diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-nm/opaque-pointers.ll b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-nm/opaque-pointers.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-nm/opaque-pointers.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+; RUN: llvm-as -opaque-pointers=0 < %s > %t.typed.bc
+; RUN: llvm-as -opaque-pointers=1 < %s > %t.opaque.bc
+; RUN: llvm-ar cr %t.a %t.typed.bc %t.opaque.bc
+; RUN: llvm-nm --just-symbol-name %t.a | FileCheck %s
+
+; CHECK-LABEL: typed.bc:
+; CHECK: test
+; CHECK-LABEL: opaque.bc:
+; CHECK: test
+
+define void @test() {
+  ret void
+}
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
@@ -2254,7 +2254,11 @@
   if (error(BufferOrErr.getError(), Filename))
     return SymbolList;
 
+  // Always enable opaque pointers, to handle archives with mixed typed and
+  // opaque pointer bitcode files gracefully. As we're only reading symbols,
+  // the used pointer types don't matter.
   LLVMContext Context;
+  Context.setOpaquePointers(true);
   LLVMContext *ContextPtr = NoLLVMBitcode ? nullptr : &Context;
   Expected<std::unique_ptr<Binary>> BinaryOrErr =
       createBinary(BufferOrErr.get()->getMemBufferRef(), ContextPtr);