Index: llvm/trunk/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/ObjectYAML/ELFYAML.cpp
@@ -832,9 +832,6 @@
   if (Symbol.Index && *Symbol.Index == ELFYAML::ELF_SHN(ELF::SHN_XINDEX)) {
     return "Large indexes are not supported";
   }
-  if (Symbol.Index && *Symbol.Index < ELFYAML::ELF_SHN(ELF::SHN_LORESERVE)) {
-    return "Use a section name to define which section a symbol is defined in";
-  }
   return StringRef();
 }
 
Index: llvm/trunk/test/tools/yaml2obj/symbol-index.yaml
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/tools/yaml2obj/symbol-index.yaml
+++ llvm/trunk/test/tools/yaml2obj/symbol-index.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # RUN: yaml2obj %s > %t
-# RUN: llvm-readobj -symbols %t | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -symbols %t | FileCheck %s
 
 !ELF
 FileHeader:
@@ -7,29 +7,38 @@
   Data:            ELFDATA2LSB
   Type:            ET_EXEC
   Machine:         EM_X86_64
+Sections:
+  - Name: .text
+    Type: SHT_PROGBITS
 Symbols:
   Global:
-    - Name:     test
+    - Name:     absolute1
       Index:    SHN_ABS
       Value:    0x1234
+    - Name:     absolute2
+      Index:    0xfff1
+      Value:    0x4321
+    - Name:     common1
+      Index:    SHN_COMMON
+    - Name:     common2
+      Index:    0xfff2
+    - Name:     good
+      Index:    0x1
+    - Name:     bad
+      Index:    0x42
+    - Name:     undef1
+      Index:    SHN_UNDEF
+    - Name:     undef2
+      Index:    0
 
-#CHECK:     Symbols [
-#CHECK-NEXT:   Symbol {
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Name:  (0)
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Value: 0x0
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Size: 0
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Binding: Local (0x0)
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Type: None (0x0)
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Other: 0
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Section: Undefined (0x0)
-#CHECK-NEXT:  }
-#CHECK-NEXT:  Symbol {
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Name: test (1)
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Value: 0x1234
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Size: 0
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Binding: Global (0x1)
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Type: None (0x0)
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Other: 0
-#CHECK-NEXT:    Section: Absolute (0xFFF1)
-#CHECK-NEXT:  }
-#CHECK-NEXT:]
+# CHECK:      Symbol table '.symtab' contains 9 entries
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Num: {{.*}} Ndx Name
+# CHECK-NEXT:     0: {{.*}} UND
+# CHECK-NEXT:     1: {{.*}} ABS absolute1
+# CHECK-NEXT:     2: {{.*}} ABS absolute2
+# CHECK-NEXT:     3: {{.*}} COM common1
+# CHECK-NEXT:     4: {{.*}} COM common2
+# CHECK-NEXT:     5: {{.*}}   1 good
+# CHECK-NEXT:     6: {{.*}}  66 bad
+# CHECK-NEXT:     7: {{.*}} UND undef1
+# CHECK-NEXT:     8: {{.*}} UND undef2