diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFASTParserClang.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFASTParserClang.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFASTParserClang.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolFile/DWARF/DWARFASTParserClang.cpp
@@ -2578,10 +2578,14 @@
             }
           }
 
-          if ((this_field_info.bit_offset >= parent_bit_size) ||
-              (last_field_info.IsBitfield() &&
-               !last_field_info.NextBitfieldOffsetIsValid(
-                   this_field_info.bit_offset))) {
+          // The ObjC runtime knows the byte offset but we still need to provide
+          // the bit-offset in the layout. It just means something different then
+          // what it does in C and C++. So we skip this check for ObjC types.
+          if (!TypeSystemClang::IsObjCObjectOrInterfaceType(class_clang_type) &&
+              ((this_field_info.bit_offset >= parent_bit_size) ||
+               (last_field_info.IsBitfield() &&
+                !last_field_info.NextBitfieldOffsetIsValid(
+                    this_field_info.bit_offset)))) {
             ObjectFile *objfile = die.GetDWARF()->GetObjectFile();
             objfile->GetModule()->ReportWarning(
                 "0x%8.8" PRIx64 ": %s bitfield named \"%s\" has invalid "
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/Makefile b/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/Makefile
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+OBJC_SOURCES := main.m
+LD_EXTRAS = -framework Foundation
+
+include Makefile.rules
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/TestBitfieldIvars.py b/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/TestBitfieldIvars.py
--- a/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/TestBitfieldIvars.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/TestBitfieldIvars.py
@@ -1,12 +1,39 @@
-from lldbsuite.test import lldbinline
-from lldbsuite.test import decorators
-
-lldbinline.MakeInlineTest(
-    __file__,
-    globals(),
-    [
-        # This is a Darwin-only failure related to incorrect expression-
-        # evaluation for single-bit ObjC bitfields.
-        decorators.skipUnlessDarwin,
-        decorators.expectedFailureAll(
-            bugnumber="rdar://problem/17990991")])
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
+
+class TestBitfieldIvars(TestBase):
+
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+
+    @skipUnlessDarwin
+    def test(self):
+        self.build()
+        lldbutil.run_to_source_breakpoint(self, "// break here", lldb.SBFileSpec("main.m"))
+
+        self.expect_expr("chb->hb->field1", result_type="unsigned int", result_value="0")
+
+        ## FIXME field2 should have a value of 1
+        self.expect("expr chb->hb->field2", matching=False, substrs = ["= 1"]) # this must happen second
+
+        self.expect_expr("hb2->field1", result_type="unsigned int", result_value="10")
+        self.expect_expr("hb2->field2", result_type="unsigned int", result_value="3")
+        self.expect_expr("hb2->field3", result_type="unsigned int", result_value="4")
+
+        self.expect("frame var *hb2", substrs = [ 'x =', '100',
+                                             'field1 =', '10',
+                                             'field2 =', '3',
+                                             'field3 =', '4'])
+
+    @expectedFailureAll()
+    def testExprWholeObject(self):
+        self.build()
+        lldbutil.run_to_source_breakpoint(self, "// break here", lldb.SBFileSpec("main.m"))
+
+        ## FIXME expression with individual bit-fields obtains correct values but not with the whole object
+        self.expect("expr *hb2", substrs = [ 'x =', '100',
+                                             'field1 =', '10',
+                                             'field2 =', '3',
+                                             'field3 =', '4'])
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/main.m b/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/main.m
--- a/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/main.m
+++ b/lldb/test/API/lang/objc/bitfield_ivars/main.m
@@ -34,10 +34,31 @@
 
 @end
 
+@interface HasBitfield2 : NSObject {
+@public
+  unsigned int x;
+
+  unsigned field1 : 15;
+  unsigned field2 : 4;
+  unsigned field3 : 4;
+}
+@end
+
+@implementation HasBitfield2
+- (id)init {
+  return (self = [super init]);
+}
+@end
+
 int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
     ContainsAHasBitfield *chb = [[ContainsAHasBitfield alloc] init];
-    printf("%d\n", chb->hb->field2); //% self.expect("expression -- chb->hb->field1", DATA_TYPES_DISPLAYED_CORRECTLY, substrs = ["= 0"])
-                                     //% self.expect("expression -- chb->hb->field2", DATA_TYPES_DISPLAYED_CORRECTLY, substrs = ["= 1"]) # this must happen second
-    return 0;
+    HasBitfield2 *hb2 = [[HasBitfield2 alloc] init];
+
+    hb2->x = 100;
+    hb2->field1 = 10;
+    hb2->field2 = 3;
+    hb2->field3 = 4;
+
+    return 0; // break here
 }