diff --git a/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp b/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
index 97cf56fc362e..b456ac6fe791 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/OutputSections.cpp
@@ -1220,6 +1220,7 @@ void MergeOutputSection<ELFT>::addSection(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *C) {
   ArrayRef<uint8_t> D = S->getSectionData();
   StringRef Data((const char *)D.data(), D.size());
   uintX_t EntSize = S->getSectionHdr()->sh_entsize;
+  this->Header.sh_entsize = EntSize;
 
   // If this is of type string, the contents are null-terminated strings.
   if (this->Header.sh_flags & SHF_STRINGS) {
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/merge-string.s b/lld/test/ELF/merge-string.s
index 40cc4415f956..69536bd89ba2 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/merge-string.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/merge-string.s
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ zed:
 // CHECK-NEXT: Link: 0
 // CHECK-NEXT: Info: 0
 // CHECK-NEXT: AddressAlignment: 1
-// CHECK-NEXT: EntrySize: 0
+// CHECK-NEXT: EntrySize: 1
 // CHECK-NEXT: SectionData (
 // CHECK-NEXT:   0000: 61626300                             |abc.|
 // CHECK-NEXT: )
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ zed:
 // NOTAIL-NEXT: Link: 0
 // NOTAIL-NEXT: Info: 0
 // NOTAIL-NEXT: AddressAlignment: 1
-// NOTAIL-NEXT: EntrySize: 0
+// NOTAIL-NEXT: EntrySize: 1
 // NOTAIL-NEXT: SectionData (
 // NOTAIL-NEXT:   0000: 61626300 626300                     |abc.bc.|
 // NOTAIL-NEXT: )
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ zed:
 // CHECK-NEXT: Link: 0
 // CHECK-NEXT: Info: 0
 // CHECK-NEXT: AddressAlignment: 2
-// CHECK-NEXT: EntrySize: 0
+// CHECK-NEXT: EntrySize: 2
 // CHECK-NEXT: SectionData (
 // CHECK-NEXT:   0000: 14000000                             |....|
 // CHECK-NEXT: )
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/merge.s b/lld/test/ELF/merge.s
index 9cead642fa8c..b5bb5d262fee 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/merge.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/merge.s
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ zed:
 // CHECK-NEXT:    Link: 0
 // CHECK-NEXT:    Info: 0
 // CHECK-NEXT:    AddressAlignment: 4
-// CHECK-NEXT:    EntrySize: 0
+// CHECK-NEXT:    EntrySize: 4
 // CHECK-NEXT:    SectionData (
 // CHECK-NEXT:      0000: 10000000 42000000
 // CHECK-NEXT:    )