diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6cdeffe504..bdde42927e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ set(ZIG_STAGE2_SOURCES
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/link/Elf.zig"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/link/Elf/Archive.zig"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig"
+    "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/link/Elf/LdScript.zig"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/link/Elf/LinkerDefined.zig"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/link/Elf/Object.zig"
     "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig"
diff --git a/src/link/Elf.zig b/src/link/Elf.zig
index 49b95da7ea..f31df0dcba 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf.zig
@@ -1383,8 +1383,15 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
     // libc dep
     self.error_flags.missing_libc = false;
     if (self.base.options.link_libc) {
-        if (self.base.options.libc_installation != null) {
-            @panic("TODO explicit libc_installation");
+        if (self.base.options.libc_installation) |lc| {
+            const flags = target_util.libcFullLinkFlags(target);
+            try system_libs.ensureUnusedCapacity(flags.len);
+            for (flags) |flag| {
+                const lib_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "{s}{c}lib{s}.so", .{
+                    lc.crt_dir.?, fs.path.sep, flag["-l".len..],
+                });
+                system_libs.appendAssumeCapacity(.{ .path = lib_path });
+            }
         } else if (target.isGnuLibC()) {
             try system_libs.ensureUnusedCapacity(glibc.libs.len + 1);
             for (glibc.libs) |lib| {
@@ -1649,7 +1656,7 @@ const ParseError = error{
     FileSystem,
     NotSupported,
     InvalidCharacter,
-} || std.os.SeekError || std.fs.File.OpenError || std.fs.File.ReadError;
+} || LdScript.Error || std.os.AccessError || std.os.SeekError || std.fs.File.OpenError || std.fs.File.ReadError;
 
 fn parsePositional(
     self: *Elf,
@@ -1682,7 +1689,13 @@ fn parseLibrary(
         try self.parseArchive(in_file, lib.path, must_link, ctx);
     } else if (SharedObject.isSharedObject(in_file)) {
         try self.parseSharedObject(in_file, lib, ctx);
-    } else return error.UnknownFileType;
+    } else {
+        // TODO if the script has a top-level comment identifying it as GNU ld script,
+        // then report parse errors. Otherwise return UnknownFileType.
+        self.parseLdScript(in_file, lib, ctx) catch |err| switch (err) {
+            else => return error.UnknownFileType,
+        };
+    }
 }
 
 fn parseObject(self: *Elf, in_file: std.fs.File, path: []const u8, ctx: *ParseErrorCtx) ParseError!void {
@@ -1693,7 +1706,7 @@ fn parseObject(self: *Elf, in_file: std.fs.File, path: []const u8, ctx: *ParseEr
     const data = try in_file.readToEndAlloc(gpa, std.math.maxInt(u32));
     const index = @as(File.Index, @intCast(try self.files.addOne(gpa)));
     self.files.set(index, .{ .object = .{
-        .path = path,
+        .path = try gpa.dupe(u8, path),
         .data = data,
         .index = index,
     } });
@@ -1718,11 +1731,14 @@ fn parseArchive(
 
     const gpa = self.base.allocator;
     const data = try in_file.readToEndAlloc(gpa, std.math.maxInt(u32));
-    var archive = Archive{ .path = path, .data = data };
+    var archive = Archive{ .path = try gpa.dupe(u8, path), .data = data };
     defer archive.deinit(gpa);
     try archive.parse(self);
 
-    for (archive.objects.items) |extracted| {
+    const objects = try archive.objects.toOwnedSlice(gpa);
+    defer gpa.free(objects);
+
+    for (objects) |extracted| {
         const index = @as(File.Index, @intCast(try self.files.addOne(gpa)));
         self.files.set(index, .{ .object = extracted });
         const object = &self.files.items(.data)[index].object;
@@ -1749,7 +1765,7 @@ fn parseSharedObject(
     const data = try in_file.readToEndAlloc(gpa, std.math.maxInt(u32));
     const index = @as(File.Index, @intCast(try self.files.addOne(gpa)));
     self.files.set(index, .{ .shared_object = .{
-        .path = lib.path,
+        .path = try gpa.dupe(u8, lib.path),
         .data = data,
         .index = index,
         .needed = lib.needed,
@@ -1764,6 +1780,123 @@ fn parseSharedObject(
     if (ctx.detected_cpu_arch != self.base.options.target.cpu.arch) return error.InvalidCpuArch;
 }
 
+fn parseLdScript(self: *Elf, in_file: std.fs.File, lib: SystemLib, ctx: *ParseErrorCtx) ParseError!void {
