diff --git a/ddmd/globals.d b/ddmd/globals.d
index a71864111a9..780a72f275c 100644
--- a/ddmd/globals.d
+++ b/ddmd/globals.d
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ struct Param
         // Codegen cl options
         bool singleObj;
         bool disableRedZone;
+
+        uint hashThreshold; // MD5 hash symbols larger than this threshold (0 = no hashing)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ddmd/globals.h b/ddmd/globals.h
index c71b828ddfc..9dbbcd3313c 100644
--- a/ddmd/globals.h
+++ b/ddmd/globals.h
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ struct Param
     // Codegen cl options
     bool singleObj;
     bool disableRedZone;
+
+    uint32_t hashThreshold; // MD5 hash symbols larger than this threshold (0 = no hashing)
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/ddmd/mtype.d b/ddmd/mtype.d
index 19fc5ff1a16..45ef066dee5 100644
--- a/ddmd/mtype.d
+++ b/ddmd/mtype.d
@@ -2665,12 +2665,31 @@ public:
         buf.writeByte(0);
         // Allocate buffer on stack, fail over to using malloc()
         char[128] namebuf;
+
+        // Hash long symbol names
+        char* name;
+        if (IN_LLVM && global.params.hashThreshold && (len > global.params.hashThreshold))
+        {
+            import std.digest.md;
+            auto md5hash = md5Of(buf.peekString()[0..len]);
+            auto hashedname = toHexString(md5hash);
+            static assert(hashedname.length < namebuf.length-30);
+            name = namebuf.ptr;
+            sprintf(name, "_D%lluTypeInfo_%.*s6__initZ", cast(ulong)9 + hashedname.length, hashedname.length, hashedname.ptr);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+        // else path is DDMD original:
+
         size_t namelen = 19 + len.sizeof * 3 + len + 1;
-        char* name = namelen <= namebuf.length ? namebuf.ptr : cast(char*)malloc(namelen);
+        name = namelen <= namebuf.sizeof ? namebuf.ptr : cast(char*)malloc(namelen);
         assert(name);
         sprintf(name, "_D%lluTypeInfo_%s6__initZ", cast(ulong)9 + len, buf.data);
         //printf("%p, deco = %s, name = %s\n", this, deco, name);
         assert(strlen(name) < namelen); // don't overflow the buffer
+
+        }
+
         size_t off = 0;
         static if (!IN_GCC && !IN_LLVM)
         {
diff --git a/driver/cl_options.cpp b/driver/cl_options.cpp
index 947c2cad7c1..b2a3c57104e 100644
--- a/driver/cl_options.cpp
+++ b/driver/cl_options.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ cl::opt<bool, true>
     singleObj("singleobj", cl::desc("Create only a single output object file"),
               cl::location(global.params.singleObj));
 
+cl::opt<uint32_t, true> hashThreshold(
+    "hash-threshold",
+    cl::desc("hash symbol names longer than this threshold (experimental)"),
+    cl::location(global.params.hashThreshold), cl::init(0));
+
 cl::opt<bool> linkonceTemplates(
     "linkonce-templates",
     cl::desc(
diff --git a/gen/functions.cpp b/gen/functions.cpp
index 618dbb75d6c..3c643de704d 100644
--- a/gen/functions.cpp
+++ b/gen/functions.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "gen/llvm.h"
 #include "gen/llvmhelpers.h"
 #include "gen/logger.h"
+#include "gen/mangling.h"
 #include "gen/nested.h"
 #include "gen/optimizer.h"
 #include "gen/pragma.h"
@@ -478,8 +479,7 @@ void DtoDeclareFunction(FuncDeclaration *fdecl) {
   }
 
   // mangled name
-  std::string mangledName(mangleExact(fdecl));
-  mangledName = gABI->mangleForLLVM(mangledName, link);
+  std::string mangledName = getMangledName(fdecl, link);
 
