diff --git a/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp b/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@
 }
 
 template <class ELFT> void OutputSection::writeTo(uint8_t *buf) {
+  llvm::TimeTraceScope timeScope("Write sections", name);
   if (type == SHT_NOBITS)
     return;
 
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -2893,6 +2893,8 @@
 
 // Write section contents to a mmap'ed file.
 template <class ELFT> void Writer<ELFT>::writeSections() {
+  llvm::TimeTraceScope timeScope("Write sections");
+
   // In -r or --emit-relocs mode, write the relocation sections first as in
   // ELf_Rel targets we might find out that we need to modify the relocated
   // section while doing it.