diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
index 9879d0d3a17a..d02cf984167c 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -2694,6 +2694,14 @@ LLVM_C_ABI void LLVMSetAlignment(LLVMValueRef V, unsigned Bytes);
 LLVM_C_ABI void LLVMGlobalSetMetadata(LLVMValueRef Global, unsigned Kind,
                                       LLVMMetadataRef MD);
 
+/**
+ * Adds a metadata attachment.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::GlobalObject::addMetadata()
+ */
+LLVM_C_ABI void LLVMGlobalAddMetadata(LLVMValueRef Global, unsigned Kind,
+                                      LLVMMetadataRef MD);
+
 /**
  * Erases a metadata attachment of the given kind if it exists.
  *
@@ -2708,6 +2716,14 @@ LLVM_C_ABI void LLVMGlobalEraseMetadata(LLVMValueRef Global, unsigned Kind);
  */
 LLVM_C_ABI void LLVMGlobalClearMetadata(LLVMValueRef Global);
 
+/**
+ * Add debuginfo metadata to this global.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::GlobalVariable::addDebugInfo()
+ */
+LLVM_C_ABI void LLVMGlobalAddDebugInfo(LLVMValueRef Global,
+                                       LLVMMetadataRef GVE);
+
 /**
  * Retrieves an array of metadata entries representing the metadata attached to
  * this value. The caller is responsible for freeing this array by calling
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
index f7ef4aa473ef..8b5965ba45a6 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -2186,6 +2186,11 @@ void LLVMGlobalSetMetadata(LLVMValueRef Global, unsigned Kind,
   unwrap<GlobalObject>(Global)->setMetadata(Kind, unwrap<MDNode>(MD));
 }
 
+void LLVMGlobalAddMetadata(LLVMValueRef Global, unsigned Kind,
+                           LLVMMetadataRef MD) {
+  unwrap<GlobalObject>(Global)->addMetadata(Kind, *unwrap<MDNode>(MD));
+}
+
 void LLVMGlobalEraseMetadata(LLVMValueRef Global, unsigned Kind) {
   unwrap<GlobalObject>(Global)->eraseMetadata(Kind);
 }
@@ -2194,6 +2199,11 @@ void LLVMGlobalClearMetadata(LLVMValueRef Global) {
   unwrap<GlobalObject>(Global)->clearMetadata();
 }
 
+void LLVMGlobalAddDebugInfo(LLVMValueRef Global, LLVMMetadataRef GVE) {
+  unwrap<GlobalVariable>(Global)->addDebugInfo(
+      unwrap<DIGlobalVariableExpression>(GVE));
+}
+
 /*--.. Operations on global variables ......................................--*/
 
 LLVMValueRef LLVMAddGlobal(LLVMModuleRef M, LLVMTypeRef Ty, const char *Name) {
diff --git a/llvm/test/Bindings/llvm-c/add_globaldebuginfo.ll b/llvm/test/Bindings/llvm-c/add_globaldebuginfo.ll
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da6536a9ce40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Bindings/llvm-c/add_globaldebuginfo.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+; RUN: llvm-c-test --add-globaldebuginfo < /dev/null
+; This used to trigger an assertion
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/debuginfo.c b/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/debuginfo.c
index e73f69743805..3fddd0287f1a 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/debuginfo.c
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/debuginfo.c
@@ -416,3 +416,40 @@ int llvm_di_type_get_name(void) {
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+int llvm_add_globaldebuginfo(void) {
+  const char *Filename = "debuginfo.c";
+  LLVMModuleRef M = LLVMModuleCreateWithName(Filename);
+  LLVMDIBuilderRef Builder = LLVMCreateDIBuilder(M);
+  LLVMMetadataRef File =
+      LLVMDIBuilderCreateFile(Builder, Filename, strlen(Filename), ".", 1);
+
+  LLVMMetadataRef GlobalVarValueExpr =
+      LLVMDIBuilderCreateConstantValueExpression(Builder, 0);
+  LLVMMetadataRef Int64Ty =
+      LLVMDIBuilderCreateBasicType(Builder, "Int64", 5, 64, 0, LLVMDIFlagZero);
+  LLVMMetadataRef Int64TypeDef = LLVMDIBuilderCreateTypedef(
+      Builder, Int64Ty, "int64_t", 7, File, 42, File, 0);
+
+  LLVMMetadataRef GVE = LLVMDIBuilderCreateGlobalVariableExpression(
+      Builder, File, "global", 6, "", 0, File, 1, Int64TypeDef, true,
+      GlobalVarValueExpr, NULL, 0);
+
+  LLVMTypeRef RecType =
+      LLVMStructCreateNamed(LLVMGetModuleContext(M), "struct");
+  LLVMValueRef Global = LLVMAddGlobal(M, RecType, "global");
+
+  LLVMGlobalAddDebugInfo(Global, GVE);
+  // use AddMetadata to add twice
+  int kindId = LLVMGetMDKindID("dbg", 3);
+  LLVMGlobalAddMetadata(Global, kindId, GVE);
+  size_t numEntries;
+  LLVMValueMetadataEntry *ME = LLVMGlobalCopyAllMetadata(Global, &numEntries);
+  assert(ME != NULL);
+  assert(numEntries == 2);
+
+  LLVMDisposeDIBuilder(Builder);
+  LLVMDisposeModule(M);
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/llvm-c-test.h b/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/llvm-c-test.h
index 1da6596cd5a8..4c5a88ce0447 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/llvm-c-test.h
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/llvm-c-test.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ int llvm_add_named_metadata_operand(void);
 int llvm_set_metadata(void);
 int llvm_replace_md_operand(void);
 int llvm_is_a_value_as_metadata(void);
+int llvm_add_globaldebuginfo(void);
 
 // object.c
 int llvm_object_list_sections(void);
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/main.c b/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/main.c
index badbe4b13b6b..d1963b702888 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/main.c
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/main.c
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     return llvm_replace_md_operand();
   } else if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--is-a-value-as-metadata")) {
     return llvm_is_a_value_as_metadata();
+  } else if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--add-globaldebuginfo")) {
+    return llvm_add_globaldebuginfo();
   } else if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--test-function-attributes")) {
     return llvm_test_function_attributes();
   } else if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--test-callsite-attributes")) {