diff --git a/lld/test/wasm/data-segment-merging.ll b/lld/test/wasm/data-segment-merging.ll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bce938c9b7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/wasm/data-segment-merging.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+target triple = "wasm32-unknown-unknown"
+
+@a = hidden global [6 x i8] c"hello\00", align 1
+@b = hidden global [8 x i8] c"goodbye\00", align 1
+@c = hidden global [9 x i8] c"whatever\00", align 1
+@d = hidden global i32 42, align 4
+
+; RUN: llc -filetype=obj %s -o %t.data-segment-merging.o
+
+; RUN: wasm-ld -no-gc-sections --allow-undefined -o %t.merged.wasm %t.data-segment-merging.o
+; RUN: obj2yaml %t.merged.wasm | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=MERGE
+; MERGE:       - Type:            DATA
+; MERGE-NEXT:    Segments:
+; MERGE-NEXT:      - SectionOffset:   7
+; MERGE-NEXT:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; MERGE-NEXT:        Offset:
+; MERGE-NEXT:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; MERGE-NEXT:          Value:           1024
+; MERGE-NEXT:        Content:         68656C6C6F00676F6F6462796500776861746576657200002A000000
+
+; RUN: wasm-ld -no-gc-sections --allow-undefined --no-merge-data-segments -o %t.separate.wasm %t.data-segment-merging.o
+; RUN: obj2yaml %t.separate.wasm | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SEPARATE
+; SEPARATE:       - Type:            DATA
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:    Segments:
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:      - SectionOffset:   7
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        Offset:
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:          Value:           1024
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        Content:         68656C6C6F00
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:      - SectionOffset:   19
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        Offset:
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:          Value:           1030
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        Content:         676F6F6462796500
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:      - SectionOffset:   33
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        Offset:
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:          Value:           1038
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        Content:         '776861746576657200'
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:      - SectionOffset:   48
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        MemoryIndex:     0
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        Offset:
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:          Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:          Value:           1048
+; SEPARATE-NEXT:        Content:         2A000000
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Config.h b/lld/wasm/Config.h
index 3ade61c08dd3..da0da17f4dd4 100644
--- a/lld/wasm/Config.h
+++ b/lld/wasm/Config.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct Configuration {
   bool GcSections;
   bool ImportMemory;
   bool ImportTable;
+  bool MergeDataSegments;
   bool PrintGcSections;
   bool Relocatable;
   bool StripAll;
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
index 125a75a6e49a..18dcde1dfe34 100644
--- a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ void LinkerDriver::link(ArrayRef<const char *> ArgsArr) {
   Config->Relocatable = Args.hasArg(OPT_relocatable);
   Config->GcSections =
       Args.hasFlag(OPT_gc_sections, OPT_no_gc_sections, !Config->Relocatable);
+  Config->MergeDataSegments =
+      Args.hasFlag(OPT_merge_data_segments, OPT_no_merge_data_segments,
+                   !Config->Relocatable);
   Config->PrintGcSections =
       Args.hasFlag(OPT_print_gc_sections, OPT_no_print_gc_sections, false);
   Config->SearchPaths = args::getStrings(Args, OPT_L);
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Options.td b/lld/wasm/Options.td
index 566b36a42936..8f7eed6efd9b 100644
--- a/lld/wasm/Options.td
+++ b/lld/wasm/Options.td
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ defm gc_sections: B<"gc-sections",
     "Enable garbage collection of unused sections",
     "Disable garbage collection of unused sections">;
 
+defm merge_data_segments: B<"merge-data-segments",
+    "Enable merging data segments",
+    "Disable merging data segments">;
+
 def help: F<"help">, HelpText<"Print option help">;
 
 def l: JoinedOrSeparate<["-"], "l">, MetaVarName<"<libName>">,
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Writer.cpp b/lld/wasm/Writer.cpp
index 0b515be745b6..58677dc62c2a 100644
--- a/lld/wasm/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/Writer.cpp
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ void Writer::assignIndexes() {
 }
 
 static StringRef getOutputDataSegmentName(StringRef Name) {
-  if (Config->Relocatable)
+  if (!Config->MergeDataSegments)
     return Name;
   if (Name.startswith(".text."))
     return ".text";