   // construct function
   LLFunctionType *functype = DtoFunctionType(fdecl);
diff --git a/gen/mangling.cpp b/gen/mangling.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c899aee60ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gen/mangling.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+//===-- mangling.cpp ------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+//                         LDC – the LLVM D compiler
+//
+// This file is distributed under the BSD-style LDC license. See the LICENSE
+// file for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Tries to centralize functionality for mangling of symbols.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "gen/mangling.h"
+
+#include "ddmd/declaration.h"
+#include "ddmd/dsymbol.h"
+#include "ddmd/identifier.h"
+#include "ddmd/module.h"
+#include "gen/abi.h"
+#include "gen/irstate.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/MD5.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+// TODO: Disable hashing of symbols that are defined in libdruntime and
+// libphobos. This would enable hashing thresholds below the largest symbol in
+// libdruntime/phobos.
+
+bool shouldHashAggrName(llvm::StringRef name) {
+  /// Add extra chars to the length of aggregate names to account for
+  /// the additional D mangling suffix and prefix
+  return (global.params.hashThreshold != 0) &&
+         ((name.size() + 11) > global.params.hashThreshold);
+}
+
+llvm::SmallString<32> hashName(llvm::StringRef name) {
+  llvm::MD5 hasher;
+  hasher.update(name);
+  llvm::MD5::MD5Result result;
+  hasher.final(result);
+  llvm::SmallString<32> hashStr;
+  llvm::MD5::stringifyResult(result, hashStr);
+
+  return hashStr;
+}
+
+/// Hashes the symbol name and prefixes the hash with some recognizable parts of
+/// the full symbol name. The prefixing means that the hashed name may be larger
+/// than the input when identifiers are very long and the hash threshold is low.
+/// Demangled hashed name is:
+/// module.L<line_no>.<hash>.<top aggregate>.<identifier>
+std::string hashSymbolName(llvm::StringRef name, Dsymbol *symb) {
+  std::string ret;
+
+  // module
+  {
+    auto moddecl = symb->getModule()->md;
+    assert(moddecl);
+    if (auto packages = moddecl->packages) {
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < packages->dim; ++i) {
+        llvm::StringRef str = (*packages)[i]->toChars();
+        ret += std::to_string(str.size());
+        ret += str;
+      }
+    }
+    llvm::StringRef str = moddecl->id->toChars();
+    ret += std::to_string(str.size());
+    ret += str;
+  }
+
+  // source line number
+  auto lineNo = std::to_string(symb->loc.linnum);
+  ret += std::to_string(lineNo.size()+1);
+  ret += 'L';
+  ret += lineNo;
+
+  // MD5 hash
+  auto hashedName = hashName(name);
+  ret += "33_"; // add underscore to delimit the 33 character count
+  ret += hashedName;
+
+  // top aggregate
+  if (auto agg = symb->isAggregateMember()) {
+    llvm::StringRef topaggr = agg->ident->toChars();
+    ret += std::to_string(topaggr.size());
+    ret += topaggr;
+  }
+
+  // identifier
+  llvm::StringRef identifier = symb->toChars();
+  ret += std::to_string(identifier.size());
+  ret += identifier;
+
+  return ret;
+}
+}
+
+std::string getMangledName(FuncDeclaration *fdecl, LINK link) {
+  std::string mangledName(mangleExact(fdecl));
+
+  // Hash the name if necessary
+  if (((link == LINKd) || (link == LINKdefault)) &&
+      (global.params.hashThreshold != 0) &&
+      (mangledName.length() > global.params.hashThreshold)) {
+
+    auto hashedName = hashSymbolName(mangledName, fdecl);
+    mangledName = "_D" + hashedName + "Z";
+  }
+
+  return gABI->mangleForLLVM(mangledName, link);
+}
+
+std::string getMangledInitSymbolName(AggregateDeclaration *aggrdecl) {
+  std::string ret = "_D";
+
+  std::string mangledName = mangle(aggrdecl);
+  if (shouldHashAggrName(mangledName)) {
+    ret += hashSymbolName(mangledName, aggrdecl);
+  } else {
+    ret += mangledName;
+  }
+
+  ret += "6__initZ";
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+std::string getMangledVTableSymbolName(AggregateDeclaration *aggrdecl) {
+  std::string ret = "_D";
+
+  std::string mangledName = mangle(aggrdecl);
+  if (shouldHashAggrName(mangledName)) {
+    ret += hashSymbolName(mangledName, aggrdecl);
+  } else {
+    ret += mangledName;
+  }
+
+  ret += "6__vtblZ";
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+std::string getMangledClassInfoSymbolName(AggregateDeclaration *aggrdecl) {
+  std::string ret = "_D";
+
+  std::string mangledName = mangle(aggrdecl);
+  if (shouldHashAggrName(mangledName)) {
+    ret += hashSymbolName(mangledName, aggrdecl);
+  } else {
+    ret += mangledName;
+  }
+
+  if (aggrdecl->isInterfaceDeclaration()) {
+    ret += "11__InterfaceZ";
+  } else {
+    ret += "7__ClassZ";
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/gen/mangling.h b/gen/mangling.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbd8631a537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gen/mangling.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//===-- mangling.h --------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+//                         LDC – the LLVM D compiler
+//
+// This file is distributed under the BSD-style LDC license. See the LICENSE
+// file for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Tries to centralize functionality for mangling of symbols.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LDC_GEN_MANGLING_H
+#define LDC_GEN_MANGLING_H
+
+#include <string>
+#include "ddmd/globals.h"
+
+class FuncDeclaration;
+class AggregateDeclaration;
+
+std::string getMangledName(FuncDeclaration *fdecl, LINK link);
+
+std::string getMangledInitSymbolName(AggregateDeclaration *aggrdecl);
+std::string getMangledVTableSymbolName(AggregateDeclaration *aggrdecl);
+std::string getMangledClassInfoSymbolName(AggregateDeclaration *aggrdecl);
+
+#endif // LDC_GEN_MANGLING_H
diff --git a/ir/iraggr.cpp b/ir/iraggr.cpp
index 201f12bdab3..72de3d7aa8e 100644
--- a/ir/iraggr.cpp
+++ b/ir/iraggr.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "gen/irstate.h"
 #include "gen/llvmhelpers.h"
 #include "gen/logger.h"
+#include "gen/mangling.h"
 #include "gen/tollvm.h"
 #include "ir/iraggr.h"
 #include "irdsymbol.h"
@@ -39,9 +40,7 @@ LLGlobalVariable *IrAggr::getInitSymbol() {
   }
 
