diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/OptionParser.h b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/OptionParser.h
index ca0594645645..b03eeb74ec4e 100644
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/Host/OptionParser.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/Host/OptionParser.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
 
 struct option;
 
@@ -37,8 +38,11 @@ public:
 
   static void EnableError(bool error);
 
-  static int Parse(int argc, char *const argv[], llvm::StringRef optstring,
-                   const Option *longopts, int *longindex);
+  /// Argv must be an argument vector "as passed to main", i.e. terminated with
+  /// a nullptr.
+  static int Parse(llvm::MutableArrayRef<char *> argv,
+                   llvm::StringRef optstring, const Option *longopts,
+                   int *longindex);
 
   static char *GetOptionArgument();
   static int GetOptionIndex();
diff --git a/lldb/source/Host/common/OptionParser.cpp b/lldb/source/Host/common/OptionParser.cpp
index 92ff6f63d951..1e76f9b8f9f1 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Host/common/OptionParser.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Host/common/OptionParser.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ void OptionParser::Prepare(std::unique_lock<std::mutex> &lock) {
 
 void OptionParser::EnableError(bool error) { opterr = error ? 1 : 0; }
 
-int OptionParser::Parse(int argc, char *const argv[], llvm::StringRef optstring,
-                        const Option *longopts, int *longindex) {
+int OptionParser::Parse(llvm::MutableArrayRef<char *> argv,
+                        llvm::StringRef optstring, const Option *longopts,
+                        int *longindex) {
   std::vector<option> opts;
   while (longopts->definition != nullptr) {
     option opt;
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ int OptionParser::Parse(int argc, char *const argv[], llvm::StringRef optstring,
   }
   opts.push_back(option());
   std::string opt_cstr = optstring;
-  return getopt_long_only(argc, argv, opt_cstr.c_str(), &opts[0], longindex);
+  return getopt_long_only(argv.size() - 1, argv.data(), opt_cstr.c_str(),
+                          &opts[0], longindex);
 }
 
 char *OptionParser::GetOptionArgument() { return optarg; }
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandAlias.cpp b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandAlias.cpp
index 7d159a3baa07..8c40574ee50e 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandAlias.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandAlias.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ static bool ProcessAliasOptionsArgs(lldb::CommandObjectSP &cmd_obj_sp,
 
   Args args(options_args);
   std::string options_string(options_args);
+  // TODO: Find a way to propagate errors in this CommandReturnObject up the
+  // stack.
   CommandReturnObject result;
   // Check to see if the command being aliased can take any command options.
   Options *options = cmd_obj_sp->GetOptions();
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/Options.cpp b/lldb/source/Interpreter/Options.cpp
index e015ee4c5756..ba15c020f2da 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/Options.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/Options.cpp
@@ -930,6 +930,7 @@ static std::vector<char *> GetArgvForParsing(const Args &args) {
   result.push_back(const_cast<char *>("<FAKE-ARG0>"));
   for (const Args::ArgEntry &entry : args)
     result.push_back(const_cast<char *>(entry.c_str()));
+  result.push_back(nullptr);
   return result;
 }
 
@@ -972,19 +973,15 @@ static size_t FindArgumentIndexForOption(const Args &args,
   return size_t(-1);
 }
 
-llvm::Expected<Args> Options::ParseAlias(const Args &args,
-                                         OptionArgVector *option_arg_vector,
-                                         std::string &input_line) {
-  StreamString sstr;
-  int i;
-  Option *long_options = GetLongOptions();
+static std::string BuildShortOptions(const Option *long_options) {
+  std::string storage;
+  llvm::raw_string_ostream sstr(storage);
 
-  if (long_options == nullptr) {
-    return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>("Invalid long options",
-                                               llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
-  }
+  // Leading : tells getopt to return a : for a missing option argument AND to
+  // suppress error messages.
+  sstr << ":";
 
-  for (i = 0; long_options[i].definition != nullptr; ++i) {
+  for (size_t i = 0; long_options[i].definition != nullptr; ++i) {
     if (long_options[i].flag == nullptr) {
       sstr << (char)long_options[i].val;
       switch (long_options[i].definition->option_has_arg) {
@@ -1000,6 +997,20 @@ llvm::Expected<Args> Options::ParseAlias(const Args &args,
       }
     }
   }
+  return std::move(sstr.str());
+}
+
+llvm::Expected<Args> Options::ParseAlias(const Args &args,
+                                         OptionArgVector *option_arg_vector,
+                                         std::string &input_line) {
+  Option *long_options = GetLongOptions();
+
+  if (long_options == nullptr) {
+    return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>("Invalid long options",
+                                               llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
+  }
+
+  std::string short_options = BuildShortOptions(long_options);
 
