diff --git a/lld/test/wasm/ctor-gc.test b/lld/test/wasm/ctor-gc.test
--- a/lld/test/wasm/ctor-gc.test
+++ b/lld/test/wasm/ctor-gc.test
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 ; RUN: rm -f %t.lib.a
 ; RUN: llvm-ar rcs %t.lib.a %t.lib.o %t.ctor.o
 ; RUN: wasm-ld %t.start.o %t.lib.a -o %t.wasm
+; RUN: wasm-ld %t.start.o --whole-archive %t.lib.a -o %t2.wasm
 ; RUN: obj2yaml %t.wasm | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: obj2yaml %t2.wasm | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=WHOLEARCHIVE
 
 ; CHECK-NOT: __wasm_call_ctors
+
+; WHOLEARCHIVE: __wasm_call_ctors
diff --git a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/Driver.cpp
@@ -252,8 +252,15 @@
 
     // Handle -whole-archive.
     if (inWholeArchive) {
-      for (MemoryBufferRef &m : getArchiveMembers(mbref))
-        files.push_back(createObjectFile(m, path));
+      for (MemoryBufferRef &m : getArchiveMembers(mbref)) {
+        auto *object = createObjectFile(m, path);
+        // Mark object as live; object members are normally not
+        // live by default but -whole-archive is designed to treat
+        // them as such.
+        object->markLive();
+        files.push_back(object);
+      }
+
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/lld/wasm/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/wasm/InputFiles.cpp
--- a/lld/wasm/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
   return mbref;
 }
 
-InputFile *createObjectFile(MemoryBufferRef mb,
-                                       StringRef archiveName) {
+InputFile *createObjectFile(MemoryBufferRef mb, StringRef archiveName) {
   file_magic magic = identify_magic(mb.getBuffer());
   if (magic == file_magic::wasm_object) {
     std::unique_ptr<Binary> bin =