diff --git a/docs/yaml/functions/_build_target_base.yaml b/docs/yaml/functions/_build_target_base.yaml
index 1721b29cfe5a..d73bdf35ff16 100644
--- a/docs/yaml/functions/_build_target_base.yaml
+++ b/docs/yaml/functions/_build_target_base.yaml
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ kwargs:
       Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
       flags here for all platforms.
 
+  link_syms:
+    type: list[str]
+    description: |
+      Flags to define and undefine symbols during linking. You must use
+      build-system-appropriate flags here.
+
   link_depends:
     type: str | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx
     description: |
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
index 5716ea29e351..311e80761066 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@@ -3558,15 +3558,19 @@ def generate_link(self, target: build.BuildTarget, outname, obj_list, linker: T.
         elem.add_dep(dep_targets + custom_target_libraries)
 
         # Compiler args must be included in TI C28x linker commands.
+        compile_args = []
         if linker.get_id() in {'c2000', 'c6000', 'ti'}:
-            compile_args = []
             for for_machine in MachineChoice:
                 clist = self.environment.coredata.compilers[for_machine]
                 for langname, compiler in clist.items():
                     if langname in {'c', 'cpp'} and compiler.get_id() in {'c2000', 'c6000', 'ti'}:
                         compile_args += self.generate_basic_compiler_args(target, compiler)
-            elem.add_item('ARGS', compile_args)
 
+        # Add -Wl,--defsym and -Wl,--undefined args
+        if not isinstance(target, build.StaticLibrary):
+            compile_args += linker.get_target_link_syms(target)
+        if compile_args:
+            elem.add_item('ARGS', compile_args)
         elem.add_item('LINK_ARGS', commands)
         self.create_target_linker_introspection(target, linker, commands)
         return elem
diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py
index 35f1f24a42f8..e1be289212a8 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/build.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/build.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class DFeatures(TypedDict):
     'link_with',
     'link_whole',
     'link_args',
+    'link_syms',
     'link_depends',
     'implicit_include_directories',
     'include_directories',
@@ -1151,6 +1152,10 @@ def process_kwargs(self, kwargs):
                     or build_rpath properties instead.
                     This will become a hard error in a future Meson release.
                 '''))
+        self.link_syms = extract_as_list(kwargs, 'link_syms')
+        for i in self.link_syms:
+            if not isinstance(i, str):
+                raise InvalidArguments('Link_syms arguments must be strings.')
         self.process_link_depends(kwargs.get('link_depends', []))
         # Target-specific include dirs must be added BEFORE include dirs from
         # internal deps (added inside self.add_deps()) to override them.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
index 603a3eb484de..7a34f42b1afc 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
@@ -1038,6 +1038,9 @@ def get_soname_args(self, env: 'Environment', prefix: str, shlib_name: str,
     def get_target_link_args(self, target: 'BuildTarget') -> T.List[str]:
         return target.link_args
 
+    def get_target_link_syms(self, target: 'BuildTarget') -> T.List[str]:
+        return target.link_syms
+
     def get_dependency_compile_args(self, dep: 'Dependency') -> T.List[str]:
         return dep.get_compile_args()
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/type_checking.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/type_checking.py
index ed34be950065..de9f601b6e0c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/type_checking.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/type_checking.py
@@ -646,6 +646,13 @@ def _name_suffix_validator(arg: T.Optional[T.Union[str, T.List]]) -> T.Optional[
         validator=in_set_validator(set(compilers.all_languages)),
         since='0.51.0',
     ),
+    KwargInfo(
+        'link_syms',
+        (ContainerTypeInfo(list, str), NoneType),
+        listify=True,
+        default=None,
+        since='1.7.0',
+    ),
 ]
 
 def _validate_win_subsystem(value: T.Optional[str]) -> T.Optional[str]: