diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Driver/ToolChain.h b/clang/include/clang/Driver/ToolChain.h
--- a/clang/include/clang/Driver/ToolChain.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Driver/ToolChain.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Support/VersionTuple.h"
 #include "llvm/Target/TargetOptions.h"
 #include <cassert>
+#include <climits>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
@@ -489,6 +490,11 @@
   // to the contrary.
   virtual unsigned GetDefaultDwarfVersion() const { return 4; }
 
+  // Some toolchains may have different restrictions on the DWARF version and
+  // may need to adjust it. E.g. NVPTX may need to enforce DWARF2 even when host
+  // compilation uses DWARF5.
+  virtual unsigned getMaxDwarfVersion() const { return UINT_MAX; }
+
   // True if the driver should assume "-fstandalone-debug"
   // in the absence of an option specifying otherwise,
   // provided that debugging was requested in the first place.
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -3852,6 +3852,8 @@
     if (GDwarfN)
       if (auto ExplicitVersion = DwarfVersionNum(GDwarfN->getSpelling()))
         DWARFVersion = ExplicitVersion;
+    // Clamp effective DWARF version to the max supported by the toolchain.
+    DWARFVersion = std::min(DWARFVersion, TC.getMaxDwarfVersion());
   }
 
   // -gline-directives-only supported only for the DWARF debug info.
@@ -3916,8 +3918,8 @@
     // we emit an error.
     const Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_gembed_source);
     if (DWARFVersion < 5)
-      D.Diag(diag::err_drv_argument_only_allowed_with)
-          << A->getAsString(Args) << "-gdwarf-5";
+      D.Diag(diag::warn_drv_unsupported_debug_info_opt_for_target)
+          << A->getAsString(Args) << TC.getTripleString();
     else if (checkDebugInfoOption(A, Args, D, TC))
       CmdArgs.push_back("-gembed-source");
   }
diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Cuda.h b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Cuda.h
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Cuda.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Cuda.h
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@
                      const llvm::opt::ArgList &Args) const override;
 
   unsigned GetDefaultDwarfVersion() const override { return 2; }
+  // NVPTX supports only DWARF2.
+  unsigned getMaxDwarfVersion() const override { return 2; }
 
   const ToolChain &HostTC;
   CudaInstallationDetector CudaInstallation;
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/cuda-unsupported-debug-options.cu b/clang/test/Driver/cuda-unsupported-debug-options.cu
--- a/clang/test/Driver/cuda-unsupported-debug-options.cu
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/cuda-unsupported-debug-options.cu
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@
 // CHECK-NOT: debug information option '{{.*}}' is not supported for target 'x86
 // CHECK: "-triple" "nvptx64-nvidia-cuda"
 // CHECK-NOT: {{-compress-debug|-fdebug-info-for-profiling|lldb|codeview|module-format|embed-source|debug-info-macro|gnu-pubnames|generate-arange-section|generate-type-units}}
+// Make sure we do not see any dwarf version other than 2, regardless of what's used on the host side.
+// CHECK-NOT: {{-dwarf-version=[^2]}}
 // CHECK: "-triple" "x86_64
 // CHECK-SAME: {{-compress-debug|-fdebug-info-for-profiling|split-dwarf|lldb|codeview|module-format|embed-source|debug-info-macro|gnu-pubnames|generate-arange-section|generate-type-units}}
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/debug-options.c b/clang/test/Driver/debug-options.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/debug-options.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/debug-options.c
@@ -361,9 +361,9 @@
 // RUN: %clang -### -gdwarf-2 -gno-embed-source %s 2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=NOGEMBED_2 %s
 //
 // GEMBED_5:  "-gembed-source"
-// GEMBED_2:  error: invalid argument '-gembed-source' only allowed with '-gdwarf-5'
+// GEMBED_2:  warning: debug information option '-gembed-source' is not supported for target
 // NOGEMBED_5-NOT:  "-gembed-source"
-// NOGEMBED_2-NOT:  error: invalid argument '-gembed-source' only allowed with '-gdwarf-5'
+// NOGEMBED_2-NOT:  warning: debug information option '-gembed-source' is not supported for target
 //
 // RUN: %clang -### -g -fno-eliminate-unused-debug-types -c %s 2>&1 \
 // RUN:        | FileCheck -check-prefix=DEBUG_UNUSED_TYPES %s