diff --git a/lld/ELF/Config.h b/lld/ELF/Config.h
index 622324c13e2d..763111c6ac38 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Config.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Config.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ struct Configuration {
   bool ExecuteOnly;
   bool ExportDynamic;
   bool FixCortexA53Errata843419;
+  bool FormatBinary = false;
   bool GcSections;
   bool GdbIndex;
   bool GnuHash = false;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
index 796b84fdead7..814c7fe84915 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void LinkerDriver::addFile(StringRef Path, bool WithLOption) {
     return;
   MemoryBufferRef MBRef = *Buffer;
 
-  if (InBinary) {
+  if (Config->FormatBinary) {
     Files.push_back(make<BinaryFile>(MBRef));
     return;
   }
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ static void setConfigs(opt::InputArgList &Args) {
 }
 
 // Returns a value of "-format" option.
-static bool getBinaryOption(StringRef S) {
+static bool isFormatBinary(StringRef S) {
   if (S == "binary")
     return true;
   if (S == "elf" || S == "default")
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ void LinkerDriver::createFiles(opt::InputArgList &Args) {
       Config->AsNeeded = true;
       break;
     case OPT_format:
-      InBinary = getBinaryOption(Arg->getValue());
+      Config->FormatBinary = isFormatBinary(Arg->getValue());
       break;
     case OPT_no_as_needed:
       Config->AsNeeded = false;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.h b/lld/ELF/Driver.h
index 99e194d9b66c..81d7f608e588 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.h
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ private:
   // True if we are in --start-lib and --end-lib.
   bool InLib = false;
 
-  // True if we are in -format=binary and -format=elf.
-  bool InBinary = false;
-
   std::vector<InputFile *> Files;
 };
 
diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
index ddb4a49a3e5e..ffc69b265f72 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ private:
   void readRegionAlias();
   void readSearchDir();
   void readSections();
+  void readTarget();
   void readVersion();
   void readVersionScriptCommand();
 
@@ -255,6 +256,8 @@ void ScriptParser::readLinkerScript() {
       readSearchDir();
     } else if (Tok == "SECTIONS") {
       readSections();
+    } else if (Tok == "TARGET") {
+      readTarget();
     } else if (Tok == "VERSION") {
       readVersion();
     } else if (SymbolAssignment *Cmd = readAssignment(Tok)) {
@@ -522,6 +525,23 @@ void ScriptParser::readSections() {
                                  V.end());
 }
 
+void ScriptParser::readTarget() {
+  // TARGET(foo) is an alias for "--format foo". Unlike GNU linkers,
+  // we accept only a limited set of BFD names (i.e. "elf" or "binary")
+  // for --format. We recognize only /^elf/ and "binary" in the linker
+  // script as well.
+  expect("(");
+  StringRef Tok = next();
+  expect(")");
+
+  if (Tok.startswith("elf"))
+    Config->FormatBinary = false;
+  else if (Tok == "binary")
+    Config->FormatBinary = true;
+  else
+    setError("unknown target: " + Tok);
+}
+
 static int precedence(StringRef Op) {
   return StringSwitch<int>(Op)
       .Cases("*", "/", "%", 8)
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/target.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/target.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32db5b7866c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/target.s
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: echo "TARGET(binary) INPUT(\"%t.o\") TARGET(elf64-x86-64) INPUT(\"%t.o\")" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld --script %t.script -o %t.exe
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -symbols %t.exe | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: _binary_
+# CHECK: foobar
+
+# RUN: echo "TARGET(foo)" > %t2.script
+# RUN: not ld.lld --script %t2.script -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR %s
+
+# ERR: unknown target: foo
+
+.global foobar
+foobar:
+  nop