diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
index 1fddf40f5b22..f3afb1c34562 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -857,8 +857,8 @@ template <class ELFT> void BinaryFile::parse() {
   StringRef EndName = Saver.save(Twine(Filename) + "_end");
   StringRef SizeName = Saver.save(Twine(Filename) + "_size");
 
-  auto *Section =
-      make<InputSection<ELFT>>(SHF_ALLOC, SHT_PROGBITS, 8, Data, ".data");
+  auto *Section = make<InputSection<ELFT>>(SHF_ALLOC | SHF_WRITE, SHT_PROGBITS,
+                                           8, Data, ".data");
   Sections.push_back(Section);
 
   elf::Symtab<ELFT>::X->addRegular(StartName, STV_DEFAULT, STT_OBJECT, 0, 0,
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/format-binary.test b/lld/test/ELF/format-binary.test
index 586f5f963dfa..94b9b51afe78 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/format-binary.test
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/format-binary.test
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # CHECK-NEXT:     Type: SHT_PROGBITS
 # CHECK-NEXT:     Flags [
 # CHECK-NEXT:       SHF_ALLOC
+# CHECK-NEXT:       SHF_WRITE
 # CHECK-NEXT:     ]
 # CHECK-NEXT:     Address: 0x0
 # CHECK-NEXT:     Offset: