diff --git a/src/link/Coff.zig b/src/link/Coff.zig
index d6999442bc39c2383a62dcaa3e2d5452af915ffe..300fe4f547902978a791f02f6d4d31af543abd40 100644
--- a/src/link/Coff.zig
+++ b/src/link/Coff.zig
@@ -1099,7 +1099,11 @@ fn linkWithLLD(self: *Coff, comp: *Compilation) !void {
 
         try argv.ensureUnusedCapacity(self.base.options.objects.len);
         for (self.base.options.objects) |obj| {
-            argv.appendAssumeCapacity(obj.path);
+            if (obj.must_link) {
+                argv.appendAssumeCapacity(try allocPrint(arena, "-WHOLEARCHIVE:{s}", .{obj.path}));
+            } else {
+                argv.appendAssumeCapacity(obj.path);
+            }
         }
 
         for (comp.c_object_table.keys()) |key| {
diff --git a/src/link/Elf.zig b/src/link/Elf.zig
index e257abe5bdd564260e53d2cb0cac8c4a86aa46d7..a7fbd2aff511aba6aef04b78260cd09648b6c8ad 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf.zig
@@ -1622,9 +1622,20 @@ fn linkWithLLD(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation) !void {
         }
 
         // Positional arguments to the linker such as object files.
-        try argv.ensureUnusedCapacity(self.base.options.objects.len);
+        var whole_archive = false;
         for (self.base.options.objects) |obj| {
-            argv.appendAssumeCapacity(obj.path);
+            if (obj.must_link and !whole_archive) {
+                try argv.append("-whole-archive");
+                whole_archive = true;
+            } else if (!obj.must_link and whole_archive) {
+                try argv.append("-no-whole-archive");
+                whole_archive = false;
+            }
+            try argv.append(obj.path);
+        }
+        if (whole_archive) {
+            try argv.append("-no-whole-archive");
+            whole_archive = false;
         }
 
         for (comp.c_object_table.keys()) |key| {
diff --git a/src/link/Wasm.zig b/src/link/Wasm.zig
index a0033a44c7c98e8bdaa48e65721ee55a91b56de4..37f9c2663d2b5f42b3477af3b5efadd5097ab92b 100644
--- a/src/link/Wasm.zig
+++ b/src/link/Wasm.zig
@@ -1233,9 +1233,20 @@ fn linkWithLLD(self: *Wasm, comp: *Compilation) !void {
         }
 
         // Positional arguments to the linker such as object files.
-        try argv.ensureUnusedCapacity(self.base.options.objects.len);
+        var whole_archive = false;
         for (self.base.options.objects) |obj| {
-            argv.appendAssumeCapacity(obj.path);
+            if (obj.must_link and !whole_archive) {
+                try argv.append("-whole-archive");
+                whole_archive = true;
+            } else if (!obj.must_link and whole_archive) {
+                try argv.append("-no-whole-archive");
+                whole_archive = false;
+            }
+            try argv.append(obj.path);
+        }
+        if (whole_archive) {
+            try argv.append("-no-whole-archive");
+            whole_archive = false;
         }
 
         for (comp.c_object_table.keys()) |key| {