diff --git a/src/debuginfo.cpp b/src/debuginfo.cpp
index e6dadac6ba6bf..5af27f4d728b9 100644
--- a/src/debuginfo.cpp
+++ b/src/debuginfo.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 struct FuncInfo{
     const Function* func;
     size_t lengthAdr;
+    std::string name;
+    std::string filename;
 #if defined(_OS_WINDOWS_) && defined(_CPU_X86_64_)
     PRUNTIME_FUNCTION fnentry;
 #endif
@@ -66,9 +68,10 @@ class JuliaJITEventListener: public JITEventListener
             }
         }
         jl_in_stackwalk = 0;
-        FuncInfo tmp = {&F, Size, tbl, Details.LineStarts};
+
+        FuncInfo tmp = {&F, Size, std::string(), std::string(), tbl, Details.LineStarts};
 #else
-        FuncInfo tmp = {&F, Size, Details.LineStarts};
+        FuncInfo tmp = {&F, Size, std::string(), std::string(), Details.LineStarts};
 #endif
         if (tmp.lines.size() != 0) info[(size_t)(Code)] = tmp;
     }
@@ -104,12 +107,17 @@ void jl_getFunctionInfo(const char **name, int *line, const char **filename, siz
         std::vector<JITEvent_EmittedFunctionDetails::LineStart>::iterator vit = (*it).second.lines.begin();
         JITEvent_EmittedFunctionDetails::LineStart prev = *vit;
 
-        DISubprogram debugscope =
-            DISubprogram(prev.Loc.getScope((*it).second.func->getContext()));
-        *filename = debugscope.getFilename().data();
-        // the DISubprogram has the un-mangled name, so use that if
-        // available.
-        *name = debugscope.getName().data();
+        if ((*it).second.func) {
+            DISubprogram debugscope =
+                DISubprogram(prev.Loc.getScope((*it).second.func->getContext()));
+            *filename = debugscope.getFilename().data();
+            // the DISubprogram has the un-mangled name, so use that if
+            // available.
+            *name = debugscope.getName().data();
+        } else {
+            *name = (*it).second.name.c_str();
+            *filename = (*it).second.filename.c_str();
+        }
 
         vit++;
 
@@ -249,3 +257,88 @@ extern "C" void jl_write_coverage_data(void)
         }
     }
 }
+
+#ifndef _OS_WINDOWS_
+typedef std::map<size_t, FuncInfo, revcomp> FuncInfoMap;
+extern "C" void jl_dump_linedebug_info() {
+    FuncInfoMap info = jl_jit_events->getMap();
+    FuncInfoMap::iterator infoiter = info.begin();
+    std::vector<JITEvent_EmittedFunctionDetails::LineStart>::iterator lineiter = (*infoiter).second.lines.begin();
+
+    Type *li_types[2] = {T_size, T_size};
+    StructType *T_lineinfo = StructType::get(jl_LLVMContext, ArrayRef<Type *>(std::vector<Type *>(li_types, li_types+2)), true);
+    
+    std::vector<Constant *> funcinfo_array;
+    funcinfo_array.push_back( ConstantInt::get(T_size, 0) );
+    
+    for (; infoiter != info.end(); infoiter++) {
+        std::vector<Constant*> functionlines;
+ 
+        // get the base address for offset calculation
+        size_t fptr = (size_t)(*infoiter).first;
+        
+        lineiter = (*infoiter).second.lines.begin();
+        JITEvent_EmittedFunctionDetails::LineStart prev = *lineiter;
+        
+        // loop over the EmittedFunctionDetails vector
+        while (lineiter != (*infoiter).second.lines.end()) {
+            // store the individual {offset, line} entries
+            Constant* tmpline[2] = { ConstantInt::get(T_size, (*lineiter).Address - fptr),
+                                     ConstantInt::get(T_size, (*lineiter).Loc.getLine()) };
+            Constant *lineinfo = ConstantStruct::get(T_lineinfo, makeArrayRef(tmpline));
+            functionlines.push_back(lineinfo);
+            lineiter++;
+        }
+
+        DISubprogram debugscope =
+            DISubprogram(prev.Loc.getScope((*infoiter).second.func->getContext()));
+
+        Constant *info_data[6] = { ConstantExpr::getBitCast( const_cast<Function *>((*infoiter).second.func), T_psize),
+                                   ConstantDataArray::getString( jl_LLVMContext, StringRef(debugscope.getName().str())),
+                                   ConstantDataArray::getString( jl_LLVMContext, StringRef(debugscope.getFilename().str())),
+                                   ConstantInt::get(T_size, (*infoiter).second.lengthAdr),
+                                   ConstantInt::get(T_size, functionlines.size()),
+                                   ConstantArray::get(ArrayType::get(T_lineinfo, functionlines.size()), ArrayRef<Constant *>(functionlines))
+                                 };
+        Constant *st = ConstantStruct::getAnon(jl_LLVMContext, ArrayRef<Constant *>(info_data), true);
+        funcinfo_array.push_back( st );
+    }
+    // set first element to the total number of FuncInfo entries
+    funcinfo_array[0] = ConstantInt::get(T_size, funcinfo_array.size() - 1);
+    Constant *st_lineinfo = ConstantStruct::getAnon( jl_LLVMContext, ArrayRef<Constant*>(funcinfo_array), true );
+    new GlobalVariable(
+            *jl_Module,
+            st_lineinfo->getType(),
+            true,
+            GlobalVariable::ExternalLinkage,
+            st_lineinfo,
+            "jl_linedebug_info");
+}
+
+extern "C" void jl_restore_linedebug_info(uv_lib_t *handle) {
+    uintptr_t *infoptr = (uintptr_t*)jl_dlsym(handle, const_cast<char*>("jl_linedebug_info")); 
+    size_t funccount = (size_t)(*infoptr++);
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < funccount; i++) {
+        uintptr_t fptr = (*infoptr++);
+        char *name = (char*)infoptr;
+        infoptr = (uintptr_t*)(((char*)infoptr) + strlen( (const char*)infoptr) + 1);
+        char *filename = (char*)infoptr;
+        infoptr = (uintptr_t*)(((char*)infoptr) + strlen( (const char*)infoptr) + 1);
+        size_t lengthAdr = (*infoptr++);
+        size_t numel = (*infoptr++);
+
+        std::vector<JITEvent_EmittedFunctionDetails::LineStart> linestarts;
+        
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < numel; j++) {
+            // dummy element for the MDNode, which we need so that the DebucLoc keeps info
+            SmallVector <Value *, 1> tmpelt;
+            JITEvent_EmittedFunctionDetails::LineStart linestart =
+                { (uintptr_t)fptr + (*infoptr++), DebugLoc::get( (*infoptr++), 0, MDNode::get(jl_LLVMContext, tmpelt) ) };
+            linestarts.push_back(linestart);
+        }
+        FuncInfo info = { NULL, lengthAdr, std::string(name), std::string(filename), linestarts };
+        jl_jit_events->getMap()[(size_t)fptr] = info;
+    }
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/dump.c b/src/dump.c
index f3f1d19571727..d131c969fbac9 100644
--- a/src/dump.c
+++ b/src/dump.c
@@ -104,24 +104,25 @@ jl_value_t ***sysimg_gvars = NULL;
 extern int globalUnique;
 extern void jl_cpuid(int32_t CPUInfo[4], int32_t InfoType);
 extern const char *jl_cpu_string;
+uv_lib_t *jl_sysimg_handle = NULL;
 
