diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage.cpp
@@ -328,13 +328,15 @@
 std::pair<Value *, Value *>
 ModuleSanitizerCoverage::CreateSecStartEnd(Module &M, const char *Section,
                                            Type *Ty) {
+  // Use ExternalWeak so that if all sections are discarded due to section
+  // garbage collection, the linker will not report undefined symbol errors.
   GlobalVariable *SecStart = new GlobalVariable(
-      M, Ty->getPointerElementType(), false, GlobalVariable::ExternalLinkage,
-      nullptr, getSectionStart(Section));
+      M, Ty->getPointerElementType(), false,
+      GlobalVariable::ExternalWeakLinkage, nullptr, getSectionStart(Section));
   SecStart->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
   GlobalVariable *SecEnd = new GlobalVariable(
-      M, Ty->getPointerElementType(), false, GlobalVariable::ExternalLinkage,
-      nullptr, getSectionEnd(Section));
+      M, Ty->getPointerElementType(), false,
+      GlobalVariable::ExternalWeakLinkage, nullptr, getSectionEnd(Section));
   SecEnd->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
   IRBuilder<> IRB(M.getContext());
   if (!TargetTriple.isOSBinFormatCOFF())
diff --git a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/inline-8bit-counters.ll b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/inline-8bit-counters.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/inline-8bit-counters.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/inline-8bit-counters.ll
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 ; RUN: opt < %s -sancov -sanitizer-coverage-level=1 -sanitizer-coverage-inline-8bit-counters=1  -S -enable-new-pm=0 | FileCheck %s
 ; RUN: opt < %s -passes='module(sancov-module)' -sanitizer-coverage-level=1 -sanitizer-coverage-inline-8bit-counters=1  -S | FileCheck %s
 
+; CHECK:      @__sancov_gen_ = private global [1 x i8] zeroinitializer, section "__sancov_cntrs", comdat($foo), align 1
+; CHECK:      @__start___sancov_cntrs = extern_weak hidden global i8
+; CHECK-NEXT: @__stop___sancov_cntrs = extern_weak hidden global i8
+
 target datalayout = "e-p:64:64:64-i1:8:8-i8:8:8-i16:16:16-i32:32:32-i64:64:64-f32:32:32-f64:64:64-v64:64:64-v128:128:128-a0:0:64-s0:64:64-f80:128:128-n8:16:32:64"
 target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 define void @foo() {
 entry:
-; CHECK: section "__sancov_cntrs", comdat($foo), align 1
 ; CHECK:  %0 = load i8, i8* getelementptr inbounds ([1 x i8], [1 x i8]* @__sancov_gen_, i64 0, i64 0), align 1, !nosanitize
 ; CHECK:  %1 = add i8 %0, 1
 ; CHECK:  store i8 %1, i8* getelementptr inbounds ([1 x i8], [1 x i8]* @__sancov_gen_, i64 0, i64 0), align 1, !nosanitize
diff --git a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/inline-bool-flag.ll b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/inline-bool-flag.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/inline-bool-flag.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/inline-bool-flag.ll
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ; CHECK:      $foo = comdat noduplicates
 ; CHECK:      @__sancov_gen_ = private global [1 x i1] zeroinitializer, section "__sancov_bools", comdat($foo), align 1{{$}}
+; CHECK:      @__start___sancov_bools = extern_weak hidden global i1
+; CHECK-NEXT: @__stop___sancov_bools = extern_weak hidden global i1
 ; CHECK-NOT:  @llvm.used =
 ; CHECK:      @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [1 x i8*] [i8* bitcast ([1 x i1]* @__sancov_gen_ to i8*)], section "llvm.metadata"
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/pc-table.ll b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/pc-table.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/pc-table.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/SanitizerCoverage/pc-table.ll
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 }
 
 ; CHECK: private constant [6 x i64*] [{{.*}}@foo{{.*}}blockaddress{{.*}}blockaddress{{.*}}], section "__sancov_pcs", comdat($foo), align 8
+; CHECK:      @__start___sancov_pcs = extern_weak hidden global i64
+; CHECK-NEXT: @__stop___sancov_pcs = extern_weak hidden global i64
 ; CHECK: define internal void @sancov.module_ctor
 ; CHECK: call void @__sanitizer_cov
 ; CHECK: call void @__sanitizer_cov_pcs_init