diff --git a/lld/ELF/Config.h b/lld/ELF/Config.h
index 23627dd812db..bc9567c6516b 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Config.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Config.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct Configuration {
   uint8_t OSABI = 0;
   llvm::CachePruningPolicy ThinLTOCachePolicy;
   llvm::StringMap<uint64_t> SectionStartMap;
+  llvm::StringRef Chroot;
   llvm::StringRef DynamicLinker;
   llvm::StringRef Entry;
   llvm::StringRef Emulation;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
index 9431e26d75df..526118122575 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ void LinkerDriver::readConfigs(opt::InputArgList &Args) {
   Config->AuxiliaryList = getArgs(Args, OPT_auxiliary);
   Config->Bsymbolic = Args.hasArg(OPT_Bsymbolic);
   Config->BsymbolicFunctions = Args.hasArg(OPT_Bsymbolic_functions);
+  Config->Chroot = Args.getLastArgValue(OPT_chroot);
   Config->CompressDebugSections = getCompressDebugSections(Args);
   Config->DefineCommon = getArg(Args, OPT_define_common, OPT_no_define_common,
                                 !Args.hasArg(OPT_relocatable));
diff --git a/lld/ELF/DriverUtils.cpp b/lld/ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
index c3d81e35a8ea..12aa8ae2b257 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ void elf::printHelp(const char *Argv0) {
 std::string elf::createResponseFile(const opt::InputArgList &Args) {
   SmallString<0> Data;
   raw_svector_ostream OS(Data);
+  OS << "--chroot .\n";
 
   // Copy the command line to the output while rewriting paths.
   for (auto *Arg : Args) {
diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
index 5306184064bc..9f9e39b7af39 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@ TarWriter *elf::Tar;
 InputFile::InputFile(Kind K, MemoryBufferRef M) : MB(M), FileKind(K) {}
 
 Optional<MemoryBufferRef> elf::readFile(StringRef Path) {
+  // The --chroot option changes our virtual root directory.
+  // This is useful when you are dealing with files created by --reproduce.
+  if (!Config->Chroot.empty() && Path.startswith("/"))
+    Path = Saver.save(Config->Chroot + Path);
+
   log(Path);
+
   auto MBOrErr = MemoryBuffer::getFile(Path);
   if (auto EC = MBOrErr.getError()) {
     error("cannot open " + Path + ": " + EC.message());
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Options.td b/lld/ELF/Options.td
index 9c78608118cc..ca1fccdda3ff 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Options.td
+++ b/lld/ELF/Options.td
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ def allow_multiple_definition: F<"allow-multiple-definition">,
 def as_needed: F<"as-needed">,
   HelpText<"Only set DT_NEEDED for shared libraries if used">;
 
+// -chroot doesn't have a help text because it is an internal option.
+def chroot: S<"chroot">;
+
 def color_diagnostics: F<"color-diagnostics">,
   HelpText<"Use colors in diagnostics">;
 
diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
index b3847081697c..531c61e6cb40 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void ScriptParser::addFile(StringRef S) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (sys::path::is_absolute(S)) {
+  if (S.startswith("/")) {
     Driver->addFile(S, /*WithLOption=*/false);
   } else if (S.startswith("=")) {
     if (Config->Sysroot.empty())
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/chroot.s b/lld/test/ELF/chroot.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8c97e99af4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/chroot.s
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: rm -rf %t.dir
+# RUN: mkdir %t.dir
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.dir/chroot.o
+# RUN: ld.lld --chroot %t.dir -o %t.exe /chroot.o
+
+# RUN: echo 'INPUT(/chroot.o)' > %t.dir/scr
+# RUN: ld.lld --chroot %t.dir -o %t.exe /scr
+
+.globl _start
+_start:
+  ret
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/reproduce.s b/lld/test/ELF/reproduce.s
index 0a93be08d040..a79a32af72f4 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/reproduce.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/reproduce.s
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 # RUN:   --dynamic-linker "some unusual/path" -soname 'foo bar' -soname='foo bar'
 # RUN: tar xf repro2.tar
 # RUN: FileCheck %s --check-prefix=RSP2 < repro2/response.txt
+# RSP2:      --chroot .
 # RSP2:      "{{.*}}foo bar"
 # RSP2-NEXT: -L "{{.*}}foo bar"
 # RSP2-NEXT: -L {{.+}}file