diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/archive.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/archive.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/archive.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/archive.test
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## Test how we dump archives.
+
 ## Show that dumping operations apply to all members in an archive.
 
 # RUN: rm -f %t.a
@@ -82,3 +84,17 @@
   Characteristics: [  ]
 sections: []
 symbols: []
+
+## Here we test that we report a warning and continue dumping when an archive contains
+## a unrecognized object. We place a dummy archive to another archive in the middle,
+## so that it is placed between two valid objects.
+
+# RUN: rm -f %t2.a
+# RUN: llvm-ar rc %t.dir/broken.a %t.dir/trivial.obj.elf-x86-64
+# RUN: llvm-ar qc %t2.a %t.dir/trivial.obj.elf-x86-64 %t.dir/broken.a %t.dir/trivial.obj.elf-x86-64
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --all %t2.a 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -DARFILE="%t2.a" --check-prefix=BROKEN
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --all %t2.a 2>&1 | FileCheck %s -DARFILE="%t2.a" --check-prefix=BROKEN
+
+# BROKEN: File: [[ARFILE]](trivial.obj.elf-x86-64)
+# BROKEN: warning: '[[ARFILE]]': Unrecognized file type.
+# BROKEN: File: [[ARFILE]](trivial.obj.elf-x86-64)
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
@@ -584,8 +584,8 @@
     else if (COFFImportFile *Imp = dyn_cast<COFFImportFile>(&*ChildOrErr.get()))
       dumpCOFFImportFile(Imp, Writer);
     else
-      reportError(errorCodeToError(readobj_error::unrecognized_file_format),
-                  Arc->getFileName());
+      reportWarning(errorCodeToError(readobj_error::unrecognized_file_format),
+                    Arc->getFileName());
   }
   if (Err)
     reportError(std::move(Err), Arc->getFileName());