diff --git a/src/coff/coff_obj_writer.c b/src/coff/coff_obj_writer.c
index 76b9fcb6..1eb1243a 100644
--- a/src/coff/coff_obj_writer.c
+++ b/src/coff/coff_obj_writer.c
@@ -190,6 +190,18 @@ coff_obj_writer_section_push_reloc(COFF_ObjWriter *obj_writer, COFF_ObjSection *
   return reloc;
 }
 
+internal void
+coff_obj_writer_push_directive(COFF_ObjWriter *obj_writer, String8 directive)
+{
+  if (obj_writer->drectve_sect == 0) {
+    local_persist const U8 bom_sig[]  = { 0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF };
+    obj_writer->drectve_sect = coff_obj_writer_push_section(obj_writer, str8_lit(".drectve"), COFF_SectionFlag_LnkInfo|COFF_SectionFlag_LnkRemove|COFF_SectionFlag_Align1Bytes, str8_array_fixed(bom_sig));
+  }
+  String8List *data = &obj_writer->drectve_sect->data;
+  str8_list_push(obj_writer->arena, data, directive);
+  str8_list_pushf(obj_writer->arena, data, " ");
+}
+
 internal int
 coff_obj_section_is_before(void *raw_a, void *raw_b)
 {
diff --git a/src/coff/coff_obj_writer.h b/src/coff/coff_obj_writer.h
index a42c2c75..56cf47e2 100644
--- a/src/coff/coff_obj_writer.h
+++ b/src/coff/coff_obj_writer.h
@@ -80,17 +80,16 @@ typedef struct COFF_ObjSectionNode
 
 typedef struct COFF_ObjWriter
 {
-  Arena           *arena;
-  COFF_TimeStamp   time_stamp;
-  COFF_MachineType machine;
-
-  U64                 symbol_count;
-  COFF_ObjSymbolNode *symbol_first;
-  COFF_ObjSymbolNode *symbol_last;
-
+  Arena               *arena;
+  COFF_TimeStamp       time_stamp;
+  COFF_MachineType     machine;
+  U64                  symbol_count;
+  COFF_ObjSymbolNode  *symbol_first;
+  COFF_ObjSymbolNode  *symbol_last;
   U64                  sect_count;
   COFF_ObjSectionNode *sect_first;
   COFF_ObjSectionNode *sect_last;
+  COFF_ObjSection     *drectve_sect;
 } COFF_ObjWriter;
 
 ////////////////////////////////