diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gccparser.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gccparser.cpp
index e0f051c6b38..1753e122586 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gccparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/gccparser.cpp
@@ -839,6 +839,27 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::testGccOutputParsers_data()
                 )
             << QString();
 
+    QTest::newRow("ld: .data section")
+            << QString::fromLatin1("foo.o:(.data+0x0): multiple definition of `foo'\n"
+                                   "bar.o:(.data+0x0): first defined here\n"
+                                   "collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status")
+            << OutputParserTester::STDERR
+            << QString() << QString()
+            << (QList<ProjectExplorer::Task>()
+                << Task(Task::Error,
+                        QLatin1String("multiple definition of `foo'"),
+                        Utils::FileName::fromUserInput(QLatin1String("foo.o")), -1,
+                        categoryCompile)
+                << Task(Task::Unknown,
+                        QLatin1String("first defined here"),
+                        Utils::FileName::fromUserInput(QLatin1String("bar.o")), -1,
+                        categoryCompile)
+                << Task(Task::Error,
+                        QLatin1String("collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status"),
+                        Utils::FileName(), -1,
+                        categoryCompile)
+                )
+            << QString();
 }
 
 void ProjectExplorerPlugin::testGccOutputParsers()
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/ldparser.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/ldparser.cpp
index 839b2d75973..47ff09bc4c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/ldparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/ldparser.cpp
@@ -97,9 +97,12 @@ void LdParser::stdError(const QString &line)
         if (!ok)
             lineno = -1;
         Utils::FileName filename = Utils::FileName::fromUserInput(m_regExpLinker.cap(1));
-        if (!m_regExpLinker.cap(4).isEmpty()
-            && !m_regExpLinker.cap(4).startsWith(QLatin1String("(.text")))
-            filename = Utils::FileName::fromUserInput(m_regExpLinker.cap(4));
+        const QString sourceFileName = m_regExpLinker.cap(4);
+        if (!sourceFileName.isEmpty()
+            && !sourceFileName.startsWith(QLatin1String("(.text"))
+            && !sourceFileName.startsWith(QLatin1String("(.data"))) {
+            filename = Utils::FileName::fromUserInput(sourceFileName);
+        }
         QString description = m_regExpLinker.cap(8).trimmed();
         Task task(Task::Error, description, filename, lineno,
                   Core::Id(Constants::TASK_CATEGORY_COMPILE));