 static void jl_load_sysimg_so(char *fname)
 {
     // attempt to load the pre-compiled sysimg at fname
     // if this succeeds, sysimg_gvars will be a valid array
     // otherwise, it will be NULL
-    uv_lib_t *sysimg_handle = jl_load_dynamic_library_e(fname, JL_RTLD_DEFAULT | JL_RTLD_GLOBAL);
-    if (sysimg_handle != 0) {
-        sysimg_gvars = (jl_value_t***)jl_dlsym(sysimg_handle, "jl_sysimg_gvars");
-        globalUnique = *(size_t*)jl_dlsym(sysimg_handle, "jl_globalUnique");
-        const char *cpu_target = (const char*)jl_dlsym(sysimg_handle, "jl_sysimg_cpu_target");
+    jl_sysimg_handle = jl_load_dynamic_library_e(fname, JL_RTLD_DEFAULT | JL_RTLD_GLOBAL);
+    if (jl_sysimg_handle != 0) {
+        sysimg_gvars = (jl_value_t***)jl_dlsym(jl_sysimg_handle, "jl_sysimg_gvars");
+        globalUnique = *(size_t*)jl_dlsym(jl_sysimg_handle, "jl_globalUnique");
+        const char *cpu_target = (const char*)jl_dlsym(jl_sysimg_handle, "jl_sysimg_cpu_target");
         if (strcmp(cpu_target,jl_cpu_string) != 0)
             jl_error("Julia and the system image were compiled for different architectures.\n"
                      "Please delete or regenerate sys.{so,dll,dylib}.");
         uint32_t info[4];
         jl_cpuid((int32_t*)info, 1);
         if (strcmp(cpu_target, "native") == 0) {
-            uint64_t saved_cpuid = *(uint64_t*)jl_dlsym(sysimg_handle, "jl_sysimg_cpu_cpuid");
+            uint64_t saved_cpuid = *(uint64_t*)jl_dlsym(jl_sysimg_handle, "jl_sysimg_cpu_cpuid");
             if (saved_cpuid != (((uint64_t)info[2])|(((uint64_t)info[3])<<32)))
                 jl_error("Target architecture mismatch. Please delete or regenerate sys.{so,dll,dylib}.");
         }
@@ -1103,6 +1104,10 @@ void jl_restore_system_image(char *fname)
     jl_get_binding_wr(jl_core_module, jl_symbol("JULIA_HOME"))->value =
         jl_cstr_to_string(julia_home);
     jl_update_all_fptrs();
+#ifndef _OS_WINDOWS_
+    // restore the line information for Julia backtraces
+    if (jl_sysimg_handle != NULL) jl_restore_linedebug_info(jl_sysimg_handle);
+#endif
 }
 
 void jl_init_restored_modules()
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index 780a75f97d343..2dbec6bac0f94 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -881,6 +881,9 @@ DLLEXPORT int julia_trampoline(int argc, char **argv, int (*pmain)(int ac,char *
             free(build_ji);
             char *build_o;
             if (asprintf(&build_o, "%s.o",build_path) > 0) {
+#ifndef _OS_WINDOWS_
+                jl_dump_linedebug_info();
+#endif
                 jl_dump_objfile(build_o,0);
                 free(build_o);
             }
diff --git a/src/julia_internal.h b/src/julia_internal.h
index c5d45b1c51adc..8e44083710ad6 100644
--- a/src/julia_internal.h
+++ b/src/julia_internal.h
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ DLLEXPORT size_t rec_backtrace_ctx(ptrint_t *data, size_t maxsize, bt_context_t
 size_t rec_backtrace_ctx_dwarf(ptrint_t *data, size_t maxsize, bt_context_t ctx);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef _OS_WINDOWS_
+DLLEXPORT void jl_dump_linedebug_info();
+DLLEXPORT void jl_restore_linedebug_info(uv_lib_t* handle);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif