diff --git a/lld/ELF/DriverUtils.cpp b/lld/ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
index 6d027c529c19e..ac8bf4c003314 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/DriverUtils.cpp
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ std::string elf::createResponseFile(const opt::InputArgList &args) {
     case OPT_o:
     case OPT_Map:
     case OPT_dependency_file:
+    case OPT_plugin_opt_stats_file:
     case OPT_print_archive_stats:
     case OPT_why_extract:
       // If an output path contains directories, "lld @response.txt" will