diff --git a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
--- a/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
 Changes to the C API
 --------------------
 
-* ...
+* ``LLVMSetInstDebugLocation`` has been deprecated in favor of the more general
+  ``LLVMAddMetadataToInst``.
 
 Changes to the Go bindings
 --------------------------
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm-c/Core.h
@@ -3611,10 +3611,20 @@
  * current debug location for the given builder.  If the builder has no current
  * debug location, this function is a no-op.
  *
+ * @deprecated LLVMSetInstDebugLocation is deprecated in favor of the more general
+ *             LLVMAddMetadataToInst.
+ *
  * @see llvm::IRBuilder::SetInstDebugLocation()
  */
 void LLVMSetInstDebugLocation(LLVMBuilderRef Builder, LLVMValueRef Inst);
 
+/**
+ * Adds the metadata registered with the given builder to the given instruction.
+ *
+ * @see llvm::IRBuilder::AddMetadataToInst()
+ */
+void LLVMAddMetadataToInst(LLVMBuilderRef Builder, LLVMValueRef Inst);
+
 /**
  * Get the dafult floating-point math metadata for a given builder.
  *
diff --git a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/IR/Core.cpp
@@ -3133,6 +3133,10 @@
   unwrap(Builder)->SetInstDebugLocation(unwrap<Instruction>(Inst));
 }
 
+void LLVMAddMetadataToInst(LLVMBuilderRef Builder, LLVMValueRef Inst) {
+  unwrap(Builder)->AddMetadataToInst(unwrap<Instruction>(Inst));
+}
+
 void LLVMBuilderSetDefaultFPMathTag(LLVMBuilderRef Builder,
                                     LLVMMetadataRef FPMathTag) {
 
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/echo.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/echo.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/echo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-c-test/echo.cpp
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@
       LLVMSetMetadata(Dst, Kind, LLVMMetadataAsValue(Ctx, MD));
     }
     LLVMDisposeValueMetadataEntries(AllMetadata);
-    LLVMSetInstDebugLocation(Builder, Dst);
+    LLVMAddMetadataToInst(Builder, Dst);
 
     check_value_kind(Dst, LLVMInstructionValueKind);
     return VMap[Src] = Dst;