diff --git a/bfd/config.bfd b/bfd/config.bfd
index d50a12abc6a..bbf12447517 100644
--- a/bfd/config.bfd
+++ b/bfd/config.bfd
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ case "${targ}" in
     targ_selvecs="aarch64_elf64_be_vec aarch64_elf32_le_vec aarch64_elf32_be_vec arm_elf32_le_vec arm_elf32_be_vec"
     want64=true
     ;;
-  aarch64-*-linux* | aarch64-*-netbsd* | aarch64-*-nto*)
+  aarch64-*-linux* | aarch64-*-netbsd* | aarch64-*-nto* | aarch64-*-gnu*)
     targ_defvec=aarch64_elf64_le_vec
     targ_selvecs="aarch64_elf64_be_vec aarch64_elf32_le_vec aarch64_elf32_be_vec arm_elf32_le_vec arm_elf32_be_vec aarch64_pei_le_vec aarch64_pe_le_vec"
     want64=true
diff --git a/gas/configure.tgt b/gas/configure.tgt
index e1e6ce0fe97..7c66734e362 100644
--- a/gas/configure.tgt
+++ b/gas/configure.tgt
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ case ${generic_target} in
     case ${cpu}-${os} in
       aarch64*-linux-gnu_ilp32)		arch=aarch64:32 ;;
     esac ;;
+  aarch64*-*-gnu*)			fmt=elf em=gnu ;;
   aarch64*-*-netbsd*)			fmt=elf em=nbsd;;
   aarch64*-*-nto*)			fmt=elf;;
   aarch64*-*-openbsd*)			fmt=elf;;
diff --git a/ld/configure.tgt b/ld/configure.tgt
index 43535c78b55..f937f78b876 100644
--- a/ld/configure.tgt
+++ b/ld/configure.tgt
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ aarch64-*-linux*)	targ_emul=aarch64linux
 			targ_extra_libpath="aarch64linuxb aarch64linux32 aarch64linux32b armelfb_linux_eabi armelf_linux_eabi"
 			targ_extra_emuls="aarch64elf aarch64elf32 aarch64elf32b aarch64elfb armelf armelfb $targ_extra_libpath"
 			;;
+# This has to come after aarch64-*-linux* for aarch64-*-linux-gnu to hit the Linux branch.
+aarch64-*-gnu*)
+			targ_emul=aarch64gnu
+			targ_extra_emuls="aarch64elf aarch64elfb armelf armelfb"
+			;;
 aarch64-*-haiku*)	targ_emul=aarch64haiku
 			targ_extra_emuls="aarch64elf aarch64elf32 aarch64elf32b aarch64elfb armelf armelfb armelf_haiku $targ_extra_libpath"
 			;;
diff --git a/ld/emulparams/aarch64gnu.sh b/ld/emulparams/aarch64gnu.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bcab7a4baa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/emulparams/aarch64gnu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+ARCH=aarch64
+MACHINE=
+NOP=0x1f2003d5
+
+SCRIPT_NAME=elf
+ELFSIZE=64
+OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf64-littleaarch64"
+BIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf64-bigaarch64"
+LITTLE_OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf64-littleaarch64"
+NO_REL_RELOCS=yes
+
+TEMPLATE_NAME=elf
+EXTRA_EM_FILE=aarch64elf
+
+GENERATE_SHLIB_SCRIPT=yes
+GENERATE_PIE_SCRIPT=yes
+
+MAXPAGESIZE="CONSTANT (MAXPAGESIZE)"
+COMMONPAGESIZE="CONSTANT (COMMONPAGESIZE)"
+SEPARATE_GOTPLT=24
+IREL_IN_PLT=
+
+TEXT_START_ADDR=0x400000
+
+DATA_START_SYMBOLS='PROVIDE (__data_start = .);';
+
+# AArch64 does not support .s* sections.
+NO_SMALL_DATA=yes
+
+OTHER_BSS_SYMBOLS="${CREATE_SHLIB+PROVIDE (}__bss_start__ = .${CREATE_SHLIB+)};"
+OTHER_BSS_END_SYMBOLS="${CREATE_SHLIB+PROVIDE (}_bss_end__ = .${CREATE_SHLIB+)}; ${CREATE_SHLIB+PROVIDE (}__bss_end__ = .${CREATE_SHLIB+)};"
+OTHER_END_SYMBOLS="${CREATE_SHLIB+PROVIDE (}__end__ = .${CREATE_SHLIB+)};"
+
+OTHER_SECTIONS='.note.gnu.arm.ident 0 : { KEEP (*(.note.gnu.arm.ident)) }'
+ATTRS_SECTIONS='.ARM.attributes 0 : { KEEP (*(.ARM.attributes)) KEEP (*(.gnu.attributes)) }'
+# Ensure each PLT entry is aligned to a cache line.
+PLT=".plt          ${RELOCATING-0} : ALIGN(16) { *(.plt)${RELOCATING+${IREL_IN_PLT+ *(.iplt)}} }"