diff --git a/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/symtab-link.test b/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/symtab-link.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ed895e1c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/symtab-link.test
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# RUN: yaml2obj %s > %t
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy %t %t2
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -sections %t2 | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: cp %t %t3
+# RUN: llvm-strip --strip-debug %t3
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -sections %t3 | FileCheck %s
+
+!ELF
+FileHeader:
+  Class:           ELFCLASS64
+  Data:            ELFDATA2LSB
+  Type:            ET_REL
+  Machine:         EM_X86_64
+Sections:
+  - Name:            .foo
+    Link:            .symtab
+    Type:            SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags:           [ ]
+
+# CHECK:      Name: .foo
+# CHECK-NEXT: Type:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Flags [ (0x0)
+# CHECK-NEXT: ]
+# CHECK-NEXT: Address:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Offset:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Size:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Link: 0
diff --git a/tools/llvm-objcopy/Object.cpp b/tools/llvm-objcopy/Object.cpp
index c00477a1980..6b656c6b2f7 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-objcopy/Object.cpp
+++ b/tools/llvm-objcopy/Object.cpp
@@ -401,15 +401,17 @@ void GroupSection::markSymbols() {
 }
 
 void Section::initialize(SectionTableRef SecTable) {
-  if (Link != ELF::SHN_UNDEF)
+  if (Link != ELF::SHN_UNDEF) {
     LinkSection =
         SecTable.getSection(Link, "Link field value " + Twine(Link) +
                                       " in section " + Name + " is invalid");
+    if (LinkSection->Type == ELF::SHT_SYMTAB)
+      LinkSection = nullptr;
+  }
 }
 
 void Section::finalize() {
-  if (LinkSection)
-    this->Link = LinkSection->Index;
+  this->Link = LinkSection ? LinkSection->Index : 0;
 }
 
 void GnuDebugLinkSection::init(StringRef File, StringRef Data) {