diff --git a/bfd/bfd-in2.h b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
index b34c8ef9fc9..1b9a801966c 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd-in2.h
+++ b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
@@ -625,6 +625,9 @@ typedef struct bfd_section
      TMS320C54X only.  */
 #define SEC_TIC54X_BLOCK           0x10000000
 
+  /* This section has the SHF_X86_64_LARGE flag.  This is ELF x86-64 only.  */
+#define SEC_ELF_LARGE              0x10000000
+
   /* Conditionally link this section; do not link if there are no
      references found to any symbol in the section.  This is for TI
      TMS320C54X only.  */
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
index f926464d812..2d7092c42c0 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
@@ -5281,6 +5281,36 @@ elf_x86_64_merge_symbol (struct elf_link_hash_entry *h,
   return true;
 }
 
+static bool
+elf_x86_64_section_flags (const Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr)
+{
+  if ((hdr->sh_flags & SHF_X86_64_LARGE) != 0)
+    hdr->bfd_section->flags |= SEC_ELF_LARGE;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+static bool
+elf_x86_64_fake_sections (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+			  Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr, asection *sec)
+{
+  if (sec->flags & SEC_ELF_LARGE)
+    hdr->sh_flags |= SHF_X86_64_LARGE;
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+static bool
+elf_x86_64_copy_private_section_data (bfd *ibfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+				      asection *isec,
+				      bfd *obfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+				      asection *osec) {
+  /* objcopy --set-section-flags without "large" drops SHF_X86_64_LARGE.  */
+  elf_section_flags (osec) = (elf_section_flags (isec) & ~SHF_X86_64_LARGE);
+
+  return true;
+}
+
 static int
 elf_x86_64_additional_program_headers (bfd *abfd,
 				       struct bfd_link_info *info ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
@@ -5408,6 +5438,8 @@ elf_x86_64_special_sections[]=
 
 #define elf_info_to_howto		    elf_x86_64_info_to_howto
 
+#define bfd_elf64_bfd_copy_private_section_data \
+  elf_x86_64_copy_private_section_data
 #define bfd_elf64_bfd_reloc_type_lookup	    elf_x86_64_reloc_type_lookup
 #define bfd_elf64_bfd_reloc_name_lookup \
   elf_x86_64_reloc_name_lookup
@@ -5448,6 +5480,8 @@ elf_x86_64_special_sections[]=
   elf_x86_64_merge_symbol
 #define elf_backend_special_sections \
   elf_x86_64_special_sections
+#define elf_backend_section_flags	    elf_x86_64_section_flags
+#define elf_backend_fake_sections	    elf_x86_64_fake_sections
 #define elf_backend_additional_program_headers \
   elf_x86_64_additional_program_headers
 #define elf_backend_setup_gnu_properties \
@@ -5564,6 +5598,8 @@ elf64_x86_64_copy_solaris_special_section_fields (const bfd *ibfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUS
 #undef	ELF_TARGET_OS
 #undef	ELF_OSABI
 
+#define bfd_elf32_bfd_copy_private_section_data \
+  elf_x86_64_copy_private_section_data
 #define bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_type_lookup	\
   elf_x86_64_reloc_type_lookup
 #define bfd_elf32_bfd_reloc_name_lookup \
diff --git a/bfd/section.c b/bfd/section.c
index 73770294e56..e9af59dfd15 100644
--- a/bfd/section.c
+++ b/bfd/section.c
@@ -359,6 +359,9 @@ CODE_FRAGMENT
 .     TMS320C54X only.  *}
 .#define SEC_TIC54X_BLOCK           0x10000000
 .
+.  {* This section has the SHF_X86_64_LARGE flag.  This is ELF x86-64 only.  *}
+.#define SEC_ELF_LARGE              0x10000000
+.
 .  {* Conditionally link this section; do not link if there are no
 .     references found to any symbol in the section.  This is for TI
 .     TMS320C54X only.  *}
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index 563062c6904..cad877b943a 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* objcopy's --set-section-flags now support "large" to set SHF_X86_64_LARGE
+  for ELF x86-64 objects.
+
 Changes in 2.41:
 
