diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
index 3902df8a7cac3..f13c2d312dfcc 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/write.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,11 @@ pub fn target_machine_factory(
     let emit_stack_size_section = sess.opts.debugging_opts.emit_stack_sizes;
 
     let asm_comments = sess.asm_comments();
-    let relax_elf_relocations = sess.target.options.relax_elf_relocations;
+    let relax_elf_relocations = sess
+        .opts
+        .debugging_opts
+        .relax_elf_relocations
+        .unwrap_or(sess.target.options.relax_elf_relocations);
 
     let use_init_array = !sess
         .opts
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
index 235e049c3f566..046e451cd835a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ fn test_debugging_options_tracking_hash() {
     tracked!(print_fuel, Some("abc".to_string()));
     tracked!(profile, true);
     tracked!(profile_emit, Some(PathBuf::from("abc")));
+    tracked!(relax_elf_relocations, Some(true));
     tracked!(relro_level, Some(RelroLevel::Full));
     tracked!(report_delayed_bugs, true);
     tracked!(run_dsymutil, false);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
index 25e6487092730..a4172090d3128 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
@@ -1030,6 +1030,8 @@ options! {DebuggingOptions, DebuggingSetter, basic_debugging_options,
         "enable queries of the dependency graph for regression testing (default: no)"),
     query_stats: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
         "print some statistics about the query system (default: no)"),
+    relax_elf_relocations: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
+        "whether ELF relocations can be relaxed"),
     relro_level: Option<RelroLevel> = (None, parse_relro_level, [TRACKED],
         "choose which RELRO level to use"),
     report_delayed_bugs: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],