diff --git a/src/librustc/session/config.rs b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
index 4474b008c79..b9b6a5f2342 100644
--- a/src/librustc/session/config.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/session/config.rs
@@ -1331,6 +1331,8 @@ options! {DebuggingOptions, DebuggingSetter, basic_debugging_options,
         "for every macro invocation, print its name and arguments"),
     debug_macros: bool = (false, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
         "emit line numbers debug info inside macros"),
+    generate_arange_section: bool = (true, parse_bool, [TRACKED],
+        "generate DWARF address ranges for faster lookups"),
     keep_hygiene_data: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
         "don't clear the hygiene data after analysis"),
     keep_ast: bool = (false, parse_bool, [UNTRACKED],
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
index 85e0b6d465a..290ca409261 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/llvm_util.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ unsafe fn configure_llvm(sess: &Session) {
         if sess.opts.debugging_opts.disable_instrumentation_preinliner {
             add("-disable-preinline");
         }
+        if sess.opts.debugging_opts.generate_arange_section {
+            add("-generate-arange-section");
+        }
         if get_major_version() >= 8 {
             match sess.opts.debugging_opts.merge_functions
                   .unwrap_or(sess.target.target.options.merge_functions) {