diff --git a/flang/documentation/Extensions.md b/flang/documentation/Extensions.md
--- a/flang/documentation/Extensions.md
+++ b/flang/documentation/Extensions.md
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@
   `FINDLOC`, `MAXLOC`, and `MINLOC` in the absence of an explicit
   `KIND=` actual argument.  We return `INTEGER(KIND=8)` by default in
   these cases when the `-flarge-sizes` option is enabled.
+* Treat each specification-part like is has `IMPLICIT NONE`
+  [-fimplicit-none-type-always]
+* Ignore occurrences of `IMPLICIT NONE` and `IMPLICIT NONE(TYPE)`
+  [-fimplicit-none-type-never]
 
 Extensions and legacy features deliberately not supported
 ---------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/flang/include/flang/Common/Fortran-features.h b/flang/include/flang/Common/Fortran-features.h
--- a/flang/include/flang/Common/Fortran-features.h
+++ b/flang/include/flang/Common/Fortran-features.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     CruftAfterAmpersand, ClassicCComments, AdditionalFormats, BigIntLiterals,
     RealDoControls, EquivalenceNumericWithCharacter, AdditionalIntrinsics,
     AnonymousParents, OldLabelDoEndStatements, LogicalIntegerAssignment,
-    EmptySourceFile, ProgramReturn)
+    EmptySourceFile, ProgramReturn, ImplicitNoneTypeNever,
+    ImplicitNoneTypeAlways)
 
 using LanguageFeatures = EnumSet<LanguageFeature, LanguageFeature_enumSize>;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
     disable_.set(LanguageFeature::OldDebugLines);
     disable_.set(LanguageFeature::OpenACC);
     disable_.set(LanguageFeature::OpenMP);
+    disable_.set(LanguageFeature::ImplicitNoneTypeNever);
+    disable_.set(LanguageFeature::ImplicitNoneTypeAlways);
     // These features, if enabled, conflict with valid standard usage,
     // so there are disabled here by default.
     disable_.set(LanguageFeature::BackslashEscapes);
diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/resolve-names.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
   ImplicitRules *parent_;
   SemanticsContext &context_;
   bool inheritFromParent_{false}; // look in parent if not specified here
-  bool isImplicitNoneType_{false};
+  bool isImplicitNoneType_{
+      context_.IsEnabled(common::LanguageFeature::ImplicitNoneTypeAlways)};
   bool isImplicitNoneExternal_{false};
   // map_ contains the mapping between letters and types that were defined
   // by the IMPLICIT statements of the related scope. It does not contain
@@ -1682,9 +1683,8 @@
                          Say("IMPLICIT statement after IMPLICIT NONE or "
                              "IMPLICIT NONE(TYPE) statement"_err_en_US);
                          return false;
-                       } else {
-                         implicitRules().set_isImplicitNoneType(false);
                        }
+                       implicitRules().set_isImplicitNoneType(false);
                        return true;
                      },
                  },
@@ -1744,12 +1744,16 @@
     return false;
   }
   prevImplicitNone_ = currStmtSource();
+  bool implicitNoneTypeNever{
+      context().IsEnabled(common::LanguageFeature::ImplicitNoneTypeNever)};
   if (nameSpecs.empty()) {
-    prevImplicitNoneType_ = currStmtSource();
-    implicitRules().set_isImplicitNoneType(true);
-    if (prevImplicit_) {
-      Say("IMPLICIT NONE statement after IMPLICIT statement"_err_en_US);
-      return false;
+    if (!implicitNoneTypeNever) {
+      prevImplicitNoneType_ = currStmtSource();
+      implicitRules().set_isImplicitNoneType(true);
+      if (prevImplicit_) {
+        Say("IMPLICIT NONE statement after IMPLICIT statement"_err_en_US);
+        return false;
+      }
     }
   } else {
     int sawType{0};
@@ -1761,13 +1765,15 @@
         ++sawExternal;
         break;
       case ImplicitNoneNameSpec::Type:
-        prevImplicitNoneType_ = currStmtSource();
-        implicitRules().set_isImplicitNoneType(true);
-        if (prevImplicit_) {
-          Say("IMPLICIT NONE(TYPE) after IMPLICIT statement"_err_en_US);
-          return false;
+        if (!implicitNoneTypeNever) {
+          prevImplicitNoneType_ = currStmtSource();
+          implicitRules().set_isImplicitNoneType(true);
+          if (prevImplicit_) {
+            Say("IMPLICIT NONE(TYPE) after IMPLICIT statement"_err_en_US);
+            return false;
+          }
+          ++sawType;
         }
-        ++sawType;
         break;
       }
     }
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/implicit09.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/implicit09.f90
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/implicit09.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+! RUN: %S/test_errors.sh %s %t %f18 -fimplicit-none-type-never
+subroutine s1
+  implicit none
+  i = j + k  ! would be error without -fimplicit-none-type-never
+end
+
+subroutine s2(a, n)
+  implicit none
+  real :: a(n)  ! would be error without -fimplicit-none-type-never
+  integer :: n
+end
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/implicit10.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/implicit10.f90
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/implicit10.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+! RUN: %S/test_errors.sh %s %t %f18 -fimplicit-none-type-always
+
+!ERROR: No explicit type declared for 'f'
+function f()
+  !ERROR: No explicit type declared for 'x'
+  f = x
+end
diff --git a/flang/tools/f18/f18.cpp b/flang/tools/f18/f18.cpp
--- a/flang/tools/f18/f18.cpp
+++ b/flang/tools/f18/f18.cpp
@@ -503,6 +503,12 @@
       options.features.Enable(
           Fortran::parser::LanguageFeature::LogicalAbbreviations,
           arg == "-flogical-abbreviations");
+    } else if (arg == "-fimplicit-none-type-always") {
+      options.features.Enable(
+          Fortran::common::LanguageFeature::ImplicitNoneTypeAlways);
+    } else if (arg == "-fimplicit-none-type-never") {
+      options.features.Enable(
+          Fortran::common::LanguageFeature::ImplicitNoneTypeNever);
     } else if (arg == "-fdebug-dump-provenance") {
       driver.dumpProvenance = true;
       options.needProvenanceRangeToCharBlockMappings = true;
@@ -603,7 +609,8 @@
       driver.getSymbolsSources = true;
     } else if (arg == "-byteswapio") {
       driver.byteswapio = true; // TODO: Pass to lowering, generate call
-    } else if (arg == "-h" || arg == "-help" || arg == "--help" || arg == "-?") {
+    } else if (arg == "-h" || arg == "-help" || arg == "--help" ||
+        arg == "-?") {
       llvm::errs()
           << "f18: LLVM Fortran compiler\n"
           << "\n"