diff --git a/builder/sizes.go b/builder/sizes.go
index fe912a1a..dacaec71 100644
--- a/builder/sizes.go
+++ b/builder/sizes.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ var (
 	//   alloc:  heap allocations during init interpretation
 	//   pack:   data created when storing a constant in an interface for example
 	//   string: buffer behind strings
-	packageSymbolRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`\$(alloc|embedfsslice|pack|string)(\.[0-9]+)?$`)
+	packageSymbolRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`\$(alloc|pack|string)(\.[0-9]+)?$`)
 )
 
 // readProgramSizeFromDWARF reads the source location for each line of code and
diff --git a/compiler/compiler.go b/compiler/compiler.go
index ecc00330..ff04f1f7 100644
--- a/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -1071,6 +1071,17 @@ func (c *compilerContext) createEmbedGlobal(member *ssa.Global, global llvm.Valu
 		sliceGlobal.SetGlobalConstant(true)
 		sliceGlobal.SetUnnamedAddr(true)
 		sliceGlobal.SetAlignment(c.targetData.ABITypeAlignment(sliceInitializer.Type()))
+		if c.Debug {
+			position := c.program.Fset.Position(member.Pos())
+			diglobal := c.dibuilder.CreateGlobalVariableExpression(llvm.Metadata{}, llvm.DIGlobalVariableExpression{
+				File:        c.getDIFile(position.Filename),
+				Line:        position.Line,
+				Type:        c.getDIType(types.NewSlice(embedFileStructType)),
+				LocalToUnit: true,
+				Expr:        c.dibuilder.CreateExpression(nil),
+			})
+			sliceGlobal.AddMetadata(0, diglobal)
+		}
 
 		// Define the embed.FS struct. It has only one field: the files (as a
 		// *[]embed.file).