diff --git a/src/julia-parser.scm b/src/julia-parser.scm
index c77ab37a4594b7..2f855440e54824 100644
--- a/src/julia-parser.scm
+++ b/src/julia-parser.scm
@@ -2038,15 +2038,18 @@
            (take-token s)
            (with-space-sensitive
             (let* ((head (parse-unary-prefix s))
-                   (t    (peek-token s)))
-              (if (ts:space? s)
-                  `(macrocall ,(macroify-name head)
-                              ,@(parse-space-separated-exprs s))
-                  (let ((call (parse-call-chain s head #t)))
-                    (if (and (pair? call) (eq? (car call) 'call))
-                        `(macrocall ,(macroify-name (cadr call)) ,@(cddr call))
-                        `(macrocall ,(macroify-name call)
-                                    ,@(parse-space-separated-exprs s))))))))
+                   (t    (peek-token s))
+                   (rval
+                        (if (ts:space? s)
+                          `(macrocall ,(macroify-name head)
+                                      ,@(parse-space-separated-exprs s))
+                          (let ((call (parse-call-chain s head #t)))
+                            (if (and (pair? call) (eq? (car call) 'call))
+                                `(macrocall ,(macroify-name (cadr call)) ,@(cddr call))
+                                `(macrocall ,(macroify-name call)
+                                            ,@(parse-space-separated-exprs s)))))))
+                   (if (eqv? head '__LOCATION__) `(let ,rval (= __LOCATION__ ,(line-number-node s)))
+                                                 rval))))
 
           ;; command syntax
           ((eqv? t #\`)