diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MSVC.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MSVC.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MSVC.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/MSVC.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "Darwin.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/CharInfo.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/Version.h"
+#include "clang/Config/config.h"
 #include "clang/Driver/Compilation.h"
 #include "clang/Driver/Driver.h"
 #include "clang/Driver/DriverDiagnostic.h"
@@ -577,7 +578,10 @@
   // translate 'lld' into 'lld-link', and in the case of the regular msvc
   // linker, we need to use a special search algorithm.
   llvm::SmallString<128> linkPath;
-  StringRef Linker = Args.getLastArgValue(options::OPT_fuse_ld_EQ, "link");
+  StringRef Linker = Args.getLastArgValue(options::OPT_fuse_ld_EQ,
+					  CLANG_DEFAULT_LINKER);
+  if (Linker.empty())
+    Linker = "link";
   if (Linker.equals_lower("lld"))
     Linker = "lld-link";