diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
index 12eaf1fb8b514..d0808d061c827 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Gnu.cpp
@@ -572,6 +572,14 @@ void tools::gnutools::Linker::ConstructJob(Compilation &C, const JobAction &JA,
     }
     CmdArgs.push_back("-lm");
   }
+
+  // If we are linking for the device all symbols should be bound locally. The
+  // symbols are already protected which makes this redundant. This is only
+  // necessary to work around a problem in bfd.
+  // TODO: Remove this once 'lld' becomes the only linker for offloading.
+  if (JA.isDeviceOffloading(Action::OFK_OpenMP))
+    CmdArgs.push_back("-Bsymbolic");
+
   // Silence warnings when linking C code with a C++ '-stdlib' argument.
   Args.ClaimAllArgs(options::OPT_stdlib_EQ);