diff --git a/Sources/SwiftDriver/Toolchains/DarwinToolchain.swift b/Sources/SwiftDriver/Toolchains/DarwinToolchain.swift
index 4606408a9..9b93ed1b8 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftDriver/Toolchains/DarwinToolchain.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftDriver/Toolchains/DarwinToolchain.swift
@@ -181,7 +181,11 @@ import SwiftOptions
     }
     // Validating darwin unsupported -static-stdlib argument.
     if parsedOptions.hasArgument(.staticStdlib) {
-        throw ToolchainValidationError.argumentNotSupported("-static-stdlib")
+      throw ToolchainValidationError.argumentNotSupported("-static-stdlib")
+    }
+    // Validating darwin unsupported -static-executable argument.
+    if parsedOptions.hasArgument(.staticExecutable) {
+      throw ToolchainValidationError.argumentNotSupported("-static-executable")
     }
     // If a C++ standard library is specified, it has to be libc++.
     if let cxxLib = parsedOptions.getLastArgument(.experimentalCxxStdlib) {
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftDriverTests/SwiftDriverTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftDriverTests/SwiftDriverTests.swift
index df5d9385e..66add0953 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftDriverTests/SwiftDriverTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftDriverTests/SwiftDriverTests.swift
@@ -2385,6 +2385,14 @@ final class SwiftDriverTests: XCTestCase {
         return
       }
     }
+
+    XCTAssertThrowsError(try Driver(args: ["swiftc", "-c", "-static-executable", "-target", "x86_64-apple-macosx10.14",
+                                           "foo.swift"])) { error in
+      guard case DarwinToolchain.ToolchainValidationError.argumentNotSupported("-static-executable") = error else {
+        XCTFail()
+        return
+      }
+    }
     
     XCTAssertThrowsError(try Driver(args: ["swiftc", "-c", "-target", "x86_64-apple-macosx10.14", "-experimental-cxx-stdlib", "libstdc++",
                                            "foo.swift"])) { error in