diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
index 93011522e498e6e..72661594f643fae 100644
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake
@@ -726,6 +726,8 @@ function(llvm_add_library name)
     endforeach()
   endif()
 
+  add_custom_linker_flags(${name})
+
   if(ARG_SHARED OR ARG_MODULE)
     llvm_externalize_debuginfo(${name})
     llvm_codesign(${name} ENTITLEMENTS ${ARG_ENTITLEMENTS} BUNDLE_PATH ${ARG_BUNDLE_PATH})
@@ -1019,6 +1021,8 @@ macro(add_llvm_executable name)
     endforeach()
   endif( LLVM_COMMON_DEPENDS )
 
+  add_custom_linker_flags(${name})
+
   if(NOT ARG_IGNORE_EXTERNALIZE_DEBUGINFO)
     llvm_externalize_debuginfo(${name})
   endif()
@@ -1524,6 +1528,13 @@ macro(add_llvm_tool_subdirectory name)
   add_llvm_external_project(${name})
 endmacro(add_llvm_tool_subdirectory)
 
+macro(add_custom_linker_flags name)
+  if (LLVM_${name}_LINKER_FLAGS)
+    message(STATUS "Applying ${LLVM_${name}_LINKER_FLAGS} to ${name}")
+    target_link_options(${name} PRIVATE ${LLVM_${name}_LINKER_FLAGS})
+  endif()
+endmacro()
+
 function(get_project_name_from_src_var var output)
   string(REGEX MATCH "LLVM_EXTERNAL_(.*)_SOURCE_DIR"
          MACHED_TOOL "${var}")
diff --git a/llvm/docs/CMake.rst b/llvm/docs/CMake.rst
index c70b6b8206c2f92..c76cb8a789beee7 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/CMake.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/CMake.rst
@@ -428,6 +428,9 @@ enabled sub-projects. Nearly all of these variable names begin with
   $CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/Toolchains containing an xctoolchain directory which can
   be used to override the default system tools.
 
+**LLVM_<target>_LINKER_FLAGS**:STRING
+  Defines the set of linker flags that should be applied to a <target>.
+
 **LLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE**:STRING
   LLVM target to use for code generation when no target is explicitly specified.
   It defaults to "host", meaning that it shall pick the architecture