diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index 1f14dd6bc77..f7de85bd3ce 100644
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Changes in 2.44:
 
+* Add --image-base=<ADDR> option to the ELF linker to behave the same
+  as -Ttext-segment for compatibility with LLD.
+
 * Add a "--build-id=xx" option, if built with the xxhash library.  This
   produces a 128-bit hash, 2-4x faster than md5 or sha1.
 
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/beos.em b/ld/emultempl/beos.em
index 29c386c61f8..54d03537de6 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/beos.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/beos.em
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options
     {"dll", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_DLL},
     {"file-alignment", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_FILE_ALIGNMENT},
     {"heap", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_HEAP},
-    {"image-base", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_IMAGE_BASE},
     {"major-image-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_IMAGE_VERSION},
     {"major-os-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_OS_VERSION},
     {"major-subsystem-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_SUBSYSTEM_VERSION},
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/pe.em b/ld/emultempl/pe.em
index 9ab5e6ef481..869ffd3f623 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/pe.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/pe.em
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options
     {"dll", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_DLL},
     {"file-alignment", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_FILE_ALIGNMENT},
     {"heap", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_HEAP},
-    {"image-base", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_IMAGE_BASE},
     {"major-image-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_IMAGE_VERSION},
     {"major-os-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_OS_VERSION},
     {"major-subsystem-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_SUBSYSTEM_VERSION},
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/pep.em b/ld/emultempl/pep.em
index 00c4ea9e15a..c225d052fb8 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/pep.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/pep.em
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_add_options
     {"dll", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_DLL},
     {"file-alignment", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_FILE_ALIGNMENT},
     {"heap", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_HEAP},
-    {"image-base", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_IMAGE_BASE},
     {"major-image-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_IMAGE_VERSION},
     {"major-os-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_OS_VERSION},
     {"major-subsystem-version", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_MAJOR_SUBSYSTEM_VERSION},
diff --git a/ld/ld.texi b/ld/ld.texi
index b5733df0031..c66ac5de4b2 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texi
+++ b/ld/ld.texi
@@ -2732,6 +2732,19 @@ for compatibility with other linkers, you may omit the leading
 should be no white space between @var{sectionname}, the equals
 sign (``@key{=}''), and @var{org}.
 
+@kindex --image-base=@var{org}
+@item --image-base=@var{org}
+@cindex image base address, cmd line
+When using ELF, same as @option{-Ttext-segment}, with both options effectively
+setting the base address of the ELF executable.
+
+When using PE, use @var{value} as the base address of your program or dll.
+This is the lowest memory location that will be used when your program or
+dll is loaded.  To reduce the need to relocate and improve performance of
+your dlls, each should have a unique base address and not overlap any
+other dlls.  The default is 0x400000 for executables, and 0x10000000
+for dlls.
+
 @kindex -Tbss=@var{org}
 @kindex -Tdata=@var{org}
 @kindex -Ttext=@var{org}
@@ -2746,7 +2759,7 @@ Same as @option{--section-start}, with @code{.bss}, @code{.data} or
 @item -Ttext-segment=@var{org}
 @cindex text segment origin, cmd line
 When creating an ELF executable, it will set the address of the first
-byte of the text segment.  Note that when @option{-pie} is used with
+byte of the first segment.  Note that when @option{-pie} is used with
 @option{-Ttext-segment=@var{org}}, the output executable is marked
 ET_EXEC so that the address of the first byte of the text segment will
 be guaranteed to be @var{org} at run time.
@@ -3392,17 +3405,6 @@ to be used as heap for this program.  The default is 1MB reserved, 4K
 committed.
 [This option is specific to the i386 PE targeted port of the linker]
 
-@cindex image base
-@kindex --image-base
-@item --image-base @var{value}
-Use @var{value} as the base address of your program or dll.  This is
-the lowest memory location that will be used when your program or dll
-is loaded.  To reduce the need to relocate and improve performance of
-your dlls, each should have a unique base address and not overlap any
-other dlls.  The default is 0x400000 for executables, and 0x10000000
-for dlls.
-[This option is specific to the i386 PE targeted port of the linker]
-
 @kindex --kill-at
 @item --kill-at
 If given, the stdcall suffixes (@@@var{nn}) will be stripped from
diff --git a/ld/ldlex.h b/ld/ldlex.h
index defe3fcbbb9..bb431101fb2 100644
--- a/ld/ldlex.h
+++ b/ld/ldlex.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ enum option_values
   OPTION_SYMBOLIC,
   OPTION_SYMBOLIC_FUNCTIONS,
   OPTION_TASK_LINK,
+  OPTION_IMAGE_BASE,
   OPTION_TBSS,
   OPTION_TDATA,
   OPTION_TTEXT,
@@ -325,7 +326,6 @@ enum option_values
   /* Used by emultempl/pe.em, emultempl/pep.em and emultempl/beos.em.  */
   OPTION_DLL,
   OPTION_FILE_ALIGNMENT,
-  OPTION_IMAGE_BASE,
   OPTION_MAJOR_IMAGE_VERSION,
   OPTION_MAJOR_OS_VERSION,
   OPTION_MAJOR_SUBSYSTEM_VERSION,
diff --git a/ld/lexsup.c b/ld/lexsup.c
index 37d746652ca..533535c2b89 100644
--- a/ld/lexsup.c
+++ b/ld/lexsup.c
@@ -510,6 +510,8 @@ static const struct ld_option ld_options[] =
   { {"section-start", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_SECTION_START},
     '\0', N_("SECTION=ADDRESS"), N_("Set address of named section"),
     TWO_DASHES },
+  { {"image-base", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_IMAGE_BASE},
+    '\0', N_("ADDRESS"), N_("Set image base address"), TWO_DASHES },
   { {"Tbss", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_TBSS},
     '\0', N_("ADDRESS"), N_("Set address of .bss section"), ONE_DASH },
   { {"Tdata", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_TDATA},
@@ -1477,6 +1479,9 @@ parse_args (unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	case OPTION_TTEXT:
 	  set_segment_start (".text", optarg);
 	  break;
+	case OPTION_IMAGE_BASE:
+	  /* Unless PE, --image-base and -Ttext-segment behavior is the same
+	     PE-specific functionality is implemented in emultempl/{pe, pep, beos}.em  */
 	case OPTION_TTEXT_SEGMENT:
 	  set_segment_start (".text-segment", optarg);
 	  break;
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr25207.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr25207.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..edec7774e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr25207.d
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#source: pr25207.s
+#ld: -z separate-code -Ttext-segment=0x120000 -z max-page-size=0x10000
+#readelf: -l --wide
+#target: *-*-linux* *-*-gnu* arm*-*-uclinuxfdpiceabi
+# changing -Ttext-segment behaviour will break --image-base (pr25207)
+# -Ttext-segment=<ADDR> should set the first segment address,
+# not necessarily the first executable segment.
+
+#...
+  LOAD +0x0+ 0x0*120000 0x0*120000 0x[0-9a-f]+ 0x[0-9a-f]+ R   .*
+#pass
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr25207.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr25207.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f7af218db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr25207.s
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+        .section .text, "ax"
+	.globl  main
+	.globl  start
+	.globl  _start
+	.globl  __start
+main:
+start:
+_start:
+__start:
+	.byte 0
+
+	.section .rodata
+	.byte 0