--- a/emcc.py	2019-08-13 20:07:34.000000000 -0500
+++ b/emcc.py	2019-08-27 08:05:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -890,6 +890,9 @@
     lib_dirs = [shared.path_from_root('system', 'local', 'lib'),
                 shared.path_from_root('system', 'lib')]
 
+    # -c mean compile to object files(s), don't link
+    has_dash_c = '-c' in newargs
+
     # find input files this a simple heuristic. we should really analyze
     # based on a full understanding of gcc params, right now we just assume that
     # what is left contains no more |-x OPT| things
@@ -915,7 +918,7 @@
         file_suffix = get_file_suffix(arg)
         if file_suffix in SOURCE_ENDINGS + BITCODE_ENDINGS + DYNAMICLIB_ENDINGS + ASSEMBLY_ENDINGS + HEADER_ENDINGS or shared.Building.is_ar(arg): # we already removed -o <target>, so all these should be inputs
           newargs[i] = ''
-          if file_suffix.endswith(SOURCE_ENDINGS):
+          if file_suffix.endswith(SOURCE_ENDINGS) or (has_dash_c and file_suffix.endswith(BITCODE_ENDINGS)):
             input_files.append((i, arg))
             has_source_inputs = True
           elif file_suffix.endswith(HEADER_ENDINGS):
@@ -984,7 +987,6 @@
 
     newargs = [a for a in newargs if a != '']
 
-    has_dash_c = '-c' in newargs
     has_dash_S = '-S' in newargs
     if has_dash_c or has_dash_S:
       assert has_source_inputs or has_header_inputs, 'Must have source code or header inputs to use -c or -S'
@@ -1838,7 +1840,7 @@
       # First, generate LLVM bitcode. For each input file, we get base.o with bitcode
       for i, input_file in input_files:
         file_ending = get_file_suffix(input_file)
-        if file_ending.endswith(SOURCE_ENDINGS):
+        if file_ending.endswith(SOURCE_ENDINGS) or (has_dash_c and file_ending.endswith(BITCODE_ENDINGS)):
           compile_source_file(i, input_file)
         else: # bitcode
           if file_ending.endswith(BITCODE_ENDINGS):