+    const tracy = trace(@src());
+    defer tracy.end();
+
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    const data = try in_file.readToEndAlloc(gpa, std.math.maxInt(u32));
+    defer gpa.free(data);
+
+    var script = LdScript{};
+    defer script.deinit(gpa);
+    try script.parse(data, self);
+
+    if (script.cpu_arch) |cpu_arch| {
+        ctx.detected_cpu_arch = cpu_arch;
+        if (ctx.detected_cpu_arch != self.base.options.target.cpu.arch) return error.InvalidCpuArch;
+    }
+
+    const lib_dirs = self.base.options.lib_dirs;
+
+    var arena_allocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(gpa);
+    defer arena_allocator.deinit();
+    const arena = arena_allocator.allocator();
+
+    var test_path = std.ArrayList(u8).init(arena);
+    var checked_paths = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(arena);
+
+    for (script.args.items) |scr_obj| {
+        checked_paths.clearRetainingCapacity();
+
+        success: {
+            if (mem.startsWith(u8, scr_obj.path, "-l")) {
+                const lib_name = scr_obj.path["-l".len..];
+
+                // TODO I think technically we should re-use the mechanism used by the frontend here.
+                // Maybe we should hoist search-strategy all the way here?
+                for (lib_dirs) |lib_dir| {
+                    if (!self.isStatic()) {
+                        if (try self.accessLibPath(&test_path, &checked_paths, lib_dir, lib_name, .Dynamic))
+                            break :success;
+                    }
+                    if (try self.accessLibPath(&test_path, &checked_paths, lib_dir, lib_name, .Static))
+                        break :success;
+                }
+
+                try self.reportMissingLibraryError(
+                    checked_paths.items,
+                    "missing library dependency: GNU ld script '{s}' requires '{s}', but file not found",
+                    .{
+                        lib.path,
+                        scr_obj.path,
+                    },
+                );
+            } else {
+                var buffer: [fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
+                if (fs.realpath(scr_obj.path, &buffer)) |path| {
+                    test_path.clearRetainingCapacity();
+                    try test_path.writer().writeAll(path);
+                    break :success;
+                } else |_| {}
+
+                try checked_paths.append(try gpa.dupe(u8, scr_obj.path));
+                for (lib_dirs) |lib_dir| {
+                    if (try self.accessLibPath(&test_path, &checked_paths, lib_dir, scr_obj.path, null))
+                        break :success;
+                }
+
+                try self.reportMissingLibraryError(
+                    checked_paths.items,
+                    "missing library dependency: GNU ld script '{s}' requires '{s}', but file not found",
+                    .{
+                        lib.path,
+                        scr_obj.path,
+                    },
+                );
+            }
+        }
+
+        const full_path = test_path.items;
+        const scr_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(full_path, .{});
+        defer scr_file.close();
+
+        var scr_ctx: ParseErrorCtx = .{ .detected_cpu_arch = undefined };
+        self.parseLibrary(scr_file, .{
+            .needed = scr_obj.needed,
+            .path = full_path,
+        }, false, &scr_ctx) catch |err| try self.handleAndReportParseError(full_path, err, &scr_ctx);
+    }
+}
+
+fn accessLibPath(
+    self: *Elf,
+    test_path: *std.ArrayList(u8),
+    checked_paths: *std.ArrayList([]const u8),
+    lib_dir_path: []const u8,
+    lib_name: []const u8,
+    link_mode: ?std.builtin.LinkMode,
+) !bool {
+    const sep = fs.path.sep_str;
+    const target = self.base.options.target;
+    test_path.clearRetainingCapacity();
+    try test_path.writer().print("{s}" ++ sep ++ "{s}{s}{s}", .{
+        lib_dir_path,
+        target.libPrefix(),
+        lib_name,
+        if (link_mode) |mode| switch (mode) {
+            .Static => target.staticLibSuffix(),
+            .Dynamic => target.dynamicLibSuffix(),
+        } else "",
+    });
+    try checked_paths.append(try self.base.allocator.dupe(u8, test_path.items));
+    fs.cwd().access(test_path.items, .{}) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        error.FileNotFound => return false,
+        else => |e| return e,
+    };
+    return true;
+}
+
 /// When resolving symbols, we approach the problem similarly to `mold`.
