diff --git a/test/tools/llvm-objdump/xcoff-section-headers.test b/test/tools/llvm-objdump/xcoff-section-headers.test
index b5b5fe5..95d6f5b 100644
--- a/test/tools/llvm-objdump/xcoff-section-headers.test
+++ b/test/tools/llvm-objdump/xcoff-section-headers.test
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 # CHECK: xcoff-section-headers.o:      file format aixcoff-rs6000
 # CHECK: Sections:
 # CHECK: Idx Name          Size     VMA      Type
-# CHECK:   1 .text         00000080 00000000 TEXT
-# CHECK:   2 .data         00000024 00000080 DATA
-# CHECK:   3 .bss          00000004 000000a4 BSS
-# CHECK:   4 .tdata        00000008 00000000 DATA
-# CHECK:   5 .tbss         00000004 00000008 BSS
+# CHECK:   0 .text         00000080 00000000 TEXT
+# CHECK:   1 .data         00000024 00000080 DATA
+# CHECK:   2 .bss          00000004 000000a4 BSS
+# CHECK:   3 .tdata        00000008 00000000 DATA
+# CHECK:   4 .tbss         00000004 00000008 BSS
 
 # xcoff-section-headers.o Compiled with IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V16.1.0
 # test.c:
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 
 # LONG: xcoff-long-sec-names.o:      file format aixcoff-rs6000
 # LONG: Sections:
-# LONG: Idx Name        Size     VMA      Type
-# LONG: 1 .dwarnge      00000004 00000000
-# LONG: 2 .dwpbnms      00000004 00000000
-# LONG: 3 .dwpbtyp      00000004 00000000
+# LONG: Idx Name          Size     VMA      Type
+# LONG:   0 .dwarnge      00000004 00000000
+# LONG:   1 .dwpbnms      00000004 00000000
+# LONG:   2 .dwpbtyp      00000004 00000000
 
 # xcoff-long-sec-names.o was generated by assembling the following .s file:
 #  .dwsect 0x30000 # .dwpbnms section
diff --git a/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp b/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp
index 83344e7..c5381d5 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp
+++ b/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp
@@ -342,14 +342,27 @@
 
 typedef std::vector<std::tuple<uint64_t, StringRef, uint8_t>> SectionSymbolsTy;
 
-static bool shouldKeep(object::SectionRef S) {
+namespace {
+struct FilterResult {
+  // True if the section should not be skipped.
+  bool Keep;
+
+  // True if the index counter should be incremented, even if the section should
+  // be skipped. For example, sections may be skipped if they are not included
+  // in the --section flag, but we still want those to count toward the section
+  // count.
+  bool IncrementIndex;
+};
+} // namespace
+
+static FilterResult checkSectionFilter(object::SectionRef S) {
   if (FilterSections.empty())
-    return true;
+    return {/*Keep=*/true, /*IncrementIndex=*/true};
 
   Expected<StringRef> SecNameOrErr = S.getName();
   if (!SecNameOrErr) {
     consumeError(SecNameOrErr.takeError());
-    return false;
+    return {/*Keep=*/false, /*IncrementIndex=*/false};
   }
   StringRef SecName = *SecNameOrErr;
 
@@ -357,11 +370,26 @@
   // no name (such as the section with index 0) here.
   if (!SecName.empty())
     FoundSectionSet.insert(SecName);
-  return is_contained(FilterSections, SecName);
+
+  // Only show the section if it's in the FilterSections list, but always
+  // increment so the indexing is stable.
+  return {/*Keep=*/is_contained(FilterSections, SecName),
+          /*IncrementIndex=*/true};
 }
 
