Test binaries created with the following commands: $ cat container.cpp #include "container.h" #include <stdlib.h> struct Container_ivars { // real definition here }; ContainerPtr allocateContainer() { Container *c = (Container *)malloc(sizeof(Container)); c->ivars = (Container_ivars *)malloc(sizeof(Container_ivars)); return c; } extern void doSomething(ContainerPtr); int main() { ContainerPtr c = allocateContainer(); doSomething(c); return 0; } $ cat container.h struct Container_ivars; struct Container { union { struct Container_ivars *ivars; }; }; typedef Container *ContainerPtr; $ cat use.cpp #include "container.h" void doSomething(ContainerPtr c) {} $ clang++ -O0 -g container.cpp -c -o container.o $ clang++ -O0 -g use.cpp -c -o use.o $ clang++ use.o container.o -o a.out Note that the link order in the last command matters for this test. RUN: dsymutil -oso-prepend-path %p/../Inputs %p/../Inputs/private/tmp/union/a.out -o %t.dSYM RUN: llvm-dwarfdump %t.dSYM | FileCheck %s CHECK: DW_TAG_compile_unit CHECK: DW_AT_name ("Container_ivars") CHECK-NEXT: DW_AT_declaration (true) CHECK: DW_TAG_compile_unit CHECK: DW_AT_name ("Container_ivars") CHECK-NEXT: DW_AT_byte_size (0x01) CHECK-NEXT: DW_AT_decl_file ("{{.*}}container.cpp") CHECK-NEXT: DW_AT_decl_line (4)