Index: lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
+++ lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
@@ -435,22 +435,22 @@
 
   // Fission Sections
   DwarfInfoDWOSection =
-      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_info.dwo", DebugSecType, 0);
+      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_info.dwo", DebugSecType, ELF::SHF_EXCLUDE);
   DwarfTypesDWOSection =
-      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_types.dwo", DebugSecType, 0);
+      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_types.dwo", DebugSecType, ELF::SHF_EXCLUDE);
   DwarfAbbrevDWOSection =
-      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_abbrev.dwo", DebugSecType, 0);
-  DwarfStrDWOSection =
-      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_str.dwo", DebugSecType,
-                         ELF::SHF_MERGE | ELF::SHF_STRINGS, 1, "");
+      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_abbrev.dwo", DebugSecType, ELF::SHF_EXCLUDE);
+  DwarfStrDWOSection = Ctx->getELFSection(
+      ".debug_str.dwo", DebugSecType,
+      ELF::SHF_MERGE | ELF::SHF_STRINGS | ELF::SHF_EXCLUDE, 1, "");
   DwarfLineDWOSection =
-      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_line.dwo", DebugSecType, 0);
+      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_line.dwo", DebugSecType, ELF::SHF_EXCLUDE);
   DwarfLocDWOSection =
-      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_loc.dwo", DebugSecType, 0);
-  DwarfStrOffDWOSection =
-      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_str_offsets.dwo", DebugSecType, 0);
+      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_loc.dwo", DebugSecType, ELF::SHF_EXCLUDE);
+  DwarfStrOffDWOSection = Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_str_offsets.dwo",
+                                             DebugSecType, ELF::SHF_EXCLUDE);
   DwarfRnglistsDWOSection =
-      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_rnglists.dwo", DebugSecType, 0);
+      Ctx->getELFSection(".debug_rnglists.dwo", DebugSecType, ELF::SHF_EXCLUDE);
 
   // DWP Sections
   DwarfCUIndexSection =
Index: test/MC/ELF/exclude-debug-dwo.s
===================================================================
--- test/MC/ELF/exclude-debug-dwo.s
+++ test/MC/ELF/exclude-debug-dwo.s
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# RUN: llvm-mc -triple x86_64-pc-linux-gnu %s -filetype=obj -o %t.o
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -s --elf-output-style=GNU %t.o | FileCheck %s
+
+## Check we add SHF_EXCLUDE flag for .dwo debug sections.
+# CHECK: .debug_info.dwo        {{.*}} E
+# CHECK: .debug_types.dwo       {{.*}} E
+# CHECK: .debug_abbrev.dwo      {{.*}} E
+# CHECK: .debug_str.dwo         {{.*}} EMS
+# CHECK: .debug_line.dwo        {{.*}} E
+# CHECK: .debug_loc.dwo         {{.*}} E
+# CHECK: .debug_str_offsets.dwo {{.*}} E
+
+.section .debug_info.dwo
+nop
+
+.section .debug_types.dwo
+nop
+
+.section .debug_abbrev.dwo
+nop
+
+.section .debug_str.dwo
+nop
+
+.section .debug_line.dwo
+nop
+
+.section .debug_loc.dwo
+nop
+
+.section .debug_str_offsets.dwo
+nop