Index: include/llvm/Object/ELFYAML.h
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/Object/ELFYAML.h
+++ include/llvm/Object/ELFYAML.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 };
 struct RawContentSection : Section {
   object::yaml::BinaryRef Content;
+  llvm::yaml::Hex64 Size;
   RawContentSection() : Section(SectionKind::RawContent) {}
   static bool classof(const Section *S) {
     return S->Kind == SectionKind::RawContent;
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@
 template <>
 struct MappingTraits<std::unique_ptr<ELFYAML::Section>> {
   static void mapping(IO &IO, std::unique_ptr<ELFYAML::Section> &Section);
+  static StringRef validate(IO &io, std::unique_ptr<ELFYAML::Section> &Section);
 };
 
 template <>
Index: lib/Object/ELFYAML.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Object/ELFYAML.cpp
+++ lib/Object/ELFYAML.cpp
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@
 static void sectionMapping(IO &IO, ELFYAML::RawContentSection &Section) {
   commonSectionMapping(IO, Section);
   IO.mapOptional("Content", Section.Content);
+  IO.mapOptional("Size", Section.Size, Hex64(Section.Content.binary_size()));
 }
 
 static void sectionMapping(IO &IO, ELFYAML::RelocationSection &Section) {
@@ -687,6 +688,14 @@
   }
 }
 
+StringRef MappingTraits<std::unique_ptr<ELFYAML::Section>>::validate(
+    IO &io, std::unique_ptr<ELFYAML::Section> &Section) {
+  const auto *RawSection = dyn_cast<ELFYAML::RawContentSection>(Section.get());
+  if (!RawSection || RawSection->Size >= RawSection->Content.binary_size())
+    return StringRef();
+  return "Section size must be greater or equal to the content size";
+}
+
 void MappingTraits<ELFYAML::Relocation>::mapping(IO &IO,
                                                  ELFYAML::Relocation &Rel) {
   IO.mapRequired("Offset", Rel.Offset);
Index: test/Object/yaml2obj-elf-section-basic.yaml
===================================================================
--- test/Object/yaml2obj-elf-section-basic.yaml
+++ test/Object/yaml2obj-elf-section-basic.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
     Content: EBFE
     AddressAlign: 2
 
+  - Name: .data
+    Type: SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags: [ SHF_ALLOC ]
+    Address: 0xCAFECAFE
+    Content: FEBF
+    Size: 8
+    AddressAlign: 2
+
 # CHECK:        Section {
 # CHECK:          Index: 0
 # CHECK:          Type: SHT_NULL (0x0)
@@ -38,6 +46,23 @@
 # CHECK-NEXT:     )
 #
 # CHECK:        Section {
+# CHECK:          Name: .data
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Type: SHT_PROGBITS (0x1)
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Flags [ (0x2)
+# CHECK-NEXT:       SHF_ALLOC (0x2)
+# CHECK-NEXT:     ]
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Address: 0xCAFECAFE
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Offset: 0x1D0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Size: 8
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Link: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Info: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     AddressAlignment: 2
+# CHECK-NEXT:     EntrySize: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     SectionData (
+# CHECK-NEXT:       0000: FEBF0000 00000000 |........|
+# CHECK-NEXT:     )
+#
+# CHECK:        Section {
 # CHECK:          Name: .symtab (25)
 # CHECK:          Type: SHT_SYMTAB (0x2)
 # CHECK:        }
Index: test/Object/yaml2obj-elf-section-invalid-size.yaml
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/Object/yaml2obj-elf-section-invalid-size.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# RUN: not yaml2obj -format=elf -o %t %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+!ELF
+FileHeader:
+  Class: ELFCLASS64
+  Data: ELFDATA2LSB
+  Type: ET_REL
+  Machine: EM_X86_64
+
+Sections:
+  - Name: .text
+    Type: SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags: [ SHF_ALLOC, SHF_EXECINSTR ]
+    Content: EBFE
+    AddressAlign: 2
+
+  - Name: .data
+    Type: SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags: [ SHF_ALLOC ]
+    Content: 0000000000000000
+    Size: 2
+
+# CHECK: YAML:17:5: error: Section size must be greater or equal to the content size
+# CHECK-NEXT: - Name: .data
+# CHECK-NEXT:   ^
+# CHECK-NEXT: yaml2obj: Failed to parse YAML file!
Index: tools/obj2yaml/elf2yaml.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/obj2yaml/elf2yaml.cpp
+++ tools/obj2yaml/elf2yaml.cpp
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@
   if (error_code EC = ContentOrErr.getError())
     return EC;
   S->Content = object::yaml::BinaryRef(ContentOrErr.get());
+  S->Size = S->Content.binary_size();
 
   return S.release();
 }
Index: tools/yaml2obj/yaml2elf.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/yaml2obj/yaml2elf.cpp
+++ tools/yaml2obj/yaml2elf.cpp
@@ -314,9 +314,14 @@
 ELFState<ELFT>::writeSectionContent(Elf_Shdr &SHeader,
                                     const ELFYAML::RawContentSection &Section,
                                     ContiguousBlobAccumulator &CBA) {
-  Section.Content.writeAsBinary(CBA.getOSAndAlignedOffset(SHeader.sh_offset));
+  assert(Section.Size >= Section.Content.binary_size() &&
+         "Section size and section content are inconsistent");
+  raw_ostream &OS = CBA.getOSAndAlignedOffset(SHeader.sh_offset);
+  Section.Content.writeAsBinary(OS);
+  for (auto i = Section.Content.binary_size(); i < Section.Size; ++i)
+    OS.write(0);
   SHeader.sh_entsize = 0;
-  SHeader.sh_size = Section.Content.binary_size();
+  SHeader.sh_size = Section.Size;
 }
 
 template <class ELFT>