diff --git a/lld/ELF/LTO.cpp b/lld/ELF/LTO.cpp
index 81ffa873f92c..5be2e2ad366a 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LTO.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LTO.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,10 @@ std::vector<std::unique_ptr<InputFile>> BitcodeCompiler::compile() {
   if (!T)
     fatal("target not found: " + Msg);
   TargetOptions Options = InitTargetOptionsFromCodeGenFlags();
+
+  // lld supports the new relocations.
+  Options.RelaxELFRelocations = true;
+
   Reloc::Model R = Config->Pic ? Reloc::PIC_ : Reloc::Static;
 
   auto CreateTargetMachine = [&]() {
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/lto/relax-relocs.ll b/lld/test/ELF/lto/relax-relocs.ll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..929e124b2d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/lto/relax-relocs.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; RUN: llvm-as %s -o %t.o
+; RUN: ld.lld -m elf_x86_64 -save-temps -shared %t.o -o %t.so
+; RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t.so.lto.o | FileCheck %s
+
+; Test that we produce R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX instead of R_X86_64_GOTPCREL
+; CHECK: R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX foo
+
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+@foo = external global i32
+define i32 @bar() {
+  %t = load i32, i32* @foo
+  ret i32 %t
+}