Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetObjectFile.h
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetObjectFile.h
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetObjectFile.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   public:
     MCSection *SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalObject *GO, SectionKind Kind,
                                       const TargetMachine &TM) const override;
+    MCSection *getExplicitSectionGlobal(const GlobalObject *GO, SectionKind Kind,
+                                        const TargetMachine &TM) const override;
 };
 
 } // end namespace llvm
Index: lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetObjectFile.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetObjectFile.cpp
+++ lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUTargetObjectFile.cpp
@@ -29,3 +29,13 @@
 
   return TargetLoweringObjectFileELF::SelectSectionForGlobal(GO, Kind, TM);
 }
+
+MCSection *AMDGPUTargetObjectFile::getExplicitSectionGlobal(
+    const GlobalObject *GO, SectionKind SK, const TargetMachine &TM) const {
+  // Set metadata access for the explicit section
+  StringRef SectionName = GO->getSection();
+  if (SectionName.startswith(".AMDGPU.metadata."))
+    SK = SectionKind::getMetadata();
+
+  return TargetLoweringObjectFileELF::getExplicitSectionGlobal(GO, SK, TM);
+}
Index: test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/elf.metadata.ll
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/elf.metadata.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+; RUN: llc < %s -march=amdgcn -mcpu=fiji -filetype=obj | llvm-readobj -symbols -s -sd - | FileCheck %s
+
+; CHECK: Section {
+; CHECK: Name: .AMDGPU.metadata.info_1
+; CHECK: Type: SHT_PROGBITS (0x1)
+; CHECK: Flags [ (0x0)
+; CHECK: Size: 16
+; CHECK: SectionData (
+; CHECK: 0000: 414D4431 414D4431 414D4431 414D4431  |AMD1AMD1AMD1AMD1|
+; CHECK: )
+; CHECK: }
+
+; CHECK: Section {
+; CHECK: Name: .AMDGPU.metadata.info_2
+; CHECK: Type: SHT_PROGBITS (0x1)
+; CHECK: Flags [ (0x0)
+; CHECK: Size: 16
+; CHECK: SectionData (
+; CHECK: 0000: 414D4432 414D4432 414D4432 414D4432  |AMD2AMD2AMD2AMD2|
+; CHECK: )
+; CHECK: }
+
+; CHECK: Section {
+; CHECK: Name: .AMDGPU.metadata.info_3
+; CHECK: Type: SHT_PROGBITS (0x1)
+; CHECK: Flags [ (0x0)
+; CHECK: Size: 16
+; CHECK: SectionData (
+; CHECK: 0000: 414D4433 414D4433 414D4433 414D4433  |AMD3AMD3AMD3AMD3|
+; CHECK: )
+; CHECK: }
+
+; CHECK: Symbol {
+; CHECK: Name: metadata_info_var_1
+; CHECK: Size: 16
+; CHECK: Binding: Local
+; CHECK: Section: .AMDGPU.metadata.info_1
+; CHECK: }
+
+; CHECK: Symbol {
+; CHECK: Name: metadata_info_var_2
+; CHECK: Size: 16
+; CHECK: Binding: Global
+; CHECK: Section: .AMDGPU.metadata.info_2
+; CHECK: }
+
+; CHECK: Symbol {
+; CHECK: Name: metadata_info_var_3
+; CHECK: Size: 16
+; CHECK: Binding: Global
+; CHECK: Section: .AMDGPU.metadata.info_3
+; CHECK: }
+
+@metadata_info_var_1 = internal global [4 x i32][i32 826559809, i32 826559809, i32 826559809, i32 826559809], align 1, section ".AMDGPU.metadata.info_1"
+@metadata_info_var_2 = constant [4 x i32][i32 843337025, i32 843337025, i32 843337025, i32 843337025], align 1, section ".AMDGPU.metadata.info_2"
+@metadata_info_var_3 = global [4 x i32][i32 860114241, i32 860114241, i32 860114241, i32 860114241], align 1, section ".AMDGPU.metadata.info_3"