 * The MIPS port now supports the Sony Interactive Entertainment Allegrex
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 8314cb57562..309bedf6110 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1745,13 +1745,14 @@ Set the flags for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}.  The
 @var{flags} argument is a comma separated string of flag names.  The
 recognized names are @samp{alloc}, @samp{contents}, @samp{load},
 @samp{noload}, @samp{readonly}, @samp{code}, @samp{data}, @samp{rom},
-@samp{exclude}, @samp{share}, and @samp{debug}.  You can set the
-@samp{contents} flag for a section which does not have contents, but it
-is not meaningful to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which
-does have contents--just remove the section instead.  Not all flags are
-meaningful for all object file formats.  In particular the
-@samp{share} flag is only meaningful for COFF format files and not for
-ELF format files.
+@samp{exclude}, @samp{share}, @samp{debug}, and @samp{large}.
+You can set the @samp{contents} flag for a section which does not have
+contents, but it is not meaningful to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a
+section which does have contents--just remove the section instead.  Not all
+flags are meaningful for all object file formats.  In particular the
+@samp{share} flag is only meaningful for COFF format files and not for ELF
+format files.  The ELF x86-64 specific flag @samp{large} corresponds to
+SHF_X86_64_LARGE.
 
 @item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}
 Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 3569b890c7d..c931f67a224 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ parse_flags (const char *s)
       PARSE_FLAG ("contents", SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
       PARSE_FLAG ("merge", SEC_MERGE);
       PARSE_FLAG ("strings", SEC_STRINGS);
+      PARSE_FLAG ("large", SEC_ELF_LARGE);
 #undef PARSE_FLAG
       else
 	{
@@ -812,8 +813,10 @@ parse_flags (const char *s)
 	  strncpy (copy, s, len);
 	  copy[len] = '\0';
 	  non_fatal (_("unrecognized section flag `%s'"), copy);
-	  fatal (_("supported flags: %s"),
-		 "alloc, load, noload, readonly, debug, code, data, rom, exclude, share, contents, merge, strings");
+	  fatal (_ ("supported flags: %s"),
+		 "alloc, load, noload, readonly, debug, code, data, rom, "
+		 "exclude, contents, merge, strings, (COFF specific) share, "
+		 "(ELF x86-64 specific) large");
 	}
 
       s = snext;
@@ -2618,7 +2621,7 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd *          abfd,
 }
 
 static flagword
-check_new_section_flags (flagword flags, bfd * abfd, const char * secname)
+check_new_section_flags (flagword flags, bfd *abfd, const char * secname)
 {
   /* Only set the SEC_COFF_SHARED flag on COFF files.
      The same bit value is used by ELF targets to indicate
@@ -2631,6 +2634,19 @@ check_new_section_flags (flagword flags, bfd * abfd, const char * secname)
 		 bfd_get_filename (abfd), secname);
       flags &= ~ SEC_COFF_SHARED;
     }
+
+  /* Report a fatal error if 'large' is used with a non-x86-64 ELF target.
+     Suppress the error for non-ELF targets to allow -O binary and formats that
+     use the bit value SEC_ELF_LARGE for other purposes.  */
+  if ((flags & SEC_ELF_LARGE) != 0
+      && bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour
+      && get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->elf_machine_code != EM_X86_64)
+    {
+      fatal (_ ("%s[%s]: 'large' flag is ELF x86-64 specific"),
+	     bfd_get_filename (abfd), secname);
+      flags &= ~SEC_ELF_LARGE;
+    }
+
   return flags;
 }
 
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-2-x32.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-2-x32.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb28d08e6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-2-x32.d
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#source: large-sections.s
+#PROG: objcopy
+#as: --x32
+#objcopy: --set-section-flags .ldata=alloc
+#readelf: -S -W
+
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.text.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+AX[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.data.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+WA[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.ltext.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+AXl[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.ldata.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+WA[ \t]+.*
+#pass
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-2.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-2.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29ace42cc9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-2.d
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#source: large-sections.s
+#PROG: objcopy
+#as: --64
+#objcopy: --set-section-flags .ldata=alloc
+#readelf: -S -W
+
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.text.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+AX[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.data.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+WA[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.ltext.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+AXl[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.ldata.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+WA[ \t]+.*
+#pass
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-i386.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-i386.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b06c7c993c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-i386.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#source: large-sections.s
+#PROG: objcopy
+#as: --64
+#objcopy: -O elf32-i386 --set-section-flags .data=alloc,large
+#target: x86_64-*-linux*
+#error: \A[^[]*\[.data\]: 'large' flag is ELF x86-64 specific
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d945e46ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections.d
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#PROG: objcopy
+#as: --64
+#objcopy: --set-section-flags .text=alloc,readonly,code,large --set-section-flags .data=alloc,large
+#readelf: -S -W
+
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.text.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+AXl[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.data.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+WAl[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.ltext.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+AXl[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.ldata.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+WAl[ \t]+.*
+#pass
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections.s b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..072e456a1ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections.s
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+	.section .text, "ax"
+	nop
+	.section .data, "aw"
+	.byte 1
+	.section .ltext, "axl"
+	nop
+	.section .ldata, "awl"
+	.byte 1
