diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index a758d610f8d0..4753bc38d3ee 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -1669,7 +1669,10 @@ CodeGenModule::GetAddrOfConstantCFString(const StringLiteral *Literal) {
     // does make plain ascii ones writable.
     isConstant = true;
   } else {
-    Linkage = llvm::GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage;
+    // FIXME: With OS X ld 123.2 (xcode 4) and LTO we would get a linker error
+    // when using private linkage. It is not clear if this is a bug in ld
+    // or a reasonable new restriction.
+    Linkage = llvm::GlobalValue::InternalLinkage;
     isConstant = !Features.WritableStrings;
   }
   
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/darwin-string-literals.c b/clang/test/CodeGen/darwin-string-literals.c
index ef5601e8f224..c6c08c7bc076 100644
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/darwin-string-literals.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/darwin-string-literals.c
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple i386-apple-darwin9 -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck -check-prefix LSB %s
 
 // CHECK-LSB: @.str = private unnamed_addr constant [8 x i8] c"string0\00"
-// CHECK-LSB: @.str1 = private unnamed_addr constant [8 x i8] c"string1\00"
+// CHECK-LSB: @.str1 = internal unnamed_addr constant [8 x i8] c"string1\00"
 // CHECK-LSB: @.str2 = internal unnamed_addr constant [36 x i8] c"h\00e\00l\00l\00o\00 \00\92! \00\03& \00\90! \00w\00o\00r\00l\00d\00\00\00", align 2
 
 // RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple powerpc-apple-darwin9 -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck -check-prefix MSB %s
 
 // CHECK-MSB: @.str = private unnamed_addr constant [8 x i8] c"string0\00"
-// CHECK-MSB: @.str1 = private unnamed_addr constant [8 x i8] c"string1\00"
+// CHECK-MSB: @.str1 = internal unnamed_addr constant [8 x i8] c"string1\00"
 // CHECK-MSB: @.str2 = internal unnamed_addr constant [36 x i8] c"\00h\00e\00l\00l\00o\00 !\92\00 &\03\00 !\90\00 \00w\00o\00r\00l\00d\00\00", align 2
 
 const char *g0 = "string0";