diff --git a/lldb/bindings/interface/SBTarget.i b/lldb/bindings/interface/SBTarget.i
--- a/lldb/bindings/interface/SBTarget.i
+++ b/lldb/bindings/interface/SBTarget.i
@@ -579,6 +579,12 @@
                                 uint32_t column, lldb::addr_t offset,
                                 SBFileSpecList &module_list);
 
+    lldb::SBBreakpoint
+    BreakpointCreateByLocation (const lldb::SBFileSpec &file_spec, uint32_t line,
+                                uint32_t column, lldb::addr_t offset,
+                                SBFileSpecList &module_list,
+                                bool move_to_nearest_code);
+
     lldb::SBBreakpoint
     BreakpointCreateByName (const char *symbol_name, const char *module_name = NULL);
 
diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTarget.h b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTarget.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTarget.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/API/SBTarget.h
@@ -560,6 +560,12 @@
                              uint32_t column, lldb::addr_t offset,
                              SBFileSpecList &module_list);
 
+  lldb::SBBreakpoint
+  BreakpointCreateByLocation(const lldb::SBFileSpec &file_spec, uint32_t line,
+                             uint32_t column, lldb::addr_t offset,
+                             SBFileSpecList &module_list,
+                             bool move_to_nearest_code);
+
   lldb::SBBreakpoint BreakpointCreateByName(const char *symbol_name,
                                             const char *module_name = nullptr);
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBTarget.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBTarget.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBTarget.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBTarget.cpp
@@ -787,6 +787,38 @@
   return LLDB_RECORD_RESULT(sb_bp);
 }
 
+SBBreakpoint SBTarget::BreakpointCreateByLocation(
+    const SBFileSpec &sb_file_spec, uint32_t line, uint32_t column,
+    lldb::addr_t offset, SBFileSpecList &sb_module_list,
+    bool move_to_nearest_code) {
+  LLDB_RECORD_METHOD(lldb::SBBreakpoint, SBTarget, BreakpointCreateByLocation,
+                     (const lldb::SBFileSpec &, uint32_t, uint32_t,
+                      lldb::addr_t, lldb::SBFileSpecList &, bool),
+                     sb_file_spec, line, column, offset, sb_module_list,
+                     move_to_nearest_code);
+
+  SBBreakpoint sb_bp;
+  TargetSP target_sp(GetSP());
+  if (target_sp && line != 0) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(target_sp->GetAPIMutex());
+
+    const LazyBool check_inlines = eLazyBoolCalculate;
+    const LazyBool skip_prologue = eLazyBoolCalculate;
+    const bool internal = false;
+    const bool hardware = false;
+    const FileSpecList *module_list = nullptr;
+    if (sb_module_list.GetSize() > 0) {
+      module_list = sb_module_list.get();
+    }
+    sb_bp = target_sp->CreateBreakpoint(
+        module_list, *sb_file_spec, line, column, offset, check_inlines,
+        skip_prologue, internal, hardware,
+        move_to_nearest_code ? eLazyBoolYes : eLazyBoolNo);
+  }
+
+  return LLDB_RECORD_RESULT(sb_bp);
+}
+
 SBBreakpoint SBTarget::BreakpointCreateByName(const char *symbol_name,
                                               const char *module_name) {
   LLDB_RECORD_METHOD(lldb::SBBreakpoint, SBTarget, BreakpointCreateByName,
@@ -2489,6 +2521,9 @@
                        BreakpointCreateByLocation,
                        (const lldb::SBFileSpec &, uint32_t, uint32_t,
                         lldb::addr_t, lldb::SBFileSpecList &));
+  LLDB_REGISTER_METHOD(lldb::SBBreakpoint, SBTarget, BreakpointCreateByLocation,
+                       (const lldb::SBFileSpec &, uint32_t, uint32_t,
+                        lldb::addr_t, lldb::SBFileSpecList &, bool));
   LLDB_REGISTER_METHOD(lldb::SBBreakpoint, SBTarget, BreakpointCreateByName,
                        (const char *, const char *));
   LLDB_REGISTER_METHOD(lldb::SBBreakpoint, SBTarget, BreakpointCreateByName,
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_by_line_and_column/TestBreakpointByLineAndColumn.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_by_line_and_column/TestBreakpointByLineAndColumn.py
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_by_line_and_column/TestBreakpointByLineAndColumn.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/breakpoint/breakpoint_by_line_and_column/TestBreakpointByLineAndColumn.py
@@ -42,3 +42,30 @@
             self.assertEqual(b_loc.GetLine(), 11)
             in_condition |= b_loc.GetColumn() < 30
         self.assertTrue(in_condition)
+
+    ## Skip gcc version less 7.1 since it doesn't support -gcolumn-info
+    @skipIf(compiler="gcc", compiler_version=['<', '7.1'])
+    def testBreakpointByLineAndColumnNearestCode(self):
+        self.build()
+        exe = self.getBuildArtifact("a.out")
+
+        main_c = lldb.SBFileSpec("main.c")
+        line = line_number("main.c", "// Line 20.")
+        column = len("// Line 20") # should stop at the period.
+        indent = 2
+        module_list = lldb.SBFileSpecList()
+
+        # Create a target from the debugger.
+        target = self.dbg.CreateTarget(exe)
+        self.assertTrue(target, VALID_TARGET)
+
+        valid_bpt = target.BreakpointCreateByLocation(main_c, line, column,
+                                                      indent, module_list, True)
+        self.assertTrue(valid_bpt, VALID_BREAKPOINT)
+        self.assertEqual(valid_bpt.GetNumLocations(), 1)
+
+        invalid_bpt = target.BreakpointCreateByLocation(main_c, line, column,
+                                                      indent, module_list, False)
+        self.assertTrue(invalid_bpt, VALID_BREAKPOINT)
+        self.assertEqual(invalid_bpt.GetNumLocations(), 0)
+