diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticDriverKinds.td b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticDriverKinds.td
--- a/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticDriverKinds.td
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Basic/DiagnosticDriverKinds.td
@@ -619,6 +619,9 @@
   "SDK settings were ignored as 'SDKSettings.json' could not be parsed">,
   InGroup<DiagGroup<"darwin-sdk-settings">>;
 
+def err_drv_darwin_sdk_missing_arclite : Error<
+  "SDK does not contain 'libarclite' at the path '%0'. This likely means you need to increase your minimum deployment target">;
+
 def err_drv_trivial_auto_var_init_stop_after_missing_dependency : Error<
   "'-ftrivial-auto-var-init-stop-after=*' is used without "
   "'-ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero' or '-ftrivial-auto-var-init=pattern'">;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Darwin.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Darwin.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Darwin.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Darwin.cpp
@@ -1204,6 +1204,9 @@
     P += "macosx";
   P += ".a";
 
+  if (!getVFS().exists(P))
+    getDriver().Diag(clang::diag::err_drv_darwin_sdk_missing_arclite) << P;
+
   CmdArgs.push_back(Args.MakeArgString(P));
 }
 
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/arclite-link-external-toolchain.c b/clang/test/Driver/arclite-link-external-toolchain.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/arclite-link-external-toolchain.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/arclite-link-external-toolchain.c
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@
 // RUN:   -isysroot %t.tmpdir/Xcode.app/Contents/Developers/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.14.sdk \
 // RUN:   %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
+// CHECK: error: SDK does not contain 'libarclite' at the path '
+// CHECK: .tmpdir/Xcode.app/{{.*}}libarclite_macosx.a'.
+// CHECK: This likely means you need to increase your minimum deployment target
 // CHECK: -lfoo
 // CHECK: .tmpdir/Xcode.app/{{.*}}libarclite_macosx.a