t>;