 /// 1. Resolve symbols across all objects (including those preemptively extracted archives).
 /// 2. Resolve symbols across all shared objects.
@@ -5886,6 +6019,19 @@ fn reportUndefined(self: *Elf, undefs: anytype) !void {
     }
 }
 
+fn reportMissingLibraryError(
+    self: *Elf,
+    checked_paths: []const []const u8,
+    comptime format: []const u8,
+    args: anytype,
+) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
+    var err = try self.addErrorWithNotes(checked_paths.len);
+    try err.addMsg(self, format, args);
+    for (checked_paths) |path| {
+        try err.addNote(self, "tried {s}", .{path});
+    }
+}
+
 const ParseErrorCtx = struct {
     detected_cpu_arch: std.Target.Cpu.Arch,
 };
@@ -6182,7 +6328,7 @@ pub const null_shdr = elf.Elf64_Shdr{
     .sh_entsize = 0,
 };
 
-const SystemLib = struct {
+pub const SystemLib = struct {
     needed: bool = false,
     path: []const u8,
 };
@@ -6228,6 +6374,7 @@ const GnuHashSection = synthetic_sections.GnuHashSection;
 const GotSection = synthetic_sections.GotSection;
 const GotPltSection = synthetic_sections.GotPltSection;
 const HashSection = synthetic_sections.HashSection;
+const LdScript = @import("Elf/LdScript.zig");
 const LinkerDefined = @import("Elf/LinkerDefined.zig");
 const Liveness = @import("../Liveness.zig");
 const LlvmObject = @import("../codegen/llvm.zig").Object;
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/Archive.zig b/src/link/Elf/Archive.zig
index f34b323206..94529a368c 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf/Archive.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf/Archive.zig
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ pub fn isArchive(file: std.fs.File) bool {
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(self: *Archive, allocator: Allocator) void {
+    allocator.free(self.path);
     allocator.free(self.data);
     self.objects.deinit(allocator);
 }
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ pub fn parse(self: *Archive, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
         };
 
         const object = Object{
-            .archive = self.path,
+            .archive = try gpa.dupe(u8, self.path),
             .path = try gpa.dupe(u8, object_name[0 .. object_name.len - 1]), // To account for trailing '/'
             .data = try gpa.dupe(u8, self.data[stream.pos..][0..size]),
             .index = undefined,
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/LdScript.zig b/src/link/Elf/LdScript.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c901a8ecba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/Elf/LdScript.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,533 @@
+cpu_arch: ?std.Target.Cpu.Arch = null,
+args: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Elf.SystemLib) = .{},
+
+pub fn deinit(scr: *LdScript, allocator: Allocator) void {
+    scr.args.deinit(allocator);
+}
+
+pub const Error = error{
+    InvalidScript,
+    UnexpectedToken,
+    UnknownCpuArch,
+    OutOfMemory,
+};
+
+pub fn parse(scr: *LdScript, data: []const u8, elf_file: *Elf) Error!void {
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+    var tokenizer = Tokenizer{ .source = data };
+    var tokens = std.ArrayList(Token).init(gpa);
+    defer tokens.deinit();
+    var line_col = std.ArrayList(LineColumn).init(gpa);
+    defer line_col.deinit();
+
+    var line: usize = 0;
+    var prev_line_last_col: usize = 0;
+
+    while (true) {
+        const tok = tokenizer.next();
+        try tokens.append(tok);
+        const column = tok.start - prev_line_last_col;
+        try line_col.append(.{ .line = line, .column = column });
+        switch (tok.id) {
+            .invalid => {
+                // TODO errors
+                // elf_file.base.fatal("invalid token in ld script: '{s}' ({d}:{d})", .{
+                //     tok.get(data),
+                //     line,
+                //     column,
+                // });
+                return error.InvalidScript;
+            },
+            .new_line => {
+                line += 1;
+                prev_line_last_col = tok.end;
