diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
index 0c5486bf53..f5a3786e2e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ func machoreloc1(arch *sys.Arch, out *ld.OutBuf, ldr *loader.Loader, s loader.Sy
 	rs := r.Xsym
 	rt := r.Type
 
-	if rt == objabi.R_PCREL || rt == objabi.R_GOTPCREL || rt == objabi.R_CALL || ldr.SymType(rs) == sym.SHOSTOBJ || ldr.SymType(s) == sym.SINITARR {
+	if !ldr.SymType(s).IsDWARF() {
 		if ldr.SymDynid(rs) < 0 {
 			ldr.Errorf(s, "reloc %d (%s) to non-macho symbol %s type=%d (%s)", rt, sym.RelocName(arch, rt), ldr.SymName(rs), ldr.SymType(rs), ldr.SymType(rs))
 			return false
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
index 6e691dbe65..ee4349f422 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
@@ -557,9 +557,11 @@ func machoreloc1(arch *sys.Arch, out *ld.OutBuf, ldr *loader.Loader, s loader.Sy
 	siz := r.Size
 	xadd := r.Xadd
 
-	if xadd != signext24(xadd) {
+	if xadd != signext24(xadd) && rt != objabi.R_ADDR {
 		// If the relocation target would overflow the addend, then target
 		// a linker-manufactured label symbol with a smaller addend instead.
+		// R_ADDR has full-width addend encoded in data content, so it doesn't
+		// use a label symbol.
 		label := ldr.Lookup(offsetLabelName(ldr, rs, xadd/machoRelocLimit*machoRelocLimit), ldr.SymVersion(rs))
 		if label != 0 {
 			xadd = ldr.SymValue(rs) + xadd - ldr.SymValue(label)
@@ -577,11 +579,7 @@ func machoreloc1(arch *sys.Arch, out *ld.OutBuf, ldr *loader.Loader, s loader.Sy
 		}
 	}
 
-	if rt == objabi.R_CALLARM64 ||
-		rt == objabi.R_ARM64_PCREL_LDST8 || rt == objabi.R_ARM64_PCREL_LDST16 ||
-		rt == objabi.R_ARM64_PCREL_LDST32 || rt == objabi.R_ARM64_PCREL_LDST64 ||
-		rt == objabi.R_ADDRARM64 || rt == objabi.R_ARM64_GOTPCREL ||
-		ldr.SymType(rs) == sym.SHOSTOBJ || ldr.SymType(s) == sym.SINITARR {
+	if !ldr.SymType(s).IsDWARF() {
 		if ldr.SymDynid(rs) < 0 {
 			ldr.Errorf(s, "reloc %d (%s) to non-macho symbol %s type=%d (%s)", rt, sym.RelocName(arch, rt), ldr.SymName(rs), ldr.SymType(rs), ldr.SymType(rs))
 			return false
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index 21b2e9a9d4..95fc8b5a42 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -368,9 +368,11 @@ func (st *relocSymState) relocsym(s loader.Sym, P []byte) {
 						o = 0
 					}
 				} else if target.IsDarwin() {
-					if ldr.SymType(rs) != sym.SHOSTOBJ && ldr.SymType(s) != sym.SINITARR {
-						// ld-prime drops the offset in data for SINITARR. We need to use
-						// symbol-targeted relocation. See also machoreloc1.
+					if ldr.SymType(s).IsDWARF() {
+						// We generally use symbol-targeted relocations.
+						// DWARF tools seem to only handle section-targeted relocations,
+						// so generate section-targeted relocations in DWARF sections.
+						// See also machoreloc1.
 						o += ldr.SymValue(rs)
 					}
 				} else if target.IsWindows() {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind.go
index 77dbf75a51..08cafb206b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind.go
@@ -184,3 +184,7 @@ var RelROMap = map[SymKind]SymKind{
 func (t SymKind) IsData() bool {
 	return t == SDATA || t == SNOPTRDATA || t == SBSS || t == SNOPTRBSS
 }
+
+func (t SymKind) IsDWARF() bool {
+	return t >= SDWARFSECT && t <= SDWARFLINES
+}