diff --git a/Common/TargetOptionsCommandFlags.cpp b/Common/TargetOptionsCommandFlags.cpp
index d4c29d7..0137feb 100644
--- a/Common/TargetOptionsCommandFlags.cpp
+++ b/Common/TargetOptionsCommandFlags.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
   return ::InitTargetOptionsFromCodeGenFlags();
 }
 
+llvm::Optional<llvm::Reloc::Model> lld::getRelocModelFromCMModel() {
+  return getRelocModel();
+}
+
 llvm::Optional<llvm::CodeModel::Model> lld::getCodeModelFromCMModel() {
   return getCodeModel();
 }
diff --git a/ELF/LTO.cpp b/ELF/LTO.cpp
index 28d4bfe..36880b1 100644
--- a/ELF/LTO.cpp
+++ b/ELF/LTO.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@
   c.Options.FunctionSections = true;
   c.Options.DataSections = true;
 
-  if (config->relocatable)
+  if (auto relocModel = getRelocModelFromCMModel())
+    c.RelocModel = *relocModel;
+  else if (config->relocatable)
     c.RelocModel = None;
   else if (config->isPic)
     c.RelocModel = Reloc::PIC_;
diff --git a/include/lld/Common/TargetOptionsCommandFlags.h b/include/lld/Common/TargetOptionsCommandFlags.h
index 9345e61..422bb63 100644
--- a/include/lld/Common/TargetOptionsCommandFlags.h
+++ b/include/lld/Common/TargetOptionsCommandFlags.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 namespace lld {
 llvm::TargetOptions initTargetOptionsFromCodeGenFlags();
+llvm::Optional<llvm::Reloc::Model> getRelocModelFromCMModel();
 llvm::Optional<llvm::CodeModel::Model> getCodeModelFromCMModel();
 std::string getCPUStr();
 std::vector<std::string> getMAttrs();
diff --git a/test/ELF/lto/relocation-model.ll b/test/ELF/lto/relocation-model.ll
index 78334dd..825e9fe 100644
--- a/test/ELF/lto/relocation-model.ll
+++ b/test/ELF/lto/relocation-model.ll
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@
 ; RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t-out.lto.o | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PIC
 
 
+;; Explicit flag.
+
+; RUN: ld.lld %t.o -o %t-out -save-temps -r -mllvm -relocation-model=pic
+; RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t-out.lto.o | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=PIC
+
+; RUN: ld.lld %t.o -o %t-out -save-temps -r -mllvm -relocation-model=static
+; RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t-out.lto.o | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=STATIC
+
+
 ; PIC: R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX foo
 ; STATIC: R_X86_64_PC32 foo