+            },
+            .eof => break,
+            else => {},
+        }
+    }
+
+    var it = TokenIterator{ .tokens = tokens.items };
+    var parser = Parser{ .source = data, .it = &it };
+    var args = std.ArrayList(Elf.SystemLib).init(gpa);
+    scr.doParse(.{
+        .parser = &parser,
+        .args = &args,
+    }) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        error.UnexpectedToken => {
+            // const last_token_id = parser.it.pos - 1;
+            // const last_token = parser.it.get(last_token_id);
+            // const lcol = line_col.items[last_token_id];
+            // TODO errors
+            // elf_file.base.fatal("unexpected token in ld script: {s} : '{s}' ({d}:{d})", .{
+            //     @tagName(last_token.id),
+            //     last_token.get(data),
+            //     lcol.line,
+            //     lcol.column,
+            // });
+            return error.InvalidScript;
+        },
+        else => |e| return e,
+    };
+    scr.args = args.moveToUnmanaged();
+}
+
+fn doParse(scr: *LdScript, ctx: struct {
+    parser: *Parser,
+    args: *std.ArrayList(Elf.SystemLib),
+}) !void {
+    while (true) {
+        ctx.parser.skipAny(&.{ .comment, .new_line });
+
+        if (ctx.parser.maybe(.command)) |cmd_id| {
+            const cmd = ctx.parser.getCommand(cmd_id);
+            switch (cmd) {
+                .output_format => scr.cpu_arch = try ctx.parser.outputFormat(),
+                .group => try ctx.parser.group(ctx.args),
+                else => return error.UnexpectedToken,
+            }
+        } else break;
+    }
+
+    if (ctx.parser.it.next()) |tok| switch (tok.id) {
+        .eof => {},
+        else => return error.UnexpectedToken,
+    };
+}
+
+const LineColumn = struct {
+    line: usize,
+    column: usize,
+};
+
+const Command = enum {
+    output_format,
+    group,
+    as_needed,
+
+    fn fromString(s: []const u8) ?Command {
+        inline for (@typeInfo(Command).Enum.fields) |field| {
+            comptime var buf: [field.name.len]u8 = undefined;
+            inline for (field.name, 0..) |c, i| {
+                buf[i] = comptime std.ascii.toUpper(c);
+            }
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, &buf, s)) return @field(Command, field.name);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+};
+
+const Parser = struct {
+    source: []const u8,
+    it: *TokenIterator,
+
+    fn outputFormat(p: *Parser) !std.Target.Cpu.Arch {
+        const value = value: {
+            if (p.skip(&.{.lparen})) {
+                const value_id = try p.require(.literal);
+                const value = p.it.get(value_id);
+                _ = try p.require(.rparen);
+                break :value value.get(p.source);
+            } else if (p.skip(&.{ .new_line, .lbrace })) {
+                const value_id = try p.require(.literal);
+                const value = p.it.get(value_id);
+                _ = p.skip(&.{.new_line});
+                _ = try p.require(.rbrace);
+                break :value value.get(p.source);
+            } else return error.UnexpectedToken;
+        };
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, value, "elf64-x86-64")) return .x86_64;
+        return error.UnknownCpuArch;
+    }
+
+    fn group(p: *Parser, args: *std.ArrayList(Elf.SystemLib)) !void {
+        if (!p.skip(&.{.lparen})) return error.UnexpectedToken;
+
+        while (true) {
+            if (p.maybe(.literal)) |tok_id| {
+                const tok = p.it.get(tok_id);
+                const path = tok.get(p.source);
+                try args.append(.{ .path = path, .needed = true });
+            } else if (p.maybe(.command)) |cmd_id| {
+                const cmd = p.getCommand(cmd_id);
+                switch (cmd) {
+                    .as_needed => try p.asNeeded(args),
+                    else => return error.UnexpectedToken,
+                }
+            } else break;
+        }
+
+        _ = try p.require(.rparen);
+    }
+
+    fn asNeeded(p: *Parser, args: *std.ArrayList(Elf.SystemLib)) !void {
