diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index 903b630bbd6..4fb51ecc1d3 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use regex::Regex;
 use tempfile::Builder as TempFileBuilder;
 
 use std::ffi::OsString;
+use std::lazy::OnceCell;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::{ExitStatus, Output, Stdio};
 use std::{ascii, char, env, fmt, fs, io, mem, str};
@@ -257,6 +258,19 @@ fn link_rlib<'a, B: ArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
     // metadata of the rlib we're generating somehow.
     for lib in codegen_results.crate_info.used_libraries.iter() {
         match lib.kind {
+            NativeLibKind::Static { bundle: None | Some(true), whole_archive: Some(true) }
+                if flavor == RlibFlavor::Normal =>
+            {
+                // Don't allow mixing +bundle with +whole_archive since an rlib may contain
+                // multiple native libs, some of which are +whole-archive and some of which are
+                // -whole-archive and it isn't clear how we can currently handle such a
+                // situation correctly.
+                // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/88085#issuecomment-901050897
+                sess.err(
+                    "the linking modifiers `+bundle` and `+whole-archive` are not compatible \
+                        with each other when generating rlibs",
+                );
+            }
             NativeLibKind::Static { bundle: None | Some(true), .. } => {}
             NativeLibKind::Static { bundle: Some(false), .. }
             | NativeLibKind::Dylib { .. }
@@ -1255,6 +1269,7 @@ fn archive_search_paths(sess: &Session) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
     sess.target_filesearch(PathKind::Native).search_path_dirs()
 }
 
+#[derive(PartialEq)]
 enum RlibFlavor {
     Normal,
     StaticlibBase,
@@ -2034,7 +2049,7 @@ fn add_local_native_libraries(
     let relevant_libs =
         codegen_results.crate_info.used_libraries.iter().filter(|l| relevant_lib(sess, l));
 
-    let search_path = archive_search_paths(sess);
+    let search_path = OnceCell::new();
     let mut last = (NativeLibKind::Unspecified, None);
     for lib in relevant_libs {
         let name = match lib.name {
@@ -2056,7 +2071,11 @@ fn add_local_native_libraries(
             }
             NativeLibKind::Static { bundle: None | Some(true), .. }
             | NativeLibKind::Static { whole_archive: Some(true), .. } => {
-                cmd.link_whole_staticlib(name, verbatim, &search_path);
+                cmd.link_whole_staticlib(
+                    name,
+                    verbatim,
+                    &search_path.get_or_init(|| archive_search_paths(sess)),
+                );
             }
             NativeLibKind::Static { .. } => cmd.link_staticlib(name, verbatim),
             NativeLibKind::RawDylib => {
@@ -2149,6 +2168,7 @@ fn add_upstream_rust_crates<'a, B: ArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
     }
 
     let mut compiler_builtins = None;
+    let search_path = OnceCell::new();
 