-SectionFilter ToolSectionFilter(object::ObjectFile const &O) {
-  return SectionFilter([](object::SectionRef S) { return shouldKeep(S); }, O);
+SectionFilter ToolSectionFilter(object::ObjectFile const &O, uint64_t *Idx) {
+  // Start at UINT64_MAX so that the first index returned after an increment is
+  // zero (after the unsigned wrap).
+  if (Idx)
+    *Idx = UINT64_MAX;
+  return SectionFilter(
+      [Idx](object::SectionRef S) {
+        FilterResult Result = checkSectionFilter(S);
+        if (Idx != nullptr && Result.IncrementIndex)
+          *Idx += 1;
+        return Result.Keep;
+      },
+      O);
 }
 
 std::string getFileNameForError(const object::Archive::Child &C,
@@ -967,7 +995,7 @@
   std::map<SectionRef, std::vector<RelocationRef>> Ret;
   for (SectionRef Sec : Obj.sections()) {
     section_iterator Relocated = Sec.getRelocatedSection();
-    if (Relocated == Obj.section_end() || !shouldKeep(*Relocated))
+    if (Relocated == Obj.section_end() || !checkSectionFilter(*Relocated).Keep)
       continue;
     std::vector<RelocationRef> &V = Ret[*Relocated];
     for (const RelocationRef &R : Sec.relocations())
@@ -1676,7 +1704,8 @@
            << left_justify("Name", NameWidth) << " Size     "
            << left_justify("VMA", AddressWidth) << " Type\n";
 
-  for (const SectionRef &Section : ToolSectionFilter(*Obj)) {
+  uint64_t Idx;
+  for (const SectionRef &Section : ToolSectionFilter(*Obj, &Idx)) {
     StringRef Name = unwrapOrError(Section.getName(), Obj->getFileName());
     uint64_t VMA = Section.getAddress();
     if (shouldAdjustVA(Section))
@@ -1691,14 +1720,14 @@
       Type += Type.empty() ? "BSS" : " BSS";
 
     if (HasLMAColumn)
-      outs() << format("%3d %-*s %08" PRIx64 " ", (unsigned)Section.getIndex(),
-                       NameWidth, Name.str().c_str(), Size)
+      outs() << format("%3" PRIu64 " %-*s %08" PRIx64 " ", Idx, NameWidth,
+                       Name.str().c_str(), Size)
              << format_hex_no_prefix(VMA, AddressWidth) << " "
              << format_hex_no_prefix(getELFSectionLMA(Section), AddressWidth)
              << " " << Type << "\n";
     else
-      outs() << format("%3d %-*s %08" PRIx64 " ", (unsigned)Section.getIndex(),
-                       NameWidth, Name.str().c_str(), Size)
+      outs() << format("%3" PRIu64 " %-*s %08" PRIx64 " ", Idx, NameWidth,
+                       Name.str().c_str(), Size)
              << format_hex_no_prefix(VMA, AddressWidth) << " " << Type << "\n";
   }
   outs() << "\n";
diff --git a/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.h b/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.h
index d36c4fd..43ce02a 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.h
+++ b/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 typedef std::function<bool(llvm::object::SectionRef const &)> FilterPredicate;
 
+/// A filtered iterator for SectionRefs that skips sections based on some given
+/// predicate.
 class SectionFilterIterator {
 public:
   SectionFilterIterator(FilterPredicate P,
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@
   llvm::object::section_iterator End;
 };
 
+/// Creates an iterator range of SectionFilterIterators for a given Object and
+/// predicate.
 class SectionFilter {
 public:
   SectionFilter(FilterPredicate P, llvm::object::ObjectFile const &O)
@@ -79,7 +83,15 @@
 };
 
 // Various helper functions.
-SectionFilter ToolSectionFilter(llvm::object::ObjectFile const &O);
+
+/// Creates a SectionFilter with a standard predicate that conditionally skips
+/// sections when the --section objdump flag is provided.
+///
+/// Idx is an optional output parameter that keeps track of which section index
+/// this is. This may be different than the actual section number, as some
+/// sections may be filtered (e.g. symbol tables).
+SectionFilter ToolSectionFilter(llvm::object::ObjectFile const &O,
+                                uint64_t *Idx = nullptr);
 
 Error getELFRelocationValueString(const object::ELFObjectFileBase *Obj,
                                   const object::RelocationRef &Rel,