+        if (!p.skip(&.{.lparen})) return error.UnexpectedToken;
+
+        while (p.maybe(.literal)) |tok_id| {
+            const tok = p.it.get(tok_id);
+            const path = tok.get(p.source);
+            try args.append(.{ .path = path, .needed = false });
+        }
+
+        _ = try p.require(.rparen);
+    }
+
+    fn skip(p: *Parser, comptime ids: []const Token.Id) bool {
+        const pos = p.it.pos;
+        inline for (ids) |id| {
+            const tok = p.it.next() orelse return false;
+            if (tok.id != id) {
+                p.it.seekTo(pos);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    fn skipAny(p: *Parser, comptime ids: []const Token.Id) void {
+        outer: while (p.it.next()) |tok| {
+            inline for (ids) |id| {
+                if (id == tok.id) continue :outer;
+            }
+            break p.it.seekBy(-1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn maybe(p: *Parser, comptime id: Token.Id) ?Token.Index {
+        const pos = p.it.pos;
+        const tok = p.it.next() orelse return null;
+        if (tok.id == id) return pos;
+        p.it.seekBy(-1);
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    fn require(p: *Parser, comptime id: Token.Id) !Token.Index {
+        return p.maybe(id) orelse return error.UnexpectedToken;
+    }
+
+    fn getCommand(p: *Parser, index: Token.Index) Command {
+        const tok = p.it.get(index);
+        assert(tok.id == .command);
+        return Command.fromString(tok.get(p.source)).?;
+    }
+};
+
+const Token = struct {
+    id: Id,
+    start: usize,
+    end: usize,
+
+    const Id = enum {
+        // zig fmt: off
+        eof,
+        invalid,
+
+        new_line,
+        lparen,    // (
+        rparen,    // )
+        lbrace,    // {
+        rbrace,    // }
+
+        comment,   // /* */
+
+        command,   // literal with special meaning, see Command
+        literal,
+        // zig fmt: on
+    };
+
+    const Index = usize;
+
+    inline fn get(tok: Token, source: []const u8) []const u8 {
+        return source[tok.start..tok.end];
+    }
+};
+
+const Tokenizer = struct {
+    source: []const u8,
+    index: usize = 0,
+
+    fn matchesPattern(comptime pattern: []const u8, slice: []const u8) bool {
+        comptime var count: usize = 0;
+        inline while (count < pattern.len) : (count += 1) {
+            if (count >= slice.len) return false;
+            const c = slice[count];
+            if (pattern[count] != c) return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    fn matches(tok: Tokenizer, comptime pattern: []const u8) bool {
+        return matchesPattern(pattern, tok.source[tok.index..]);
+    }
+
+    fn isCommand(tok: Tokenizer, start: usize, end: usize) bool {
+        return if (Command.fromString(tok.source[start..end]) == null) false else true;
+    }
+
+    fn next(tok: *Tokenizer) Token {
+        var result = Token{
+            .id = .eof,
+            .start = tok.index,
+            .end = undefined,
+        };
+
+        var state: enum {
+            start,
+            comment,
+            literal,
+        } = .start;
+
+        while (tok.index < tok.source.len) : (tok.index += 1) {
+            const c = tok.source[tok.index];
+            switch (state) {
+                .start => switch (c) {
+                    ' ', '\t' => result.start += 1,
+
+                    '\n' => {
+                        result.id = .new_line;
+                        tok.index += 1;
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    '\r' => {
+                        if (tok.matches("\r\n")) {
+                            result.id = .new_line;
+                            tok.index += "\r\n".len;
+                        } else {
+                            result.id = .invalid;
+                            tok.index += 1;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    '/' => if (tok.matches("/*")) {
+                        state = .comment;
+                        tok.index += "/*".len;
+                    } else {
+                        state = .literal;
+                    },
+
