diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
index d8397ab51de3c..6a48366e974ca 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs
@@ -1395,16 +1395,19 @@ impl Build {
         // its caching system since we're executing quite a lot of tests and
         // ideally shouldn't pollute the cache too much.
         if let Some(path) = finder.maybe_have("wasmtime") {
-            if let Ok(mut path) = path.into_os_string().into_string() {
-                path.push_str(" run -C cache=n --dir .");
+            if let Ok(mut cmd) = path.into_os_string().into_string() {
+                cmd.push_str(" run -C cache=n --dir .");
                 // Make sure that tests have access to RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP. This (for example) is
                 // required for libtest to work on beta/stable channels.
                 //
                 // NB: with Wasmtime 20 this can change to `-S inherit-env` to
                 // inherit the entire environment rather than just this single
                 // environment variable.
-                path.push_str(" --env RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP");
-                return Some(path);
+                cmd.push_str(" --env RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP");
+                // Make sure debug-info is enabled so we can have backtraces with file names and
+                // line numbers.
+                cmd.push_str(" -D debug-info=y");
+                return Some(cmd);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/auxiliary/rust_test_helpers.c b/tests/auxiliary/rust_test_helpers.c
index 977ea487a9804..18bf328945bb5 100644
--- a/tests/auxiliary/rust_test_helpers.c
+++ b/tests/auxiliary/rust_test_helpers.c
@@ -427,3 +427,18 @@ uint16_t issue_97463_leak_uninit_data(uint32_t a, uint32_t b, uint32_t c) {
 
     return data->b; /* leak data */
 }
+
+// Used for testing backtrace line_tables_only
+typedef void (*line_tables_only_callback) (void *data);
+
+void line_tables_only_baz(line_tables_only_callback cb, void *data) {
+    cb(data);
+}
+
+void line_tables_only_bar(line_tables_only_callback cb, void *data) {
+    line_tables_only_baz(cb, data);
+}
+
+void line_tables_only_foo(line_tables_only_callback cb, void *data) {
+    line_tables_only_bar(cb, data);
+}
diff --git a/tests/ui/debuginfo/backtrace-line-tables-only.rs b/tests/ui/debuginfo/backtrace-line-tables-only.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..143d39081bb87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ui/debuginfo/backtrace-line-tables-only.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Test that when debug info only includes line tables that backtrace is still generated
+// successfully. This previously failed when compiling with `clang -g1`.
+// Part of <https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/122899> porting some backtrace tests to rustc.
+// ignore-tidy-linelength
+//@ ignore-windows original test is ignore-windows
+//@ ignore-android FIXME #17520
+//@ ignore-openbsd no support for libbacktrace without filename
+//@ ignore-fuchsia Backtraces not symbolized
+//@ needs-unwind
+//@ run-pass
+//@ compile-flags: -Cdebuginfo=line-tables-only -Cstrip=none
+#![feature(backtrace_frames)]
+
+use std::backtrace::{self, Backtrace};
+use std::ffi::c_void;
+use std::ptr::addr_of_mut;
+
+pub type Callback = extern "C" fn(data: *mut c_void);
+
+#[link(name = "rust_test_helpers", kind = "static")]
+extern "C" {
+    pub fn line_tables_only_foo(cb: Callback, data: *mut c_void);
+}
+
+extern "C" fn store_backtrace(data: *mut c_void) {
+    let bt = backtrace::Backtrace::capture();
+    unsafe { *data.cast::<Option<Backtrace>>() = Some(bt) };
+}
+
+fn assert_contains(
+    backtrace: &Backtrace,
+    expected_name: &str,
+    expected_file: &str,
+    expected_line: u32,
+) {
+    // FIXME(jieyouxu): fix this ugly fragile test when `BacktraceFrame` has accessors like...
+    // `symbols()`.
+    let backtrace = format!("{:#?}", backtrace);
+    eprintln!("{}", backtrace);
+    assert!(backtrace.contains(expected_name), "backtrace does not contain expected name {}", expected_name);
+    assert!(backtrace.contains(expected_file), "backtrace does not contain expected file {}", expected_file);
+    assert!(backtrace.contains(&expected_line.to_string()), "backtrace does not contain expected line {}", expected_line);
+}
+
+/// Verifies that when debug info includes only lines tables the generated
+/// backtrace is still generated successfully. The test exercises behaviour
+/// that failed previously when compiling with clang -g1.
+///
+/// The test case uses C rather than rust, since at that time when it was
+/// written the debug info generated at level 1 in rustc was essentially
+/// the same as at level 2.
+fn main() {
+    std::env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
+    std::env::set_var("WASMTIME_BACKTRACE_DETAILS", "1");
+    let mut backtrace: Option<Backtrace> = None;
+    unsafe { line_tables_only_foo(store_backtrace, addr_of_mut!(backtrace).cast::<c_void>()) };
+    let backtrace = backtrace.expect("backtrace");
+    assert_contains(&backtrace, "line_tables_only_foo", "rust_test_helpers.c", 435);
+    assert_contains(&backtrace, "line_tables_only_bar", "rust_test_helpers.c", 439);
+    assert_contains(&backtrace, "line_tables_only_baz", "rust_test_helpers.c", 443);
+}