diff --git a/compiler/link.pas b/compiler/link.pas
index d1c78c9971..71dd509957 100644
--- a/compiler/link.pas
+++ b/compiler/link.pas
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ interface
          FGroupStack : TFPObjectList;
          procedure Load_ReadObject(const para:TCmdStr);
          procedure Load_ReadStaticLibrary(const para:TCmdStr);
+         procedure Load_Group;
+         procedure Load_EndGroup;
          procedure ParseScript_Handle;
          procedure ParseScript_PostCheck;
          procedure ParseScript_Load;
@@ -1055,6 +1057,22 @@ Implementation
       end;
 
 
+    procedure TInternalLinker.Load_Group;
+      var
+        group: TStaticLibrary;
+      begin
+        group:=TStaticLibrary.create_group;
+        TFPObjectList(FGroupStack.Last).Add(group);
+        FGroupStack.Add(group.GroupMembers);
+      end;
+
+
+    procedure TInternalLinker.Load_EndGroup;
+      begin
+        FGroupStack.Delete(FGroupStack.Count-1);
+      end;
+
+
     procedure TInternalLinker.ParseScript_Handle;
       var
         s, para, keyword : String;
@@ -1093,7 +1111,9 @@ Implementation
                (keyword<>'EXESECTION') and
                (keyword<>'ENDEXESECTION') and
                (keyword<>'OBJSECTION') and
-               (keyword<>'HEADER')
+               (keyword<>'HEADER') and
+               (keyword<>'GROUP') and
+               (keyword<>'ENDGROUP')
                then
               Comment(V_Warning,'Unknown keyword "'+keyword+'" in "'+hp.str
                 +'" internal linker script');
@@ -1179,6 +1199,10 @@ Implementation
               UseStabs:=true
             else if keyword='READSTATICLIBRARY' then
               Load_ReadStaticLibrary(para)
+            else if keyword='GROUP' then
+              Load_Group
+            else if keyword='ENDGROUP' then
+              Load_EndGroup
             else
               handled:=false;
             if handled then
@@ -1353,11 +1377,11 @@ Implementation
         Message1(exec_i_linking,outputname);
         FlushOutput;
 
+        exeoutput:=CExeOutput.Create;
+
 { TODO: Load custom linker script}
         DefaultLinkScript;
 
-        exeoutput:=CExeOutput.Create;
-
         if (cs_link_map in current_settings.globalswitches) then
           exemap:=texemap.create(current_module.mapfilename);
 
diff --git a/compiler/systems/t_linux.pas b/compiler/systems/t_linux.pas
index 4ce97c3249..1543aa5a2b 100644
--- a/compiler/systems/t_linux.pas
+++ b/compiler/systems/t_linux.pas
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ end;
 function ModulesLinkToLibc:boolean;
 var
   hp: tmodule;
-  i: tlinkcontaineritem;
 begin
   { This is called very early, ImportLibraryList is not yet merged into linkothersharedlibs.
     The former contains library names qualified with prefix and suffix (coming from
@@ -1270,6 +1269,7 @@ begin
   if (cs_link_staticflag in current_settings.globalswitches) or
     (linklibc and not reorder) then
     begin
+      LinkScript.Concat('GROUP');
       if (cs_link_staticflag in current_settings.globalswitches) then
         begin
           AddLibraryStatement('gcc');
@@ -1277,6 +1277,7 @@ begin
         end;
       if linklibc and not reorder then
         AddLibraryStatement('c');
+      LinkScript.Concat('ENDGROUP');
     end;
 
   { objects which must be at the end }