diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
index 8acccc74d80..79a807278e1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
@@ -5232,7 +5232,10 @@ char *nir_shader_as_str(nir_shader *nir, void *mem_ctx);
 char *nir_shader_as_str_annotated(nir_shader *nir, struct hash_table *annotations, void *mem_ctx);
 char *nir_instr_as_str(const nir_instr *instr, void *mem_ctx);
 
-char *nir_shader_gather_debug_info(nir_shader *shader, const char *filename);
+/** Adds debug information to the shader. The line numbers point to
+ * the corresponding lines in the printed NIR, starting first_line;
+ */
+char *nir_shader_gather_debug_info(nir_shader *shader, const char *filename, uint32_t first_line);
 
 /** Shallow clone of a single instruction. */
 nir_instr *nir_instr_clone(nir_shader *s, const nir_instr *orig);
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_print.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_print.c
index 1758cfd0b76..08eef87b913 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_print.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_print.c
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ nir_log_shader_annotated_tagged(enum mesa_log_level level, const char *tag,
 }
 
 char *
-nir_shader_gather_debug_info(nir_shader *shader, const char *filename)
+nir_shader_gather_debug_info(nir_shader *shader, const char *filename, uint32_t first_line)
 {
    uint32_t instr_count = 0;
    nir_foreach_function_impl(impl, shader) {
@@ -2869,7 +2869,7 @@ nir_shader_gather_debug_info(nir_shader *shader, const char *filename)
 
    char *str = _nir_shader_as_str_annotated(shader, NULL, NULL, debug_info);
 
-   uint32_t line = 1;
+   uint32_t line = first_line;
    uint32_t character_index = 0;
 
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < instr_count; i++) {