     for &cnum in deps.iter() {
         if group_start == Some(cnum) {
@@ -2182,16 +2202,35 @@ fn add_upstream_rust_crates<'a, B: ArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
                 // external build system already has the native dependencies defined, and it
                 // will provide them to the linker itself.
                 if sess.opts.debugging_opts.link_native_libraries {
-                    // Skip if this library is the same as the last.
                     let mut last = None;
                     for lib in &codegen_results.crate_info.native_libraries[&cnum] {
-                        if lib.name.is_some()
-                            && relevant_lib(sess, lib)
-                            && matches!(lib.kind, NativeLibKind::Static { bundle: Some(false), .. })
-                            && last != lib.name
-                        {
-                            cmd.link_staticlib(lib.name.unwrap(), lib.verbatim.unwrap_or(false));
-                            last = lib.name;
+                        if !relevant_lib(sess, lib) {
+                            // Skip libraries if they are disabled by `#[link(cfg=...)]`
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        // Skip if this library is the same as the last.
+                        if last == lib.name {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        if let Some(static_lib_name) = lib.name {
+                            if let NativeLibKind::Static { bundle: Some(false), whole_archive } =
+                                lib.kind
+                            {
+                                let verbatim = lib.verbatim.unwrap_or(false);
+                                if whole_archive == Some(true) {
+                                    cmd.link_whole_staticlib(
+                                        static_lib_name,
+                                        verbatim,
+                                        search_path.get_or_init(|| archive_search_paths(sess)),
+                                    );
+                                } else {
+                                    cmd.link_staticlib(static_lib_name, verbatim);
+                                }
+
+                                last = lib.name;
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
index b6ee70c419b..634286770d1 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #![feature(box_patterns)]
 #![feature(try_blocks)]
 #![feature(in_band_lifetimes)]
+#![feature(once_cell)]
 #![feature(nll)]
 #![feature(associated_type_bounds)]
 #![recursion_limit = "256"]
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..799b5f6f5fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# 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.
+#
+# 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
+# that code would never make it into the final executable and we'd thus be missing some
+# of the output.
+
+-include ../../run-make-fulldeps/tools.mk
+
+all: $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked) $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked) $(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked_via_attr)
+	$(call RUN,directly_linked) | $(CGREP) 'static-initializer.directly_linked.'
+	$(call RUN,indirectly_linked) | $(CGREP) 'static-initializer.indirectly_linked.'
+	$(call RUN,indirectly_linked_via_attr) | $(CGREP) 'static-initializer.native_lib_in_src.'
+
+# Native lib linked directly into executable
+$(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,directly_linked): $(call NATIVE_STATICLIB,c_static_lib_with_constructor)
+	$(RUSTC) directly_linked.rs -Z unstable-options -l static:+whole-archive=c_static_lib_with_constructor
+
+# Native lib linked into RLIB via `-l static:-bundle,+whole-archive`, RLIB linked into executable
+$(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked): $(TMPDIR)/librlib_with_cmdline_native_lib.rlib
+	$(RUSTC) indirectly_linked.rs
+
+# Native lib linked into RLIB via #[link] attribute, RLIB linked into executable
+$(TMPDIR)/$(call BIN,indirectly_linked_via_attr): $(TMPDIR)/libnative_lib_in_src.rlib
+	$(RUSTC) indirectly_linked_via_attr.rs
+
+# Native lib linked into rlib with via commandline
+$(TMPDIR)/librlib_with_cmdline_native_lib.rlib: $(call NATIVE_STATICLIB,c_static_lib_with_constructor)
+	$(RUSTC) rlib_with_cmdline_native_lib.rs -Z unstable-options --crate-type=rlib -l static:-bundle,+whole-archive=c_static_lib_with_constructor
+
+# Native lib linked into rlib via `#[link()]` attribute on extern block.
+$(TMPDIR)/libnative_lib_in_src.rlib: $(call NATIVE_STATICLIB,c_static_lib_with_constructor)
+	$(RUSTC) native_lib_in_src.rs --crate-type=rlib
+
+$(TMPDIR)/libc_static_lib_with_constructor.o: c_static_lib_with_constructor.cpp
+	$(call COMPILE_OBJ_CXX,$@,$<)
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/c_static_lib_with_constructor.cpp b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/c_static_lib_with_constructor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c687eb0f092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/c_static_lib_with_constructor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include <cstdio>
+
+// Since this is a global variable, its constructor will be called before
+// main() is executed. But only if the object file containing it actually
+// gets linked into the executable.
+struct Foo {
+    Foo() {
+        printf("static-initializer.");
+        fflush(stdout);
+    }
+} FOO;
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked.rs b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17518e8b2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/directly_linked.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
+fn main() {
+    print!("directly_linked.");
+    std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/indirectly_linked.rs b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/indirectly_linked.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8b83fcfe03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/indirectly_linked.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern crate rlib_with_cmdline_native_lib;
+
+fn main() {
+    rlib_with_cmdline_native_lib::hello();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/indirectly_linked_via_attr.rs b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/indirectly_linked_via_attr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9e347609b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/indirectly_linked_via_attr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern crate native_lib_in_src;
+
+fn main() {
+    native_lib_in_src::hello();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/native_lib_in_src.rs b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/native_lib_in_src.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..373d89b7936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/native_lib_in_src.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#![feature(native_link_modifiers_bundle)]
+#![feature(native_link_modifiers_whole_archive)]
+#![feature(native_link_modifiers)]
+
+use std::io::Write;
+
+#[link(name = "c_static_lib_with_constructor",
+       kind = "static",
+       modifiers = "-bundle,+whole-archive")]
+extern {}
+
+pub fn hello() {
+    print!("native_lib_in_src.");
+    std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/rlib_with_cmdline_native_lib.rs b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/rlib_with_cmdline_native_lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef2b702dd82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/native-link-modifier-whole-archive/rlib_with_cmdline_native_lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
+pub fn hello() {
+    print!("indirectly_linked.");
+    std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive-link-attr.rs b/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive-link-attr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3714a38451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive-link-attr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// compile-flags: -Zunstable-options --crate-type rlib
+// build-fail
+// error-pattern: the linking modifiers `+bundle` and `+whole-archive` are not compatible with each other when generating rlibs
+
+#![feature(native_link_modifiers)]
+#![feature(native_link_modifiers_bundle)]
+#![feature(native_link_modifiers_whole_archive)]
+
+#[link(name = "mylib", kind = "static", modifiers = "+bundle,+whole-archive")]
+extern "C" { }
+
+fn main() { }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive-link-attr.stderr b/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive-link-attr.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..246efb8d627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive-link-attr.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+error: the linking modifiers `+bundle` and `+whole-archive` are not compatible with each other when generating rlibs
+
+error: could not find native static library `mylib`, perhaps an -L flag is missing?
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+
diff --git a/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive.rs b/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d0768d99cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Mixing +bundle and +whole-archive is not allowed
+
+// compile-flags: -l static:+bundle,+whole-archive=mylib -Zunstable-options --crate-type rlib
+// build-fail
+// error-pattern: the linking modifiers `+bundle` and `+whole-archive` are not compatible with each other when generating rlibs
+
+fn main() { }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive.stderr b/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..246efb8d627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/native-library-link-flags/mix-bundle-and-whole-archive.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+error: the linking modifiers `+bundle` and `+whole-archive` are not compatible with each other when generating rlibs
+
+error: could not find native static library `mylib`, perhaps an -L flag is missing?
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+