Index: lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -1419,6 +1419,9 @@
 
   if (files.empty() && errorCount() == 0)
     error("no input files");
+
+  // Dependent libraries should be linked in --no-whole-archive mode.
+  inWholeArchive = false;
 }
 
 // If -m <machine_type> was not given, infer it from object files.
Index: lld/test/ELF/deplibs-ignore-whole-archive.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lld/test/ELF/deplibs-ignore-whole-archive.s
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+
+## This checks that if --whole-archive is left unterminated in the command line,
+## that does not affect how dependent libraries are included in the link.
+## They still should not pull unused members and the link should not terminate
+## with the "duplicate symbol" error even if a dependent library is referenced
+## more than once, which is very common with them.
+## --whole-archive applying to dependent libraries is confusing and 
+## build-systems are not always allow developers to add --no-whole-archive to
+## the very end of the command line.
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: echo ".global foo; foo:" | \
+# RUN:   llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 - -o %tfoo.o
+# RUN: echo ".global bar; bar:" | \
+# RUN:   llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 - -o %tbar.o
+# RUN: rm -rf %t.dir
+# RUN: mkdir -p %t.dir
+# RUN: llvm-ar rc %t.dir/lib.a %tfoo.o %tbar.o
+# RUN: ld.lld %t.o -o %t -L %t.dir --whole-archive
+# RUN: llvm-nm %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK-NOT: bar
+
+  .global _start
+_start:
+  call foo
+
+  .section ".deplibs","MS",@llvm_dependent_libraries,1
+  .asciz  "lib.a"
+  .asciz  "lib.a"