diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
index 5c13dfdc1b50..b810e615661e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ rustc_target = { path = "../rustc_target" }
 rustc_session = { path = "../rustc_session" }
 
 [dependencies.object]
-version = "0.26.2"
+version = "0.27.0"
 default-features = false
 features = ["read_core", "elf", "macho", "pe", "unaligned", "archive", "write"]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
index 79c24f0f1728..9862c3fb16ea 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/metadata.rs
@@ -135,12 +135,24 @@ fn create_object_file(sess: &Session) -> Option<write::Object> {
         Architecture::Mips => {
             // copied from `mipsel-linux-gnu-gcc foo.c -c` and
             // inspecting the resulting `e_flags` field.
-            let e_flags = elf::EF_MIPS_ARCH_32R2 | elf::EF_MIPS_CPIC | elf::EF_MIPS_PIC;
+            let e_flags = elf::EF_MIPS_CPIC
+                | elf::EF_MIPS_PIC
+                | if sess.target.options.cpu.contains("r6") {
+                    elf::EF_MIPS_ARCH_32R6 | elf::EF_MIPS_NAN2008
+                } else {
+                    elf::EF_MIPS_ARCH_32R2
+                };
             file.flags = FileFlags::Elf { e_flags };
         }
         Architecture::Mips64 => {
             // copied from `mips64el-linux-gnuabi64-gcc foo.c -c`
-            let e_flags = elf::EF_MIPS_ARCH_64R2 | elf::EF_MIPS_CPIC | elf::EF_MIPS_PIC;
+            let e_flags = elf::EF_MIPS_CPIC
+                | elf::EF_MIPS_PIC
+                | if sess.target.options.cpu.contains("r6") {
+                    elf::EF_MIPS_ARCH_64R6 | elf::EF_MIPS_NAN2008
+                } else {
+                    elf::EF_MIPS_ARCH_64R2
+                };
             file.flags = FileFlags::Elf { e_flags };
         }
         Architecture::Riscv64 if sess.target.options.features.contains("+d") => {