diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 34971bc3f51ce..a9b65bb0245b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@ megatest.nim
 /lib/pure/*.js
 
 !/.builds/
+
+# ignore debug dirs generated by dsymutil on OSX
+*.dSYM
diff --git a/compiler/lineinfos.nim b/compiler/lineinfos.nim
index 479ed2f75c74d..ae570904492ac 100644
--- a/compiler/lineinfos.nim
+++ b/compiler/lineinfos.nim
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const
     hintName: "$1",
     hintPattern: "$1",
     hintExecuting: "$1",
-    hintLinking: "",
+    hintLinking: "$1",
     hintDependency: "$1",
     hintSource: "$1",
     hintPerformance: "$1",