+                    '(' => {
+                        result.id = .lparen;
+                        tok.index += 1;
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    ')' => {
+                        result.id = .rparen;
+                        tok.index += 1;
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    '{' => {
+                        result.id = .lbrace;
+                        tok.index += 1;
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    '}' => {
+                        result.id = .rbrace;
+                        tok.index += 1;
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    else => state = .literal,
+                },
+
+                .comment => switch (c) {
+                    '*' => if (tok.matches("*/")) {
+                        result.id = .comment;
+                        tok.index += "*/".len;
+                        break;
+                    },
+                    else => {},
+                },
+
+                .literal => switch (c) {
+                    ' ', '(', '\n' => {
+                        if (tok.isCommand(result.start, tok.index)) {
+                            result.id = .command;
+                        } else {
+                            result.id = .literal;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    ')' => {
+                        result.id = .literal;
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    '\r' => {
+                        if (tok.matches("\r\n")) {
+                            if (tok.isCommand(result.start, tok.index)) {
+                                result.id = .command;
+                            } else {
+                                result.id = .literal;
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            result.id = .invalid;
+                            tok.index += 1;
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    },
+
+                    else => {},
+                },
+            }
+        }
+
+        result.end = tok.index;
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+const TokenIterator = struct {
+    tokens: []const Token,
+    pos: Token.Index = 0,
+
+    fn next(it: *TokenIterator) ?Token {
+        const token = it.peek() orelse return null;
+        it.pos += 1;
+        return token;
+    }
+
+    fn peek(it: TokenIterator) ?Token {
+        if (it.pos >= it.tokens.len) return null;
+        return it.tokens[it.pos];
+    }
+
+    inline fn reset(it: *TokenIterator) void {
+        it.pos = 0;
+    }
+
+    inline fn seekTo(it: *TokenIterator, pos: Token.Index) void {
+        it.pos = pos;
+    }
+
+    fn seekBy(it: *TokenIterator, offset: isize) void {
+        const new_pos = @as(isize, @bitCast(it.pos)) + offset;
+        if (new_pos < 0) {
+            it.pos = 0;
+        } else {
+            it.pos = @as(usize, @intCast(new_pos));
+        }
+    }
+
+    inline fn get(it: *TokenIterator, pos: Token.Index) Token {
+        assert(pos < it.tokens.len);
+        return it.tokens[pos];
+    }
+};
+
+const testing = std.testing;
+
+fn testExpectedTokens(input: []const u8, expected: []const Token.Id) !void {
+    var given = std.ArrayList(Token.Id).init(testing.allocator);
+    defer given.deinit();
+
+    var tokenizer = Tokenizer{ .source = input };
+    while (true) {
+        const tok = tokenizer.next();
+        if (tok.id == .invalid) {
+            std.debug.print("  {s} => '{s}'\n", .{ @tagName(tok.id), tok.get(input) });
+        }
+        try given.append(tok.id);
+        if (tok.id == .eof) break;
+    }
+
+    try testing.expectEqualSlices(Token.Id, expected, given.items);
+}
+
+test "Tokenizer - just comments" {
+    try testExpectedTokens(
+        \\/* GNU ld script
+        \\   Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
+        \\   the static library, so try that secondarily.  */
+    , &.{ .comment, .eof });
+}
+
+test "Tokenizer - comments with a simple command" {
+    try testExpectedTokens(
+        \\/* GNU ld script
+        \\   Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