   Args args_copy = args;
   std::vector<char *> argv = GetArgvForParsing(args);
@@ -1009,8 +1020,13 @@ llvm::Expected<Args> Options::ParseAlias(const Args &args,
   int val;
   while (true) {
     int long_options_index = -1;
-    val = OptionParser::Parse(argv.size(), &*argv.begin(), sstr.GetString(),
-                              long_options, &long_options_index);
+    val = OptionParser::Parse(argv, short_options, long_options,
+                              &long_options_index);
+
+    if (val == ':') {
+      return llvm::createStringError(llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode(),
+                                     "last option requires an argument");
+    }
 
     if (val == -1)
       break;
@@ -1116,33 +1132,13 @@ llvm::Expected<Args> Options::ParseAlias(const Args &args,
 OptionElementVector Options::ParseForCompletion(const Args &args,
                                                 uint32_t cursor_index) {
   OptionElementVector option_element_vector;
-  StreamString sstr;
   Option *long_options = GetLongOptions();
   option_element_vector.clear();
 
   if (long_options == nullptr)
     return option_element_vector;
 
-  // Leading : tells getopt to return a : for a missing option argument AND to
-  // suppress error messages.
-
-  sstr << ":";
-  for (int i = 0; long_options[i].definition != nullptr; ++i) {
-    if (long_options[i].flag == nullptr) {
-      sstr << (char)long_options[i].val;
-      switch (long_options[i].definition->option_has_arg) {
-      default:
-      case OptionParser::eNoArgument:
-        break;
-      case OptionParser::eRequiredArgument:
-        sstr << ":";
-        break;
-      case OptionParser::eOptionalArgument:
-        sstr << "::";
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  std::string short_options = BuildShortOptions(long_options);
 
   std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock;
   OptionParser::Prepare(lock);
@@ -1153,10 +1149,6 @@ OptionElementVector Options::ParseForCompletion(const Args &args,
 
   std::vector<char *> dummy_vec = GetArgvForParsing(args);
 
-  // I stick an element on the end of the input, because if the last element
-  // is option that requires an argument, getopt_long_only will freak out.
-  dummy_vec.push_back(const_cast<char *>("<FAKE-VALUE>"));
-
   bool failed_once = false;
   uint32_t dash_dash_pos = -1;
 
@@ -1164,8 +1156,8 @@ OptionElementVector Options::ParseForCompletion(const Args &args,
     bool missing_argument = false;
     int long_options_index = -1;
 
-    val = OptionParser::Parse(dummy_vec.size(), &dummy_vec[0], sstr.GetString(),
-                              long_options, &long_options_index);
+    val = OptionParser::Parse(dummy_vec, short_options, long_options,
+                              &long_options_index);
 
     if (val == -1) {
       // When we're completing a "--" which is the last option on line,
@@ -1328,7 +1320,6 @@ llvm::Expected<Args> Options::Parse(const Args &args,
                                     ExecutionContext *execution_context,
                                     lldb::PlatformSP platform_sp,
                                     bool require_validation) {
-  StreamString sstr;
   Status error;
   Option *long_options = GetLongOptions();
   if (long_options == nullptr) {
@@ -1336,38 +1327,15 @@ llvm::Expected<Args> Options::Parse(const Args &args,
                                                llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
   }
 
-  // Leading : tells getopt to return a : for a missing option argument AND to
-  // suppress error messages.
-  sstr << ":";
-  for (int i = 0; long_options[i].definition != nullptr; ++i) {
-    if (long_options[i].flag == nullptr) {
-      if (isprint8(long_options[i].val)) {
-        sstr << (char)long_options[i].val;
-        switch (long_options[i].definition->option_has_arg) {
-        default:
-        case OptionParser::eNoArgument:
-          break;
-        case OptionParser::eRequiredArgument:
-          sstr << ':';
-          break;
-        case OptionParser::eOptionalArgument:
-          sstr << "::";
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
+  std::string short_options = BuildShortOptions(long_options);
   std::vector<char *> argv = GetArgvForParsing(args);
-  // If the last option requires an argument but doesn't have one,
-  // some implementations of getopt_long will still try to read it.
-  argv.push_back(nullptr);
   std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock;
   OptionParser::Prepare(lock);
   int val;
   while (true) {
     int long_options_index = -1;
-    val = OptionParser::Parse(argv.size() - 1, &*argv.begin(), sstr.GetString(),
-                              long_options, &long_options_index);
+    val = OptionParser::Parse(argv, short_options, long_options,
+                              &long_options_index);
 
     if (val == ':') {
       error.SetErrorStringWithFormat("last option requires an argument");