diff --git a/lib/elixir/lib/code.ex b/lib/elixir/lib/code.ex
index 5a8204e1eab..97c5931c88d 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/lib/code.ex
+++ b/lib/elixir/lib/code.ex
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ defmodule Code do
     :relative_paths
   ]
 
-  @list_compiler_options [:tracers, :parser_options]
+  @list_compiler_options [:tracers, :parser_options, :erlc_options]
 
   @available_compiler_options @boolean_compiler_options ++
                                 @list_compiler_options ++
@@ -1759,6 +1759,10 @@ defmodule Code do
     * `:docs` - when `true`, retains documentation in the compiled module.
       Defaults to `true`.
 
+    * `:erlc_options` (since v1.21.0) - a list of Erlang compiler options. For example,
+      `erlc_options: [:beam_debug_info, :beam_debug_stack]` emits Erlang/OTP
+      debug metadata for BEAM debuggers. Defaults to `[]`.
+
     * `:ignore_already_consolidated` (since v1.10.0) - when `true`, does not warn
       when a protocol has already been consolidated and a new implementation is added.
       Defaults to `false`.
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir.erl
index 9fd968e56c8..82610489902 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir.erl
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ start(_Type, _Args) ->
     %% Compiler options
     {debug_info, true},
     {docs, true},
+    {erlc_options, []},
     {ignore_already_consolidated, false},
     {ignore_module_conflict, false},
     {infer_signatures, [elixir]},
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_erl_compiler.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_erl_compiler.erl
index 3f2bff12105..52b57dfe011 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_erl_compiler.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_erl_compiler.erl
@@ -60,16 +60,30 @@ env_compiler_options() ->
 
 erl_to_core(Forms, Opts) ->
   %% TODO: Remove parse transform handling on Elixir v2.0
-  case [M || {parse_transform, M} <- Opts] of
-    [] ->
+  case requires_abstract_format(Opts, false) of
+    false ->
       v3_core:module(Forms, Opts);
-    _ ->
+
+    beam_debug_info ->
+      {ok, DbgForms} = sys_coverage:beam_debug_info(Forms),
+      v3_core:module(DbgForms, Opts);
+
+    parse_transform ->
       case compile:noenv_forms(Forms, [no_spawn_compiler_process, to_core0, return, no_auto_import | Opts]) of
         {ok, _Module, Core, Warnings} -> {ok, Core, Warnings};
         {error, Errors, Warnings} -> {error, Errors, Warnings}
       end
   end.
 
+requires_abstract_format([{parse_transform, _} | _], _Default) ->
+  parse_transform;
+requires_abstract_format([beam_debug_info | Tail], _Default) ->
+  requires_abstract_format(Tail, beam_debug_info);
+requires_abstract_format([_ | Tail], Default) ->
+  requires_abstract_format(Tail, Default);
+requires_abstract_format([], Default) ->
+  Default.
+
 noenv_forms(Forms, File, Opts) when is_list(Forms), is_list(Opts), is_binary(File) ->
   Source = elixir_utils:characters_to_list(File),
 
diff --git a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_module.erl b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_module.erl
index 419d361fe9c..ae6c0941c48 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/src/elixir_module.erl
+++ b/lib/elixir/src/elixir_module.erl
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ compile(Meta, Module, ModuleAsCharlist, Block, Vars, Prune, E) ->
               'Elixir.Module.Types':infer(Module, File, Attributes, AllDefinitions, UsedPrivate, E, CheckerInfo)
           end,
 
-        RawCompileOpts = bag_lookup_element(DataBag, {accumulate, compile}, 2),
+        RawCompileOpts = bag_lookup_element(DataBag, {accumulate, compile}, 2) ++ elixir_config:get(erlc_options),
         CompileOpts = validate_compile_opts(RawCompileOpts, AllDefinitions, Unreachable, Line, E),
         Impls = bag_lookup_element(DataBag, impls, 2),
 
diff --git a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/code_test.exs b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/code_test.exs
index 036c516401b..2f40e2dfe21 100644
--- a/lib/elixir/test/elixir/code_test.exs
+++ b/lib/elixir/test/elixir/code_test.exs
@@ -917,6 +917,34 @@ defmodule Code.SyncTest do
     Code.put_compiler_option(:module_definition, :compiled)
   end
 
+  if System.otp_release() >= "29" do
+    test "uses erlc_options compiler option" do
+      module = CodeTest.ConfiguredBeamDebugInfo
+      previous = Code.compiler_options(erlc_options: [:beam_debug_info])
+
+      try do
+        assert [{^module, binary}] =
+                 Code.compile_string("""
+                 defmodule CodeTest.ConfiguredBeamDebugInfo do
+                   def sample(value) do
+                     doubled = value * 2
+                     doubled + 1
+                   end
+                 end
+                 """)
+
+        assert {:ok, {_, [{~c"DbgB", <<_version::32, entries::32, _::binary>>}]}} =
+                 :beam_lib.chunks(binary, [~c"DbgB"])
+
+        assert entries > 0
+      after
+        Code.compiler_options(previous)
+        :code.purge(module)
+        :code.delete(module)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   test "prepend_path" do
     path = Path.join(__DIR__, "fixtures")
     true = Code.prepend_path(path)