diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
index 2f6d4c414e737..27c6b181a3295 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/BackendUtil.cpp
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ static bool initTargetOptions(const CompilerInstance &CI,
     break;
   }
 
+  Options.MCOptions.DwarfVersion = CodeGenOpts.DwarfVersion;
   Options.MCOptions.SplitDwarfFile = CodeGenOpts.SplitDwarfFile;
   Options.MCOptions.EmitDwarfUnwind = CodeGenOpts.getEmitDwarfUnwind();
   Options.MCOptions.EmitCompactUnwindNonCanonical =
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/dwarf-version.c b/clang/test/CodeGen/dwarf-version.c
index 258c258e5f5a2..bf4fedb267bb4 100644
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/dwarf-version.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/dwarf-version.c
@@ -51,6 +51,16 @@
 // RUN: not %clang -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -gdwarf-5 -S -emit-llvm -o - %s 2>&1| \
 // RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefix=UNSUPPORTED-VER5
 
+// Check what version of dwarf is used to emit debug info when compiling ir with clang.
+// RUN: %clang -target x86_64-linux-gnu -g -S -emit-llvm -o - %s \
+// RUN:   | %clang -target x86_64-linux-gnu -gdwarf-4 -x ir -c -o - - \
+// RUN:   | llvm-dwarfdump -v - \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SINGLE-4
+// RUN: %clang -target x86_64-linux-gnu -gdwarf-4 -S -emit-llvm -o - %s \
+// RUN:   | %clang -target x86_64-linux-gnu -g -x ir -c -o - - \
+// RUN:   | llvm-dwarfdump -v - \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SINGLE-5
+
 int main (void) {
   return 0;
 }
@@ -67,3 +77,11 @@ int main (void) {
 // CODEVIEW: !{i32 2, !"CodeView", i32 1}
 // NOCODEVIEW-NOT: !"CodeView"
 // NODWARF-NOT: !"Dwarf Version"
+
+// SINGLE-4: .debug_info contents:
+// SINGLE-4: 0x00000000: Compile Unit: {{.*}} version = 0x0004, abbr_offset
+// SINGLE-4: 0x0000000b: DW_TAG_compile_unit
+
+// SINGLE-5: .debug_info contents:
+// SINGLE-5: 0x00000000: Compile Unit: {{.*}} version = 0x0005, unit_type = DW_UT_compile, abbr_offset
+// SINGLE-5: 0x0000000c: DW_TAG_compile_unit