   // create the initZ symbol
-  std::string initname("_D");
-  initname.append(mangle(aggrdecl));
-  initname.append("6__initZ");
+  auto initname = getMangledInitSymbolName(aggrdecl);
 
   init =
       getOrCreateGlobal(aggrdecl->loc, gIR->module, init_type, true,
diff --git a/ir/irclass.cpp b/ir/irclass.cpp
index 4b9ebfc6b65..b0db17af4bc 100644
--- a/ir/irclass.cpp
+++ b/ir/irclass.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "gen/runtime.h"
 #include "gen/functions.h"
 #include "gen/abi.h"
+#include "gen/mangling.h"
 
 #include "ir/iraggr.h"
 #include "ir/irfunction.h"
@@ -45,10 +46,8 @@ LLGlobalVariable *IrAggr::getVtblSymbol() {
     return vtbl;
   }
 
-  // create the initZ symbol
-  std::string initname("_D");
-  initname.append(mangle(aggrdecl));
-  initname.append("6__vtblZ");
+  // create the vtblZ symbol
+  auto initname = getMangledVTableSymbolName(aggrdecl);
 
   LLType *vtblTy = stripModifiers(type)->ctype->isClass()->getVtbl();
 
@@ -66,15 +65,8 @@ LLGlobalVariable *IrAggr::getClassInfoSymbol() {
     return classInfo;
   }
 
-  // create the initZ symbol
-  std::string initname("_D");
-  initname.append(mangle(aggrdecl));
-
-  if (aggrdecl->isInterfaceDeclaration()) {
-    initname.append("11__InterfaceZ");
-  } else {
-    initname.append("7__ClassZ");
-  }
+  // create the ClassZ / InterfaceZ symbol
+  std::string initname = getMangledClassInfoSymbolName(aggrdecl);
 
   // The type is also ClassInfo for interfaces – the actual TypeInfo for them
   // is a TypeInfo_Interface instance that references __ClassZ in its "base"
diff --git a/tests/codegen/hashed_mangling.d b/tests/codegen/hashed_mangling.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d83acc3953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/codegen/hashed_mangling.d
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Test hashing of symbols above hash threshold
+
+// RUN: %ldc -hash-threshold=90 -g -c -output-ll -of=%t90.ll %s && FileCheck %s --check-prefix HASH90 < %t90.ll
+// RUN: %ldc -hash-threshold=90 -run %s
+
+// Don't use Phobos functions in this test, because the test hashthreshold is too low for an unhashed libphobos.
+
+module one.two.three;
+
+// HASH90-DAG: define{{.*}} @externCfunctions_are_not_hashed_externCfunctions_are_not_hashed_externCfunctions_are_not_hashed
+extern (C) int externCfunctions_are_not_hashed_externCfunctions_are_not_hashed_externCfunctions_are_not_hashed()
+{
+    return 95;
+}
+
+auto s(T)(T t)
+{
+    // HASH90-DAG: define{{.*}} @_D3one3two5three8__T1sTiZ1sFNaNbNiNfiZS3one3two5three8__T1sTiZ1sFiZ13__T6ResultTiZ6Result
+    // HASH90-DAG: define{{.*}} @_D3one3two5three3L1633_699ccf279a146992d539ca3ca16e22e11sZ
+    // HASH90-DAG: define{{.*}} @_D3one3two5three3L2333_5ee632e10b6f09e8f541a143266bdf226Result3fooZ
+    struct Result(T)
+    {
+        void foo(){}
+    }
+    return Result!int();
+}
+
+auto klass(T)(T t)
+{
+    class Result(T)
+    {
+        // HASH90-DAG: define{{.*}} @_D3one3two5three12__T5klassTiZ5klassFiZ13__T6ResultTiZ6Result3fooMFZv
+        // HASH90-DAG: define{{.*}} @_D3one3two5three3L3433_46a82aac733d8a4b3588d7fa8937aad66Result3fooZ
+        void foo(){}
+    }
+    return new Result!int();
+}
+
+void main()
+{
+    assert(
+        externCfunctions_are_not_hashed_externCfunctions_are_not_hashed_externCfunctions_are_not_hashed() == 95);
+
+    auto x = 1.s.s.s.s;
+    x.foo;
+
+    auto y = 1.klass.klass.klass.klass;
+    y.foo;
+}