diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index 13a7b6be947..326dce8011e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -2267,7 +2267,7 @@ fn add_local_native_libraries(
                     // be added explicitly if necessary, see the error in `fn link_rlib`) compiled
                     // as an executable due to `--test`. Use whole-archive implicitly, like before
                     // the introduction of native lib modifiers.
-                    || (bundle != Some(false) && sess.opts.test)
+                    || (whole_archive == None && bundle != Some(false) && sess.opts.test)
                 {
                     cmd.link_whole_staticlib(
                         name,
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/Makefile
index 3b49d1188ae..967cb065cad 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/Makefile
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # ignore-cross-compile -- compiling C++ code does not work well when cross-compiling
 
-# This test case makes sure that native libraries are linked with --whole-archive semantics
-# when the `-bundle,+whole-archive` modifiers are applied to them.
+# This test case makes sure that native libraries are linked with appropriate semantics
+# when the `[+-]bundle,[+-]whole-archive` modifiers are applied to them.
 #
 # The test works by checking that the resulting executables produce the expected output,
 # part of which is emitted by otherwise unreferenced C code. If +whole-archive didn't work
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@
 
 -include ../../run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk
 
-all: $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked) $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked) $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked_via_attr)
+all: $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked) \
+     $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked_test_plus_whole_archive) \
+     $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked_test_minus_whole_archive) \
+     $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked) \
+     $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked_via_attr)
 	$(call RUN,directly_linked) | $(CGREP) 'static-initializer.directly_linked.'
+	$(call RUN,directly_linked_test_plus_whole_archive) --nocapture | $(CGREP) 'static-initializer.'
+	$(call RUN,directly_linked_test_minus_whole_archive) --nocapture | $(CGREP) -v 'static-initializer.'
 	$(call RUN,indirectly_linked) | $(CGREP) 'static-initializer.indirectly_linked.'
 	$(call RUN,indirectly_linked_via_attr) | $(CGREP) 'static-initializer.native_lib_in_src.'
 
@@ -19,6 +25,13 @@ all: $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked) $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linke
 $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked): $(call NATIVE_STATICLIB,c_static_lib_with_constructor)
 	$(RUSTC) directly_linked.rs -l static:+whole-archive=c_static_lib_with_constructor
 
+# Native lib linked into test executable, +whole-archive
+$(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked_test_plus_whole_archive): $(call NATIVE_STATICLIB,c_static_lib_with_constructor)
+	$(RUSTC) directly_linked_test_plus_whole_archive.rs --test -l static:+whole-archive=c_static_lib_with_constructor
+# Native lib linked into test executable, -whole-archive
+$(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked_test_minus_whole_archive): $(call NATIVE_STATICLIB,c_static_lib_with_constructor)
+	$(RUSTC) directly_linked_test_minus_whole_archive.rs --test -l static:-whole-archive=c_static_lib_with_constructor
+
 # Native lib linked into RLIB via `-l static:-bundle,+whole-archive`, RLIB linked into executable
 $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked): $(TMPDIR)/librlib_with_cmdline_native_lib.rlib
 	$(RUSTC) indirectly_linked.rs
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked_test_minus_whole_archive.rs b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked_test_minus_whole_archive.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20ed8d9d4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked_test_minus_whole_archive.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_thing() {
+    print!("ran the test");
+    std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked_test_plus_whole_archive.rs b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked_test_plus_whole_archive.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20ed8d9d4cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked_test_plus_whole_archive.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_thing() {
+    print!("ran the test");
+    std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+}