diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
@@ -589,6 +589,18 @@
           Args.MakeArgString(Twine(PluginOptPrefix) + "-debugger-tune=gdb"));
   }
 
+  if (IsOSAIX) {
+    // On AIX, clang assumes strict-dwarf is true if any debug option is
+    // specified, unless it is told explicitly not to assume so.
+    Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_g_Group);
+    bool EnableDebugInfo = A && !A->getOption().matches(options::OPT_g0) &&
+                           !A->getOption().matches(options::OPT_ggdb0);
+    if (EnableDebugInfo && Args.hasFlag(options::OPT_gstrict_dwarf,
+                                        options::OPT_gno_strict_dwarf, true))
+      CmdArgs.push_back(
+          Args.MakeArgString(Twine(PluginOptPrefix) + "-strict-dwarf=true"));
+  }
+
   bool UseSeparateSections =
       isUseSeparateSections(ToolChain.getEffectiveTriple());
 
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/lto-aix.c b/clang/test/Driver/lto-aix.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/lto-aix.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/lto-aix.c
@@ -4,3 +4,30 @@
 //
 // LTOPATH: "-bplugin:{{.*}}libLTO.{{so|dll|dylib}}"
 // MCPUOPTLEVEL: "-bplugin_opt:-mcpu={{.*}}" "-bplugin_opt:-O3"
+//
+// Test debugging options
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -g 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefixes=STRICT,NODEBUGGER-TUNE %s
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -g 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefixes=STRICT,NODEBUGGER-TUNE %s
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -g -gdbx 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=DBX -check-prefix=STRICT %s
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -g -ggdb 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=GDB -check-prefix=STRICT %s
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -g -ggdb0 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=GDB -check-prefix=NOSTRICT %s
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -g -ggdb1 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=GDB -check-prefix=STRICT %s
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -g -g0 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=NOSTRICT %s
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -g -gno-strict-dwarf 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=NOSTRICT %s
+// RUN: %clang --target=powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -### %s -flto -gstrict-dwarf 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=NOSTRICT %s
+//
+// DBX:    "-bplugin_opt:-debugger-tune=dbx"
+// GDB:    "-bplugin_opt:-debugger-tune=gdb"
+// NODEBUGGER-TUNE-NOT: "-bplugin_opt:-debugger-tune="
+//
+// STRICT:       "-bplugin_opt:-strict-dwarf=true"
+// NOSTRICT-NOT: "-bplugin_opt:-strict-dwarf=true"