diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
index 7ae8a5e39fdc..4b8dc0410040 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ StringRef elf::getOutputSectionName(StringRef Name) {
   if (Config->Relocatable)
     return Name;
 
+  if (Config->EmitRelocs) {
+    for (StringRef V : {".rel.", ".rela."}) {
+      if (Name.startswith(V)) {
+        StringRef Inner = getOutputSectionName(Name.substr(V.size() - 1));
+        return Saver.save(Twine(V.drop_back()) + Inner);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   for (StringRef V :
        {".text.", ".rodata.", ".data.rel.ro.", ".data.", ".bss.",
         ".init_array.", ".fini_array.", ".ctors.", ".dtors.", ".tbss.",
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/emit-relocs-merge.s b/lld/test/ELF/emit-relocs-merge.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3fecca23b735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/emit-relocs-merge.s
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --emit-relocs %t.o -o %t.so -shared
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t.so | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK:       Relocations [
+# CHECK-NEXT:    Section ({{.*}}) .rela.dyn {
+# CHECK-NEXT:     0x1000 R_X86_64_64 zed 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     0x1008 R_X86_64_64 zed 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   }
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Section ({{.*}}) .rela.data {
+# CHECK-NEXT:     0x1000 R_X86_64_64 zed 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     0x1008 R_X86_64_64 zed 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:   }
+# CHECK-NEXT: ]
+
+.section        .data.foo,"aw",%progbits
+.quad zed
+.section        .data.bar,"aw",%progbits
+.quad zed