Index: llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.h
+++ llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.h
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@
   /// EmitGlobalVariable - Emit global variable's debug info.
   void EmitGlobalVariable(const ValueDecl *VD, llvm::Constant *Init);
 
+  /// EmitTypeDef - Emit typedef debug info.
+  void EmitTypeDef(QualType Ty);
+
   /// \brief - Emit C++ using directive.
   void EmitUsingDirective(const UsingDirectiveDecl &UD);
 
Index: llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.cpp
+++ llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGDebugInfo.cpp
@@ -3276,3 +3276,12 @@
 
   DBuilder.finalize();
 }
+
+void CGDebugInfo::EmitTypeDef(QualType Ty)
+{
+  llvm::DIType DieTy = getOrCreateType(Ty,getOrCreateMainFile());
+  // Don't ignore in case of explicit cast were it is referenced indirectly.
+  DBuilder.retainType(DieTy); 
+}
+
+
Index: llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExprScalar.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExprScalar.cpp
+++ llvm/tools/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGExprScalar.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,13 @@
   Value *VisitExplicitCastExpr(ExplicitCastExpr *E) {
     if (E->getType()->isVariablyModifiedType())
       CGF.EmitVariablyModifiedType(E->getType());
+    if( E->getType().getTypePtr()->getTypeClass() ==  Type::Typedef)
+    {
+      CGDebugInfo *DI = CGF.getDebugInfo();
+      if (DI && CGF.CGM.getCodeGenOpts().getDebugInfo()
+          == CodeGenOptions::LimitedDebugInfo)
+        DI->EmitTypeDef((E->getType()));
+    }
     return VisitCastExpr(E);
   }
   Value *VisitCastExpr(CastExpr *E);
Index: llvm/tools/clang/test/CodeGen/Debug-info-typedef.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/tools/clang/test/CodeGen/Debug-info-typedef.cpp
+++ llvm/tools/clang/test/CodeGen/Debug-info-typedef.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// RUN: %clang -fverbose-asm -S -g %s -o - | grep DW_TAG_structure_type
+// RUN: %clang -fverbose-asm -S -g %s -o - | grep DW_TAG_typedef
+// RUN: %clang -fverbose-asm -S -g %s -o - | grep S
+// RUN: %clang -fverbose-asm -S -g %s -o - | grep T
+
+typedef struct S { int i; } *T;
+#define M(p) ((T) (p))
+
+void
+foo (void* p)
+{
+  M (p)->i++;
+}