diff --git a/lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp b/lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
index e4bcfa257f6..e5377890da5 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCObjectFileInfo.cpp
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ void MCObjectFileInfo::InitCOFFMCObjectFileInfo(Triple T) {
 
   DrectveSection =
     Ctx->getCOFFSection(".drectve",
-                        COFF::IMAGE_SCN_LNK_INFO,
+                        COFF::IMAGE_SCN_LNK_INFO | COFF::IMAGE_SCN_LNK_REMOVE,
                         SectionKind::getMetadata());
 
   PDataSection =
diff --git a/test/MC/COFF/directive-section-characteristics.ll b/test/MC/COFF/directive-section-characteristics.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca8102af641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/COFF/directive-section-characteristics.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple i686-windows -filetype obj -o - %s | llvm-readobj -sections \
+; RUN:    | FileCheck %s
+
+define dllexport void @function() {
+entry:
+  ret void
+}
+
+; CHECK: Section {
+; CHECK:   Name: .drectve
+; CHECK:   Characteristics [
+; CHECK:     IMAGE_SCN_ALIGN_1BYTES
+; CHECK:     IMAGE_SCN_LNK_INFO
+; CHECK:     IMAGE_SCN_LNK_REMOVE
+; CHECK:   ]
+; CHECK: }
+