diff --git a/lld/docs/Driver.rst b/lld/docs/Driver.rst
--- a/lld/docs/Driver.rst
+++ b/lld/docs/Driver.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 There are two different ways to tell lld which flavor to be. They are checked in
 order, so the second overrides the first. The first is to symlink :program:`lld`
 as :program:`lld-{flavor}` or just :program:`{flavor}`. You can also specify
-it as the first command line argument using ``-flavor``::
+it as a command line argument using ``-flavor {flavor}``::
 
   $ lld -flavor gnu
 
diff --git a/lld/test/Driver/flavor.test b/lld/test/Driver/flavor.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/Driver/flavor.test
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# RUN: not lld -v -flavor 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=MISSING_ARG %s
+# RUN: not lld -flavor 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=MISSING_ARG %s
+# RUN: not lld -flavor mystery 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=MYSTERY %s
+
+# RUN: lld -v -flavor gnu \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=GNU_V %s
+# RUN: lld -flavor gnu -v \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=GNU_V %s
+# RUN: not lld -flavor gnu 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=NO_INPUT_FILES %s
+# RUN: not lld -flavor ld 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=NO_INPUT_FILES %s
+
+# RUN: not lld -flavor wasm 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=NO_INPUT_FILES %s
+# RUN: not lld -flavor ld-wasm 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=NO_INPUT_FILES %s
+
+# RUN: not lld -flavor link 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=NO_INPUT_FILES %s
+
+# RUN: not lld -v -flavor darwin 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=ARCH_NOT_SPECD %s
+# RUN: not lld -v -flavor ld64 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=ARCH_NOT_SPECD %s
+
+# RUN: not lld -flavor darwinnew 2>&1 \
+# RUN:     | FileCheck --check-prefix=UNDEF_SYM_MAIN %s
+
+MISSING_ARG: missing arg value for '-flavor'
+MYSTERY: Unknown flavor: mystery
+NO_INPUT_FILES: lld: error: no input files
+UNDEF_SYM_MAIN: lld: error: undefined symbol: _main
+ARCH_NOT_SPECD: lld: error: -arch not specified and could not be inferred
+
+GNU_V: LLD {{[0-9.]+}} (https://github.com/{{.*}}) (compatible with GNU linkers)
+
+DARWINNEW: LLD {{[0-9.]+}} (https://github.com/{{.*}})
+DARWINNEW: Library search paths:
+DARWINNEW: /usr/lib
+DARWINNEW: /usr/local/lib
diff --git a/lld/tools/lld/lld.cpp b/lld/tools/lld/lld.cpp
--- a/lld/tools/lld/lld.cpp
+++ b/lld/tools/lld/lld.cpp
@@ -111,14 +111,16 @@
 
 static Flavor parseFlavor(std::vector<const char *> &v) {
   // Parse -flavor option.
-  if (v.size() > 1 && v[1] == StringRef("-flavor")) {
-    if (v.size() <= 2)
-      die("missing arg value for '-flavor'");
-    Flavor f = getFlavor(v[2]);
-    if (f == Invalid)
-      die("Unknown flavor: " + StringRef(v[2]));
-    v.erase(v.begin() + 1, v.begin() + 3);
-    return f;
+  for (size_t i = 1; i < v.size(); i++) {
+    if (v[i] == StringRef("-flavor")) {
+      if (i + 1 == v.size())
+        die("missing arg value for '-flavor'");
+      Flavor f = getFlavor(v[i + 1]);
+      if (f == Invalid)
+        die("Unknown flavor: " + StringRef(v[i + 1]));
+      v.erase(v.begin() + i, v.begin() + i + 2);
+      return f;
+    }
   }
 
   // Deduct the flavor from argv[0].