diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/debuginfo/metadata.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/debuginfo/metadata.rs
index ddcbf29da832b..e7183df2ec3a5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/debuginfo/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/debuginfo/metadata.rs
@@ -188,6 +188,17 @@ impl TypeMap<'ll, 'tcx> {
         let interner_key = self.unique_id_interner.intern(&enum_variant_type_id);
         UniqueTypeId(interner_key)
     }
+
+    // Get the unique type id string for an enum variant part.
+    // Variant parts are not types and shouldn't really have their own id,
+    // but it makes set_members_of_composite_type() simpler.
+    fn get_unique_type_id_str_of_enum_variant_part<'a>(&mut self,
+                                                       enum_type_id: UniqueTypeId) -> &str {
+        let variant_part_type_id = format!("{}_variant_part",
+                                           self.get_unique_type_id_as_string(enum_type_id));
+        let interner_key = self.unique_id_interner.intern(&variant_part_type_id);
+        self.unique_id_interner.get(interner_key)
+    }
 }
 
 // A description of some recursive type. It can either be already finished (as
@@ -1686,6 +1697,11 @@ fn prepare_enum_metadata(
         },
     };
 
+    let variant_part_unique_type_id_str = SmallCStr::new(
+        debug_context(cx).type_map
+            .borrow_mut()
+            .get_unique_type_id_str_of_enum_variant_part(unique_type_id)
+    );
     let empty_array = create_DIArray(DIB(cx), &[]);
     let variant_part = unsafe {
         llvm::LLVMRustDIBuilderCreateVariantPart(
@@ -1699,7 +1715,7 @@ fn prepare_enum_metadata(
             DIFlags::FlagZero,
             discriminator_metadata,
             empty_array,
-            unique_type_id_str.as_ptr())
+            variant_part_unique_type_id_str.as_ptr())
     };
 
     // The variant part must be wrapped in a struct according to DWARF.
diff --git a/src/test/debuginfo/enum-thinlto.rs b/src/test/debuginfo/enum-thinlto.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7f15ed90e67b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/debuginfo/enum-thinlto.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// ignore-tidy-linelength
+
+// Require LLVM with DW_TAG_variant_part and a gdb that can read it.
+// min-system-llvm-version: 8.0
+// min-gdb-version: 8.2
+
+// compile-flags:-g -Z thinlto
+
+// === GDB TESTS ===================================================================================
+
+// gdb-command:run
+
+// gdb-command:print *abc
+// gdbr-check:$1 = enum_thinlto::ABC::TheA{x: 0, y: 8970181431921507452}
+
+// === LLDB TESTS ==================================================================================
+
+// lldb-command:run
+
+// lldb-command:print *abc
+// lldbg-check:(enum_thinlto::ABC) $0 = ABC { }
+
+#![allow(unused_variables)]
+#![feature(omit_gdb_pretty_printer_section)]
+#![omit_gdb_pretty_printer_section]
+
+// The first element is to ensure proper alignment, irrespective of the machines word size. Since
+// the size of the discriminant value is machine dependent, this has be taken into account when
+// datatype layout should be predictable as in this case.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum ABC {
+    TheA { x: i64, y: i64 },
+    TheB (i64, i32, i32),
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let abc = ABC::TheA { x: 0, y: 0x7c7c_7c7c_7c7c_7c7c };
+
+    f(&abc);
+}
+
+fn f(abc: &ABC) {
+    zzz(); // #break
+
+    println!("{:?}", abc);
+}
+
+fn zzz() {()}