+        \\   the static library, so try that secondarily.  */
+        \\OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf64-x86-64)
+    , &.{ .comment, .new_line, .command, .lparen, .literal, .rparen, .eof });
+}
+
+test "Tokenizer - libc.so" {
+    try testExpectedTokens(
+        \\/* GNU ld script
+        \\   Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
+        \\   the static library, so try that secondarily.  */
+        \\OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf64-x86-64)
+        \\GROUP ( /a/b/c.so.6 /a/d/e.a  AS_NEEDED ( /f/g/h.so.2 ) )
+    , &.{
+        .comment, .new_line, // GNU comment
+        .command, .lparen, .literal, .rparen, .new_line, // output format
+        .command, .lparen, .literal, .literal, // group start
+        .command, .lparen, .literal, .rparen, // as needed
+        .rparen, // group end
+        .eof,
+    });
+}
+
+test "Parser - output format" {
+    const source =
+        \\OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf64-x86-64)
+    ;
+    var tokenizer = Tokenizer{ .source = source };
+    var tokens = std.ArrayList(Token).init(testing.allocator);
+    defer tokens.deinit();
+    while (true) {
+        const tok = tokenizer.next();
+        try testing.expect(tok.id != .invalid);
+        try tokens.append(tok);
+        if (tok.id == .eof) break;
+    }
+    var it = TokenIterator{ .tokens = tokens.items };
+    var parser = Parser{ .source = source, .it = &it };
+    const tok_id = try parser.require(.command);
+    try testing.expectEqual(parser.getCommand(tok_id), .output_format);
+    const cpu_arch = try parser.outputFormat();
+    try testing.expectEqual(cpu_arch, .x86_64);
+}
+
+test "Parser - group with as-needed" {
+    const source =
+        \\GROUP ( /a/b/c.so.6 /a/d/e.a  AS_NEEDED ( /f/g/h.so.2 ) )
+    ;
+    var tokenizer = Tokenizer{ .source = source };
+    var tokens = std.ArrayList(Token).init(testing.allocator);
+    defer tokens.deinit();
+    while (true) {
+        const tok = tokenizer.next();
+        try testing.expect(tok.id != .invalid);
+        try tokens.append(tok);
+        if (tok.id == .eof) break;
+    }
+    var it = TokenIterator{ .tokens = tokens.items };
+    var parser = Parser{ .source = source, .it = &it };
+
+    var args = std.ArrayList(Elf.LinkObject).init(testing.allocator);
+    defer args.deinit();
+    const tok_id = try parser.require(.command);
+    try testing.expectEqual(parser.getCommand(tok_id), .group);
+    try parser.group(&args);
+
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("/a/b/c.so.6", args.items[0].path);
+    try testing.expect(args.items[0].needed);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("/a/d/e.a", args.items[1].path);
+    try testing.expect(args.items[1].needed);
+    try testing.expectEqualStrings("/f/g/h.so.2", args.items[2].path);
+    try testing.expect(!args.items[2].needed);
+}
+
+const LdScript = @This();
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/Object.zig b/src/link/Elf/Object.zig
index 4edc5b62b1..c24025cadb 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf/Object.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf/Object.zig
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ pub fn isObject(file: std.fs.File) bool {
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(self: *Object, allocator: Allocator) void {
+    if (self.archive) |path| allocator.free(path);
+    allocator.free(self.path);
     allocator.free(self.data);
     self.shdrs.deinit(allocator);
     self.strings.deinit(allocator);
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig b/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig
index 19e688b58d..0ff74edddf 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf/SharedObject.zig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ pub fn isSharedObject(file: std.fs.File) bool {
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(self: *SharedObject, allocator: Allocator) void {
+    allocator.free(self.path);
     allocator.free(self.data);
     self.versyms.deinit(allocator);
     self.verstrings.deinit(allocator);