diff --git a/tests/run-make/rust-lld-by-default/main.rs b/tests/run-make/rust-lld-by-default/main.rs
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+++ b/tests/run-make/rust-lld-by-default/main.rs
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+// Test linking using `cc` with `rust-lld`, which is on by default on the x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+// target.
+// See https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/issues/510 for more info
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/run-make/rust-lld-by-default/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/rust-lld-by-default/rmake.rs
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+++ b/tests/run-make/rust-lld-by-default/rmake.rs
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+// Ensure that rust-lld is used as the default linker on `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu`, and that it can
+// also be turned off with a CLI flag.
+
+//@ needs-rust-lld
+//@ only-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+extern crate run_make_support;
+
+use run_make_support::regex::Regex;
+use run_make_support::rustc;
+use std::process::Output;
+
+fn main() {
+    // A regular compilation should use rust-lld by default. We'll check that by asking the linker
+    // to display its version number with a link-arg.
+    let output = rustc()
+        .env("RUSTC_LOG", "rustc_codegen_ssa::back::link=info")
+        .link_arg("-Wl,-v")
+        .input("main.rs")
+        .run();
+    assert!(
+        find_lld_version_in_logs(output),
+        "the LLD version string should be present in the output logs"
+    );
+
+    // But it can still be disabled by turning the linker feature off.
+    let output = rustc()
+        .env("RUSTC_LOG", "rustc_codegen_ssa::back::link=info")
+        .link_arg("-Wl,-v")
+        .arg("-Zlinker-features=-lld")
+        .input("main.rs")
+        .run();
+    assert!(
+        !find_lld_version_in_logs(output),
+        "the LLD version string should not be present in the output logs"
+    );
+}
+
+fn find_lld_version_in_logs(output: Output) -> bool {
+    let lld_version_re = Regex::new(r"^LLD [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+").unwrap();
+    let stderr = std::str::from_utf8(&output.stderr).unwrap();
+    stderr.lines().any(|line| lld_version_re.is_match(line))
+}