diff --git a/prelude/cxx/cxx_library.bzl b/prelude/cxx/cxx_library.bzl
index 29ac418ee9c0b..ca89aca0855df 100644
--- a/prelude/cxx/cxx_library.bzl
+++ b/prelude/cxx/cxx_library.bzl
@@ -1609,8 +1609,15 @@ def _static_library(
     # object files instead of the originating objects.
     object_external_debug_info = []
     if linker_type == LinkerType("darwin"):
-        object_external_debug_info.append(archive.artifact)
-        object_external_debug_info.extend(archive.external_objects)
+        if archive.external_objects:
+            # On Darwin, when using virtual archives, object files are passed
+            # to the linker directly between --start-lib --end-lib flags to
+            # achieve archive semantics without creating the archive. Providing
+            # the archive artifact as an input here is unnecessary.
+            object_external_debug_info.extend(archive.external_objects)
+        else:
+            # For normal archives, we just need to provide the archive artifact
+            object_external_debug_info.append(archive.artifact)
     elif objects_have_external_debug_info:
         object_external_debug_info.extend(objects)
 
diff --git a/prelude/linking/link_info.bzl b/prelude/linking/link_info.bzl
index 4c286cab7a59f..49386f2cdafbb 100644
--- a/prelude/linking/link_info.bzl
+++ b/prelude/linking/link_info.bzl
@@ -247,7 +247,16 @@ def _is_linkable_comprised_of_object_files_or_a_lazy_archive(linkable: LinkableT
 # Adds appropriate args representing `linkable` to `args`
 def append_linkable_args(args: cmd_args, linkable: LinkableTypes):
     if isinstance(linkable, ArchiveLinkable):
-        if linkable.link_whole:
+        if linkable.linker_type == LinkerType("darwin") and linkable.archive.external_objects:
+            if not linkable.link_whole:
+                args.add("-Wl,--start-lib")
+
+            for object in linkable.archive.external_objects:
+                args.add(object)
+
+            if not linkable.link_whole:
+                args.add("-Wl,--end-lib")
+        elif linkable.link_whole:
             args.add(get_link_whole_args(linkable.linker_type, [linkable.archive.artifact]))
         else:
             args.add(linkable.archive.artifact)