diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -990,7 +990,8 @@
   config->ltoNewPassManager = args.hasArg(OPT_lto_new_pass_manager);
   config->ltoNewPmPasses = args.getLastArgValue(OPT_lto_newpm_passes);
   config->ltoWholeProgramVisibility =
-      args.hasArg(OPT_lto_whole_program_visibility);
+      args.hasFlag(OPT_lto_whole_program_visibility,
+                   OPT_no_lto_whole_program_visibility, false);
   config->ltoo = args::getInteger(args, OPT_lto_O, 2);
   config->ltoObjPath = args.getLastArgValue(OPT_lto_obj_path_eq);
   config->ltoPartitions = args::getInteger(args, OPT_lto_partitions, 1);
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Options.td b/lld/ELF/Options.td
--- a/lld/ELF/Options.td
+++ b/lld/ELF/Options.td
@@ -539,8 +539,9 @@
 def lto_obj_path_eq: JJ<"lto-obj-path=">;
 def lto_sample_profile: JJ<"lto-sample-profile=">,
   HelpText<"Sample profile file path">;
-def lto_whole_program_visibility: FF<"lto-whole-program-visibility">,
-  HelpText<"Asserts that the LTO link has whole program visibility">;
+defm lto_whole_program_visibility: BB<"lto-whole-program-visibility",
+  "Asserts that the LTO link has whole program visibility",
+  "Asserts that the LTO link does not have whole program visibility">;
 def disable_verify: F<"disable-verify">;
 defm mllvm: Eq<"mllvm", "Additional arguments to forward to LLVM's option processing">;
 def opt_remarks_filename: Separate<["--"], "opt-remarks-filename">,
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/lto/devirt_vcall_vis_public.ll b/lld/test/ELF/lto/devirt_vcall_vis_public.ll
--- a/lld/test/ELF/lto/devirt_vcall_vis_public.ll
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/lto/devirt_vcall_vis_public.ll
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ; REQUIRES: x86
 ; Test that --lto-whole-program-visibility enables devirtualization.
 
+; Note that the --export-dynamic used below is simply to ensure symbols are
+; retained during linking.
+
 ; Index based WPD
 ; Generate unsplit module with summary for ThinLTO index-based WPD.
 ; RUN: opt --thinlto-bc -o %t2.o %s
@@ -31,6 +34,10 @@
 ; RUN: ld.lld %t2.o -o %t3 -save-temps \
 ; RUN: 	 -mllvm -pass-remarks=. --export-dynamic 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not single-impl --allow-empty
 ; RUN: llvm-dis %t2.o.4.opt.bc -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NODEVIRT-IR
+; Ensure --no-lto-whole-program-visibility overrides explicit --lto-whole-program-visibility.
+; RUN: ld.lld %t2.o -o %t3 -save-temps --lto-whole-program-visibility --no-lto-whole-program-visibility \
+; RUN: 	 -mllvm -pass-remarks=. --export-dynamic 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not single-impl --allow-empty
+; RUN: llvm-dis %t2.o.4.opt.bc -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NODEVIRT-IR
 
 ; Hybrid WPD
 ; RUN: ld.lld %t.o -o %t3 -save-temps \