diff --git a/object_file.cc b/object_file.cc
index 7e89fde5..938e9876 100644
--- a/object_file.cc
+++ b/object_file.cc
@@ -840,8 +840,8 @@ void ObjectFile::convert_common_symbols() {
   if (!has_common_symbol)
     return;
 
-  static OutputSection *bss =
-    OutputSection::get_instance(".bss", SHT_NOBITS, SHF_WRITE | SHF_ALLOC);
+  static OutputSection *osec =
+    OutputSection::get_instance(".common", SHT_NOBITS, SHF_WRITE | SHF_ALLOC);
 
   for (i64 i = first_global; i < elf_syms.size(); i++) {
     if (!elf_syms[i].is_common())
@@ -864,8 +864,8 @@ void ObjectFile::convert_common_symbols() {
     shdr->sh_addralign = sym->esym->st_value;
 
     InputSection *isec =
-      new InputSection(*this, *shdr, ".bss", sections.size());
-    isec->output_section = bss;
+      new InputSection(*this, *shdr, ".common", sections.size());
+    isec->output_section = osec;
     sections.push_back(isec);
 
     sym->input_section = isec;
diff --git a/test/common.sh b/test/common.sh
index b0166e14..94987aa8 100755
--- a/test/common.sh
+++ b/test/common.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@ EOF
 clang -fuse-ld=`pwd`/../mold -o $t/exe $t/a.o $t/b.o
 $t/exe | grep -q '0 5 42'
 
+readelf --sections $t/exe > $t/log
+grep -q '.common .*NOBITS' $t/log
+
 echo OK