diff --git a/llvm/test/Object/elf-unknown-type.test b/llvm/test/Object/elf-unknown-type.test
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Object/elf-unknown-type.test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-# RUN: yaml2obj %s | llvm-readobj --file-headers - | FileCheck %s
-
-!ELF
-FileHeader: !FileHeader
-  Class: ELFCLASS64
-  Data: ELFDATA2LSB
-  Type: 42
-  Machine: EM_X86_64
-
-# CHECK: Type: 0x2A
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/ELF/file-types.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/ELF/file-types.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/ELF/file-types.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/ELF/file-types.test
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 # RUN: llvm-readelf -h %t.unknown | FileCheck %s --match-full-lines --check-prefix GNU-UNNKNOWN
 
 # LLVM-UNNKNOWN: ElfHeader {
-# LLVM-UNNKNOWN:   Type: 0xFDFF
+# LLVM-UNNKNOWN:   Type: Unknown (0xFDFF)
 
 # GNU-UNNKNOWN: ELF Header:
 # GNU-UNNKNOWN:   Type: <unknown>: fdff
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 # RUN: llvm-readelf -h %t6 | FileCheck %s --match-full-lines --check-prefix GNU-LOOS
 
 # LLVM-LOOS: ElfHeader {
-# LLVM-LOOS:   Type: 0xFE00
+# LLVM-LOOS:   Type: OS Specific (0xFE00)
 
 # GNU-LOOS: ELF Header:
 # GNU-LOOS:   Type: OS Specific: (fe00)
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 # RUN: llvm-readelf -h %t7 | FileCheck %s --match-full-lines --check-prefix GNU-HIOS
 
 # LLVM-HIOS: ElfHeader {
-# LLVM-HIOS:   Type: 0xFEFF
+# LLVM-HIOS:   Type: OS Specific (0xFEFF)
 
 # GNU-HIOS: ELF Header:
 # GNU-HIOS:   Type: OS Specific: (feff)
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 # RUN: llvm-readelf -h %t8 | FileCheck %s --match-full-lines --check-prefix GNU-LOPROC
 
 # LLVM-LOPROC: ElfHeader {
-# LLVM-LOPROC:   Type: 0xFF00
+# LLVM-LOPROC:   Type: Processor Specific (0xFF00)
 
 # GNU-LOPROC: ELF Header:
 # GNU-LOPROC:   Type: Processor Specific: (ff00)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 # RUN: llvm-readelf -h %t9 | FileCheck %s --match-full-lines --check-prefix GNU-HIPROC
 
 # LLVM-HIPROC: ElfHeader {
-# LLVM-HIPROC:   Type: 0xFFFF
+# LLVM-HIPROC:   Type: Processor Specific (0xFFFF)
 
 # GNU-HIPROC: ELF Header:
 # GNU-HIPROC:   Type: Processor Specific: (ffff)
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
@@ -3515,6 +3515,15 @@
          to_string((*ArrOrErr)[0].sh_link) + ")";
 }
 
+static const EnumEntry<unsigned> *getObjectFileEnumEntry(unsigned Type) {
+  auto It = llvm::find_if(ElfObjectFileType, [&](const EnumEntry<unsigned> &E) {
+    return E.Value == Type;
+  });
+  if (It != makeArrayRef(ElfObjectFileType).end())
+    return It;
+  return nullptr;
+}
+
 template <class ELFT> void GNUStyle<ELFT>::printFileHeaders() {
   const Elf_Ehdr &e = this->Obj.getHeader();
   OS << "ELF Header:\n";
@@ -3539,17 +3548,15 @@
   printFields(OS,
               "ABI Version:", std::to_string(e.e_ident[ELF::EI_ABIVERSION]));
 
-  Str = printEnum(e.e_type, makeArrayRef(ElfObjectFileType));
-  if (makeArrayRef(ElfObjectFileType).end() ==
-      llvm::find_if(ElfObjectFileType, [&](const EnumEntry<unsigned> &E) {
-        return E.Value == e.e_type;
-      })) {
+  if (const EnumEntry<unsigned> *E = getObjectFileEnumEntry(e.e_type)) {
+    Str = E->AltName.str();
+  } else {
     if (e.e_type >= ET_LOPROC)
-      Str = "Processor Specific: (" + Str + ")";
+      Str = "Processor Specific: (" + to_hexString(e.e_type, false) + ")";
     else if (e.e_type >= ET_LOOS)
-      Str = "OS Specific: (" + Str + ")";
+      Str = "OS Specific: (" + to_hexString(e.e_type, false) + ")";
     else
-      Str = "<unknown>: " + Str;
+      Str = "<unknown>: " + to_hexString(e.e_type, false);
   }
   printFields(OS, "Type:", Str);
 
@@ -6343,7 +6350,19 @@
       W.printBinary("Unused", makeArrayRef(E.e_ident).slice(ELF::EI_PAD));
     }
 
-    W.printEnum("Type", E.e_type, makeArrayRef(ElfObjectFileType));
+    std::string TypeStr;
+    if (const EnumEntry<unsigned> *Ent = getObjectFileEnumEntry(E.e_type)) {
+      TypeStr = Ent->Name.str();
+    } else {
+      if (E.e_type >= ET_LOPROC)
+        TypeStr = "Processor Specific";
+      else if (E.e_type >= ET_LOOS)
+        TypeStr = "OS Specific";
+      else
+        TypeStr = "Unknown";
+    }
+    W.printString("Type", TypeStr + " (0x" + to_hexString(E.e_type) + ")");
+
     W.printEnum("Machine", E.e_machine, makeArrayRef(ElfMachineType));
     W.printNumber("Version", E.e_version);
     W.printHex("Entry", E.e_entry);