diff --git a/cli/index.js b/cli/index.js
index 1c1e435ca4..55aac5bd0b 100644
--- a/cli/index.js
+++ b/cli/index.js
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ export async function main(argv, options) {
     default: runtime = 2; break;
   }
   assemblyscript.setTarget(compilerOptions, 0);
+  assemblyscript.setDebugInfo(compilerOptions, !!opts.debug);
   assemblyscript.setRuntime(compilerOptions, runtime);
   assemblyscript.setNoAssert(compilerOptions, opts.noAssert);
   assemblyscript.setExportMemory(compilerOptions, !opts.noExportMemory);
diff --git a/src/compiler.ts b/src/compiler.ts
index 16454f998c..2ba4992869 100644
--- a/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/src/compiler.ts
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ export class Options {
   target: Target = Target.WASM32;
   /** Runtime type. Defaults to Incremental GC. */
   runtime: Runtime = Runtime.Incremental;
+  /** If true, indicates that debug information will be emitted by Binaryen. */
+  debugInfo: bool = false;
   /** If true, replaces assertions with nops. */
   noAssert: bool = false;
   /** It true, exports the memory to the embedder. */
diff --git a/src/index-wasm.ts b/src/index-wasm.ts
index 80cbcb24f8..acb9af0a79 100644
--- a/src/index-wasm.ts
+++ b/src/index-wasm.ts
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@ export function setPedantic(options: Options, pedantic: bool): void {
   options.pedantic = pedantic;
 }
 
+export function setDebugInfo(options: Options, debug: bool): void {
+  options.debugInfo = debug;
+}
+
 // Program
 
 /** Creates a new Program. */