Index: lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
+++ lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
@@ -124,39 +124,46 @@
 
 void LinkerDriver::addBuffer(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> MB,
                              bool WholeArchive) {
+  StringRef Filename = MB->getBufferIdentifier();
+
   MemoryBufferRef MBRef = takeBuffer(std::move(MB));
-  FilePaths.push_back(MBRef.getBufferIdentifier());
+  FilePaths.push_back(Filename);
 
   // File type is detected by contents, not by file extension.
   switch (identify_magic(MBRef.getBuffer())) {
   case file_magic::windows_resource:
     Resources.push_back(MBRef);
     break;
-
   case file_magic::archive:
     if (WholeArchive) {
       std::unique_ptr<Archive> File =
-          CHECK(Archive::create(MBRef),
-                MBRef.getBufferIdentifier() + ": failed to parse archive");
+          CHECK(Archive::create(MBRef), Filename + ": failed to parse archive");
 
       for (MemoryBufferRef M : getArchiveMembers(File.get()))
-        addArchiveBuffer(M, "<whole-archive>", MBRef.getBufferIdentifier());
+        addArchiveBuffer(M, "<whole-archive>", Filename);
       return;
     }
     Symtab->addFile(make<ArchiveFile>(MBRef));
     break;
-
   case file_magic::bitcode:
     Symtab->addFile(make<BitcodeFile>(MBRef));
     break;
-
+  case file_magic::coff_object:
+  case file_magic::coff_import_library:
+    Symtab->addFile(make<ObjFile>(MBRef));
+    break;
   case file_magic::coff_cl_gl_object:
-    error(MBRef.getBufferIdentifier() + ": is not a native COFF file. "
-          "Recompile without /GL");
+    error(Filename + ": is not a native COFF file. Recompile without /GL");
     break;
-
+  case file_magic::pecoff_executable:
+    if (Filename.endswith_lower(".dll")) {
+      error(Filename + ": bad file type. Did you specify a DLL file"
+                       " instead of an import file?");
+      break;
+    }
+    LLVM_FALLTHROUGH;
   default:
-    Symtab->addFile(make<ObjFile>(MBRef));
+    error(MBRef.getBufferIdentifier() + ": unknown file type");
     break;
   }
 }
Index: lld/test/COFF/driver.test
===================================================================
--- lld/test/COFF/driver.test
+++ lld/test/COFF/driver.test
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@
 
 # RUN: lld-link --version | FileCheck -check-prefix=VERSION %s
 VERSION: {{LLD [0-9]+\.[0-9]+}}
+
+# RUN: yaml2obj < %p/Inputs/export.yaml > %t.obj
+# RUN: lld-link /out:%t.dll /dll %t.obj
+# RUN: not lld-link /out:%t.exe %t.dll 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=BADFILE %s
+BADFILE: bad file type. Did you specify a DLL file instead of an import file?