diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index 1e0e855171dd..f43f99debe4f 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "LinkerScript.h"
 #include "Config.h"
 #include "Driver.h"
+#include "InputSection.h"
 #include "SymbolTable.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileSystem.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h"
@@ -23,17 +24,23 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/StringSaver.h"
 
 using namespace llvm;
+using namespace llvm::object;
 using namespace lld;
 using namespace lld::elf2;
 
 LinkerScript *elf2::Script;
 
-StringRef LinkerScript::getOutputSection(StringRef S) {
-  return Sections.lookup(S);
+template <class ELFT>
+StringRef LinkerScript::getOutputSection(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S) {
+  for (SectionRule &R : Sections)
+    if (R.match(S))
+      return R.Dest;
+  return "";
 }
 
-bool LinkerScript::isDiscarded(StringRef S) {
-  return Sections.lookup(S) == "/DISCARD/";
+template <class ELFT>
+bool LinkerScript::isDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S) {
+  return getOutputSection(S) == "/DISCARD/";
 }
 
 // A compartor to sort output sections. Returns -1 or 1 if both
@@ -48,6 +55,33 @@ int LinkerScript::compareSections(StringRef A, StringRef B) {
   return I < J ? -1 : 1;
 }
 
+// Returns true if S matches T. S may contain a meta character '*'
+// which matches zero or more occurrences of any character.
+static bool matchStr(StringRef S, StringRef T) {
+  for (;;) {
+    if (S.empty())
+      return T.empty();
+    if (S[0] == '*') {
+      S = S.substr(1);
+      if (S.empty())
+        // Fast path. If a pattern is '*', it matches anything.
+        return true;
+      for (size_t I = 0, E = T.size(); I < E; ++I)
+        if (matchStr(S, T.substr(I)))
+          return true;
+      return false;
+    }
+    if (T.empty() || S[0] != T[0])
+      return false;
+    S = S.substr(1);
+    T = T.substr(1);
+  }
+}
+
+template <class ELFT> bool SectionRule::match(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S) {
+  return matchStr(SectionPattern, S->getSectionName());
+}
+
 class elf2::ScriptParser {
 public:
   ScriptParser(BumpPtrAllocator *A, StringRef S, bool B)
@@ -352,7 +386,7 @@ void ScriptParser::readOutputSectionDescription() {
     next(); // Skip input file name.
     expect("(");
     while (!Error && !skip(")"))
-      Script->Sections[next()] = OutSec;
+      Script->Sections.push_back({OutSec, next()});
   }
 }
 
@@ -370,3 +404,18 @@ void LinkerScript::read(MemoryBufferRef MB) {
   StringRef Path = MB.getBufferIdentifier();
   ScriptParser(&Alloc, MB.getBuffer(), isUnderSysroot(Path)).run();
 }
+
+template StringRef LinkerScript::getOutputSection(InputSectionBase<ELF32LE> *);
+template StringRef LinkerScript::getOutputSection(InputSectionBase<ELF32BE> *);
+template StringRef LinkerScript::getOutputSection(InputSectionBase<ELF64LE> *);
+template StringRef LinkerScript::getOutputSection(InputSectionBase<ELF64BE> *);
+
+template bool LinkerScript::isDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELF32LE> *);
+template bool LinkerScript::isDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELF32BE> *);
+template bool LinkerScript::isDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELF64LE> *);
+template bool LinkerScript::isDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELF64BE> *);
+
+template bool SectionRule::match(InputSectionBase<ELF32LE> *);
+template bool SectionRule::match(InputSectionBase<ELF32BE> *);
+template bool SectionRule::match(InputSectionBase<ELF64LE> *);
+template bool SectionRule::match(InputSectionBase<ELF64BE> *);
diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.h b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.h
index bdfcb7d42562..edda27bdb943 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.h
@@ -20,7 +20,23 @@ namespace lld {
 namespace elf2 {
 
 class ScriptParser;
+template <class ELFT> class InputSectionBase;
 
+// This class represents each rule in SECTIONS command.
+class SectionRule {
+public:
+  SectionRule(StringRef D, StringRef S) : Dest(D), SectionPattern(S) {}
+
+  // Returns true if S should be in Dest section.
+  template <class ELFT> bool match(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S);
+
+  StringRef Dest;
+
+private:
+  StringRef SectionPattern;
+};
+
+// This is a runner of the linker script.
 class LinkerScript {
   friend class ScriptParser;
 
