diff --git a/builder/build.go b/builder/build.go
index 86d0ef57..27ce6a02 100644
--- a/builder/build.go
+++ b/builder/build.go
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ func Build(pkgName, outpath, tmpdir string, config *compileopts.Config) (BuildRe
 		CodeModel:       config.CodeModel(),
 		RelocationModel: config.RelocationModel(),
 		SizeLevel:       sizeLevel,
+		TinyGoVersion:   goenv.Version,
 
 		Scheduler:          config.Scheduler(),
 		AutomaticStackSize: config.AutomaticStackSize(),
@@ -305,7 +306,6 @@ func Build(pkgName, outpath, tmpdir string, config *compileopts.Config) (BuildRe
 				actionID := packageAction{
 					ImportPath:       pkg.ImportPath,
 					CompilerBuildID:  string(compilerBuildID),
-					TinyGoVersion:    goenv.Version,
 					LLVMVersion:      llvm.Version,
 					Config:           compilerConfig,
 					CFlags:           pkg.CFlags,
diff --git a/compiler/compiler.go b/compiler/compiler.go
index 458be2cb..8b540d35 100644
--- a/compiler/compiler.go
+++ b/compiler/compiler.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	CodeModel       string
 	RelocationModel string
 	SizeLevel       int
+	TinyGoVersion   string // for llvm.ident
 
 	// Various compiler options that determine how code is generated.
 	Scheduler          string
@@ -321,6 +322,14 @@ func CompilePackage(moduleName string, pkg *loader.Package, ssaPkg *ssa.Package,
 				llvm.ConstInt(c.ctx.Int32Type(), 4, false).ConstantAsMetadata(),
 			}),
 		)
+		if c.TinyGoVersion != "" {
+			// It is necessary to set llvm.ident, otherwise debugging on MacOS
+			// won't work.
+			c.mod.AddNamedMetadataOperand("llvm.ident",
+				c.ctx.MDNode(([]llvm.Metadata{
+					c.ctx.MDString("TinyGo version " + c.TinyGoVersion),
+				})))
+		}
 		c.dibuilder.Finalize()
 		c.dibuilder.Destroy()
 	}