diff --git a/lld/COFF/Writer.cpp b/lld/COFF/Writer.cpp
index f30077ee18494..2afbac02e81d7 100644
--- a/lld/COFF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Writer.cpp
@@ -2610,6 +2610,9 @@ void Writer::prepareLoadConfig() {
     if (ctx.config.guardCF != GuardCFLevel::Off)
       Warn(ctx)
           << "Control Flow Guard is enabled but '_load_config_used' is missing";
+    if (ctx.config.dependentLoadFlags)
+      Warn(ctx) << "_load_config_used not found, /dependentloadflag will have "
+                   "no effect";
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/lld/test/COFF/dependentflags.test b/lld/test/COFF/dependentflags.test
index 3e90511591c75..2ea974c268d5c 100644
--- a/lld/test/COFF/dependentflags.test
+++ b/lld/test/COFF/dependentflags.test
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ RUN: not lld-link %S/Inputs/precomp-a.obj %t.ldcfg.obj /out:%t.exe /nodefaultlib
 RUN: not lld-link %S/Inputs/precomp-a.obj %t.ldcfg.obj /out:%t.exe /nodefaultlib /force /dependentloadflag:zz 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix FAIL
 RUN: not lld-link %S/Inputs/precomp-a.obj %t.ldcfg.obj /out:%t.exe /nodefaultlib /force /dependentloadflag:0xf0000 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix FAIL-RANGE
 
+// ---- Warn if _load_config_used is missing
+RUN: llvm-lib %t.ldcfg.obj /out:%t.lib
+RUN: lld-link %S/Inputs/precomp-a.obj /out:%t.exe /nodefaultlib /force /dependentloadflag:0x800 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix WARN-NOBASE
+RUN: lld-link %S/Inputs/precomp-a.obj %t.lib /out:%t.exe /nodefaultlib /force /dependentloadflag:0x800 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --allow-empty --check-prefix NO-WARN
 
 BASE: DependentLoadFlags: 0x0
 FLAGS-800: DependentLoadFlags: 0x800
@@ -29,3 +33,5 @@ FAIL: lld-link: error: /dependentloadflag: invalid argument: zz
 FAIL-RANGE: lld-link: error: /dependentloadflag: invalid argument: 0xf0000
 FAIL-NOARG: lld-link: error: /dependentloadflag: no argument specified
 
+WARN-NOBASE: lld-link: warning: _load_config_used not found, /dependentloadflag will have no effect
+NO-WARN-NOT: lld-link: warning: _load_config_used not found, /dependentloadflag will have no effect