@@ -29,14 +45,13 @@ public:
   // this object and Config.
   void read(MemoryBufferRef MB);
 
-  StringRef getOutputSection(StringRef InputSection);
-  bool isDiscarded(StringRef InputSection);
+  template <class ELFT> StringRef getOutputSection(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S);
+  template <class ELFT> bool isDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S);
   int compareSections(StringRef A, StringRef B);
 
 private:
-  // A map for SECTIONS command. The key is input section name
-  // and the value is the corresponding output section name.
-  llvm::DenseMap<StringRef, StringRef> Sections;
+  // SECTIONS commands.
+  std::vector<SectionRule> Sections;
 
   // Output sections are sorted by this order.
   std::vector<StringRef> SectionOrder;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
index e41b299ec203..0ea780e58e04 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ private:
   void writeHeader();
   void writeSections();
   bool isDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *IS) const;
-  StringRef getOutputSectionName(StringRef S) const;
+  StringRef getOutputSectionName(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S) const;
   bool needsInterpSection() const {
     return !Symtab.getSharedFiles().empty() && !Config->DynamicLinker.empty();
   }
@@ -726,16 +726,17 @@ void Writer<ELFT>::addCopyRelSymbols(std::vector<SharedSymbol<ELFT> *> &Syms) {
 }
 
 template <class ELFT>
-StringRef Writer<ELFT>::getOutputSectionName(StringRef S) const {
-  StringRef Out = Script->getOutputSection(S);
-  if (!Out.empty())
-    return Out;
+StringRef Writer<ELFT>::getOutputSectionName(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S) const {
+  StringRef Dest = Script->getOutputSection<ELFT>(S);
+  if (!Dest.empty())
+    return Dest;
 
+  StringRef Name = S->getSectionName();
   for (StringRef V : {".text.", ".rodata.", ".data.rel.ro.", ".data.", ".bss.",
                       ".init_array.", ".fini_array.", ".ctors.", ".dtors."})
-    if (S.startswith(V))
+    if (Name.startswith(V))
       return V.drop_back();
-  return S;
+  return Name;
 }
 
 template <class ELFT>
@@ -750,7 +751,7 @@ void reportDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *IS,
 template <class ELFT>
 bool Writer<ELFT>::isDiscarded(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S) const {
   return !S || !S->isLive() || S == &InputSection<ELFT>::Discarded ||
-         Script->isDiscarded(S->getSectionName());
+         Script->isDiscarded(S);
 }
 
 // The beginning and the ending of .rel[a].plt section are marked
@@ -934,8 +935,7 @@ template <class ELFT> bool Writer<ELFT>::createSections() {
       }
       OutputSectionBase<ELFT> *Sec;
       bool IsNew;
-      std::tie(Sec, IsNew) =
-          Factory.create(C, getOutputSectionName(C->getSectionName()));
+      std::tie(Sec, IsNew) = Factory.create(C, getOutputSectionName(C));
       if (IsNew) {
         OwningSections.emplace_back(Sec);
         OutputSections.push_back(Sec);
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript-sections.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript-sections.s
index ea9ae2b2726d..9471ccde6829 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript-sections.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript-sections.s
@@ -38,6 +38,20 @@
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -section-headers %t3 | \
 # RUN:   FileCheck -check-prefix=SEC-ORDER %s
 
+# The same test as above but with wildcard patterns.
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { \
+# RUN:          .bss : { *(.bss) } \
+# RUN:          other : { *(o*er) } \
+# RUN:          .shstrtab : { *(.shstrt*) } \
+# RUN:          .symtab : { *(.symtab) } \
+# RUN:          .strtab : { *(.strtab) } \
+# RUN:          .data : { *(*data) } \
+# RUN:          .text : { *(.text) } }" > %t.script
+# RUN: cp %t %t.abc
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t3 --script %t.script %t.abc
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -section-headers %t3 | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck -check-prefix=SEC-ORDER %s
+
 #           Idx Name          Size
 # SEC-ORDER: 1 .bss          00000002 {{[0-9a-f]*}} BSS
 # SEC-ORDER: 2 other         00000003 {{[0-9a-f]*}} DATA