diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/obj2yaml/ELF/DWARF/debug-str.yaml b/llvm/test/tools/obj2yaml/ELF/DWARF/debug-str.yaml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/obj2yaml/ELF/DWARF/debug-str.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+## Test how we dump the .debug_str section.
+
+## a) Test dumping a .debug_str section with a default section header.
+
+# RUN: yaml2obj --docnum=1 %s | obj2yaml | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefix=BASIC --implicit-check-not='Name: .debug_str'
+
+## b) Test dumping a .debug_str section whose section header properties are overridden.
+
+## Override the sh_type field.
+# RUN: yaml2obj --docnum=1 -DTYPE=STRTAB %s | obj2yaml | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=BASIC,COMMON \
+# RUN:     -DTYPE=STRTAB -DFLAGS="[ SHF_MERGE, SHF_STRINGS ]" -DADDRALIGN=0001 -DENTSIZE=0001
+
+## Override the sh_flags field.
+# RUN: yaml2obj --docnum=1 -DFLAGS=[SHF_ALLOC] %s | obj2yaml | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=BASIC,COMMON \
+# RUN:     -DTYPE=PROGBITS -DFLAGS="[ SHF_ALLOC ]" -DADDRALIGN=0001 -DENTSIZE=0001
+
+## Override the sh_link field.
+# RUN: yaml2obj --docnum=1 -DLINK=.sec %s | obj2yaml | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=BASIC,COMMON,LINK \
+# RUN:     -DTYPE=PROGBITS -DFLAGS="[ SHF_MERGE, SHF_STRINGS ]" -DLINK=.sec -DADDRALIGN=0001 -DENTSIZE=0001
+
+## Override the sh_addr field.
+# RUN: yaml2obj --docnum=1 -DADDRESS=0x2020 %s | obj2yaml | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=BASIC,COMMON,ADDRESS \
+# RUN:     -DTYPE=PROGBITS -DFLAGS="[ SHF_MERGE, SHF_STRINGS ]" -DADDRALIGN=0001 -DENTSIZE=0001 -DADDRESS=2020
+
+## Override the sh_addralign field
+# RUN: yaml2obj --docnum=1 -DADDRALIGN=3 %s | obj2yaml | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=BASIC,COMMON \
+# RUN:     -DTYPE=PROGBITS -DFLAGS="[ SHF_MERGE, SHF_STRINGS ]" -DADDRALIGN=0003 -DENTSIZE=0001
+
+## Override the sh_entsize field.
+# RUN: yaml2obj --docnum=1 -DENTSIZE=3 %s | obj2yaml | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=BASIC,COMMON \
+# RUN:     -DTYPE=PROGBITS -DFLAGS="[ SHF_MERGE, SHF_STRINGS ]" -DADDRALIGN=0001 -DENTSIZE=0003
+
+## Override the sh_info field.
+# RUN: yaml2obj --docnum=1 -DINFO=3 %s | obj2yaml | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=BASIC,COMMON,INFO \
+# RUN:     -DTYPE=PROGBITS -DFLAGS="[ SHF_MERGE, SHF_STRINGS ]" -DINFO=0003 -DADDRALIGN=0001 -DENTSIZE=0001
+
+--- !ELF
+FileHeader:
+  Class: ELFCLASS64
+  Data:  ELFDATA2LSB
+  Type:  ET_EXEC
+Sections:
+  - Name:         .debug_str
+    Type:         SHT_[[TYPE=PROGBITS]]
+    Flags:        [[FLAGS=<none>]]
+    Link:         [[LINK='']]
+    EntSize:      [[ENTSIZE=1]]
+    Info:         [[INFO=<none>]]
+    AddressAlign: [[ADDRALIGN=1]]
+    Address:      [[ADDRESS=<none>]]
+  - Name:         .sec
+    Type:         SHT_PROGBITS
+DWARF:
+  debug_str:
+    - a
+    - b
+    - abc
+
+#       COMMON: - Name:         .debug_str
+#  COMMON-NEXT:   Type:         SHT_[[TYPE]]
+#  COMMON-NEXT:   Flags:        [[FLAGS]]
+#    LINK-NEXT:   Link:         .sec
+# ADDRESS-NEXT:   Address:      0x000000000000[[ADDRESS]]
+#  COMMON-NEXT:   AddressAlign: 0x000000000000[[ADDRALIGN]]
+#  COMMON-NEXT:   EntSize:      0x000000000000[[ENTSIZE]]
+#    INFO-NEXT:   Info:         0x000000000000[[INFO]]
+#        BASIC: DWARF:
+#   BASIC-NEXT:   debug_str:
+#   BASIC-NEXT:     - a
+#   BASIC-NEXT:     - b
+#   BASIC-NEXT:     - abc
+#   BASIC-NEXT: ...
diff --git a/llvm/tools/obj2yaml/elf2yaml.cpp b/llvm/tools/obj2yaml/elf2yaml.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/obj2yaml/elf2yaml.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/obj2yaml/elf2yaml.cpp
@@ -197,12 +197,21 @@
   // entry but their section headers may have special flags, entry size, address
   // alignment, etc. We will preserve the header for them under such
   // circumstances.
-  if (DWARF && DWARF->getNonEmptySectionNames().count(S.Name.substr(1))) {
+  StringRef SecName = S.Name.substr(1);
+  if (DWARF && DWARF->getNonEmptySectionNames().count(SecName)) {
     if (const ELFYAML::RawContentSection *RawSec =
-            dyn_cast<const ELFYAML::RawContentSection>(&S))
-      return RawSec->Type != ELF::SHT_PROGBITS || RawSec->Flags ||
-             !RawSec->Link.empty() || RawSec->Info ||
-             RawSec->AddressAlign != 1 || RawSec->EntSize;
+            dyn_cast<const ELFYAML::RawContentSection>(&S)) {
+      if (RawSec->Type != ELF::SHT_PROGBITS || !RawSec->Link.empty() ||
+          RawSec->Info || RawSec->AddressAlign != 1 || RawSec->Address)
+        return true;
+
+      if (SecName == "debug_str")
+        return !(RawSec->EntSize && (uint64_t)*RawSec->EntSize == 1) ||
+               RawSec->Flags.getValueOr(ELFYAML::ELF_SHF(0)) !=
+                   ELFYAML::ELF_SHF(ELF::SHF_MERGE | ELF::SHF_STRINGS);
+
+      return RawSec->EntSize || RawSec->Flags;
+    }
   }
 
   // Normally we use "Symbols:" and "DynamicSymbols:" to describe contents of
@@ -404,6 +413,8 @@
 
       if (RawSec->Name == ".debug_aranges")
         Err = dumpDebugARanges(*DWARFCtx.get(), DWARF);
+      else if (RawSec->Name == ".debug_str")
+        dumpDebugStrings(*DWARFCtx.get(), DWARF);
 
       // If the DWARF section cannot be successfully parsed, emit raw content
       // instead of an entry in the DWARF section of the YAML.