diff --git a/src/link/Elf/ZigObject.zig b/src/link/Elf/ZigObject.zig
index 0173ffb40b..9e42a53ccb 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf/ZigObject.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf/ZigObject.zig
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ pub fn lowerUav(
             .flags = elf.SHF_ALLOC | elf.SHF_WRITE,
             .offset = std.math.maxInt(u64),
         });
-        self.data_relro_index = osec;
+        self.data_relro_index = try self.addSectionSymbol(gpa, ".data.rel.ro", .@"1", osec);
         break :osec osec;
     };