diff --git a/compiler/cgen.nim b/compiler/cgen.nim
index d051934b5..c747d9493 100644
--- a/compiler/cgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgen.nim
@@ -566,6 +566,9 @@ proc localVarDecl(p: BProc; n: PNode): Rope =
     if s.kind == skLet: incl(s.loc.flags, lfNoDeepCopy)
   if s.kind in {skLet, skVar, skField, skForVar} and s.alignment > 0:
     result.addf("NIM_ALIGN($1) ", [rope(s.alignment)])
+
+  genCLineDir(result, toFullPath(p.config, n.info), n.info.safeLineNm, p.config)
+
   result.add getTypeDesc(p.module, s.typ, skVar)
   if s.constraint.isNil:
     if sfRegister in s.flags: result.add(" register")