diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
index 477e3cbe7a..2d13e9d7e8 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ $(TARGET).efi: $(objtree)/prelink.o $(note_file) $(obj)/efi.lds $(obj)/efi/reloc
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO),y)
 	$(if $(filter --strip-debug,$(EFI_LDFLAGS)),echo,:) "Will strip debug info from $(@F)"
 endif
-	$(objtree)/tools/symbols $(all_symbols) --empty > $(dot-target).0s.S
+	$(objtree)/tools/symbols $(all_symbols) --source-name=$(@F).S --empty \
+		> $(dot-target).0s.S
 	$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@D) .$(@F).0s.o
 	$(foreach base, $(VIRT_BASE) $(ALT_BASE), \
 	          $(LD) $(call EFI_LDFLAGS,$(base)) -T $(obj)/efi.lds $< $(relocs-dummy) \
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ endif
 		> $(dot-target).1r.S
 	$(NM) -pa --format=sysv $(dot-target).$(VIRT_BASE).0 \
 		| $(objtree)/tools/symbols $(all_symbols) --sysv --sort \
+                  --source-name=$(@F).S \
 		> $(dot-target).1s.S
 	$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@D) .$(@F).1r.o .$(@F).1s.o
 	$(foreach base, $(VIRT_BASE) $(ALT_BASE), \
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ endif
 		> $(dot-target).2r.S
 	$(NM) -pa --format=sysv $(dot-target).$(VIRT_BASE).1 \
 		| $(objtree)/tools/symbols $(all_symbols) --sysv --sort \
+                  --source-name=$(@F).S \
 		> $(dot-target).2s.S
 	$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@D) .$(@F).2r.o .$(@F).2s.o
 	$(call compare-symbol-tables, $(dot-target).1r.o, $(dot-target).2r.o)
diff --git a/xen/tools/symbols.c b/xen/tools/symbols.c
index 3c6f13de38..fa07201771 100644
--- a/xen/tools/symbols.c
+++ b/xen/tools/symbols.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ int token_profit[0x10000];
 unsigned char best_table[256][2];
 unsigned char best_table_len[256];
 
+static const char *srcname = "xen-syms.S";
 
 static void usage(void)
 {
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ static void write_src(void)
 	printf("#define ALGN 4\n");
 	printf("#endif\n");
 
+	printf("\t.file \"%s\"\n", srcname);
 	printf("\t.section .rodata, \"a\"\n");
 
 	printf("#ifndef SYMBOLS_ORIGIN\n");
@@ -679,6 +681,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 				unsorted = true;
 			else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--sort-by-name") == 0)
 				sort_by_name = 1;
+			else if (strncmp(argv[i], "--source-name=", 14) == 0)
+				srcname = argv[i] + 14;
 			else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--warn-dup") == 0)
 				warn_dup = true;
 			else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--error-dup") == 0)