diff --git a/llvm/docs/Extensions.rst b/llvm/docs/Extensions.rst
--- a/llvm/docs/Extensions.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/Extensions.rst
@@ -450,6 +450,18 @@
    .uleb128  .LBB_END0_1-.LBB0_1          # BB_1 size
    .byte     y                            # BB_1 metadata
 
+``SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING`` Section (offloading data)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+This section stores the binary data used to perform offloading device linking
+and execution, creating a fat-binary. This section is emitted during compilation
+of offloading languages such as OpenMP or CUDA. If the data is intended to be
+used by the device linker only, it should use the ``SHF_EXCLUDE`` flag so it is
+automatically stripped from the final executable or shared library.
+
+The binary data stored at this section conforms to a custom binary format used
+for storing offloading metadata. This format is effectively a string table
+containing metadata accompanied by a device image.
+
 CodeView-Dependent
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/BinaryFormat/ELF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/BinaryFormat/ELF.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/BinaryFormat/ELF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/BinaryFormat/ELF.h
@@ -990,6 +990,7 @@
                   // backward-compatibility).
   SHT_LLVM_CALL_GRAPH_PROFILE = 0x6fff4c09, // LLVM Call Graph Profile.
   SHT_LLVM_BB_ADDR_MAP = 0x6fff4c0a,        // LLVM Basic Block Address Map.
+  SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING = 0x6fff4c0b,         // LLVM device offloading data.
   // Android's experimental support for SHT_RELR sections.
   // https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/b7feec74547f84559a1467aca02708ff61346d2a/libc/include/elf.h#512
   SHT_ANDROID_RELR = 0x6fffff00,   // Relocation entries; only offsets.
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -501,6 +501,9 @@
   if (hasPrefix(Name, ".preinit_array"))
     return ELF::SHT_PREINIT_ARRAY;
 
+  if (hasPrefix(Name, ".llvm.offloading"))
+    return ELF::SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING;
+
   if (K.isBSS() || K.isThreadBSS())
     return ELF::SHT_NOBITS;
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/ELFAsmParser.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/ELFAsmParser.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/ELFAsmParser.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/ELFAsmParser.cpp
@@ -660,6 +660,8 @@
       Type = ELF::SHT_LLVM_SYMPART;
     else if (TypeName == "llvm_bb_addr_map")
       Type = ELF::SHT_LLVM_BB_ADDR_MAP;
+    else if (TypeName == "llvm_offloading")
+      Type = ELF::SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING;
     else if (TypeName.getAsInteger(0, Type))
       return TokError("unknown section type");
   }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@
     OS << "llvm_bb_addr_map";
   else if (Type == ELF::SHT_LLVM_BB_ADDR_MAP_V0)
     OS << "llvm_bb_addr_map_v0";
+  else if (Type == ELF::SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING)
+    OS << "llvm_offloading";
   else
     report_fatal_error("unsupported type 0x" + Twine::utohexstr(Type) +
                        " for section " + getName());
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/ELF.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/ELF.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/ELF.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/ELF.cpp
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@
     STRINGIFY_ENUM_CASE(ELF, SHT_LLVM_PART_PHDR);
     STRINGIFY_ENUM_CASE(ELF, SHT_LLVM_BB_ADDR_MAP_V0);
     STRINGIFY_ENUM_CASE(ELF, SHT_LLVM_BB_ADDR_MAP);
+    STRINGIFY_ENUM_CASE(ELF, SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING);
     STRINGIFY_ENUM_CASE(ELF, SHT_GNU_ATTRIBUTES);
     STRINGIFY_ENUM_CASE(ELF, SHT_GNU_HASH);
     STRINGIFY_ENUM_CASE(ELF, SHT_GNU_verdef);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp b/llvm/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@
   ECase(SHT_LLVM_PART_PHDR);
   ECase(SHT_LLVM_BB_ADDR_MAP_V0);
   ECase(SHT_LLVM_BB_ADDR_MAP);
+  ECase(SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING);
   ECase(SHT_GNU_ATTRIBUTES);
   ECase(SHT_GNU_HASH);
   ECase(SHT_GNU_verdef);
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/offload_sections.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/offload_sections.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/offload_sections.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/X86/offload_sections.ll
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 @llvm.embedded.object = private constant [1 x i8] c"\00", section ".llvm.offloading"
 @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [1 x ptr] [ptr @llvm.embedded.object], section "llvm.metadata"
 
-; CHECK-ELF: .section	.llvm.offloading,"e"
+; CHECK-ELF: .section	.llvm.offloading,"e",@llvm_offloading
 ; CHECK-COFF: .section	.llvm.offloading,"dr"
diff --git a/llvm/test/ObjectYAML/ELF/sht-offloading.yaml b/llvm/test/ObjectYAML/ELF/sht-offloading.yaml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/ObjectYAML/ELF/sht-offloading.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# RUN: yaml2obj %s -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --sections %t | FileCheck -check-prefix=OBJ %s
+# RUN: obj2yaml %t | FileCheck -check-prefix=YAML %s
+
+--- !ELF
+FileHeader:
+  Class:           ELFCLASS32
+  Data:            ELFDATA2LSB
+  Type:            ET_REL
+Sections:
+  - Name:            .llvm.offloading
+    Type:            SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING
+    Flags:           [ SHF_EXCLUDE ]
+
+#      OBJ: Sections [
+#      OBJ:   Section {
+#      OBJ:     Index: 1
+# OBJ-NEXT:     Name: .llvm.offloading (1)
+# OBJ-NEXT:     Type: SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING (0x6FFF4C0B)
+# OBJ-NEXT:     Flags [ (0x80000000)
+# OBJ-NEXT:       SHF_EXCLUDE (0x80000000)
+# OBJ-NEXT:     ]
+
+
+#      YAML: Sections:
+# YAML-NEXT:   - Name:            .llvm.offloading
+# YAML-NEXT:     Type:            SHT_LLVM_OFFLOADING
+# YAML-NEXT:     Flags:           [ SHF_EXCLUDE ]