diff --git a/compile/common/package_json.lua b/compile/common/package_json.lua
index eba919b7..9b0fd992 100644
--- a/compile/common/package_json.lua
+++ b/compile/common/package_json.lua
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ attributes.common = {
         markdownDescription = "%lua.debug.launch.luaVersion.description%",
         type = "string",
     },
+    syntaxCompatibility = {
+        default = false,
+        markdownDescription = "%lua.debug.launch.syntaxCompatibility.description%",
+        type = "boolean",
+    },
     outputCapture = {
         default = {
         },
diff --git a/extension/package.nls.json b/extension/package.nls.json
index 663631af..3d6c6a10 100644
--- a/extension/package.nls.json
+++ b/extension/package.nls.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "lua.debug.launch.console.integratedTerminal.description": "VS Code integrated terminal.",
     "lua.debug.launch.console.externalTerminal.description": "External terminal that can be configured in user settings.",
     "lua.debug.launch.luaVersion.description": "Default lua version.",
+    "lua.debug.launch.syntaxCompatibility.description": "Use the target Lua VM to parse source syntax for breakpoint line information. Note: only takes effect for Lua 5.3+ targets and requires a compatible bytecode format.",
     "lua.debug.launch.luaArch.description": "Default lua arch.",
     "lua.debug.launch.sourceCoding.description": "Source encoding.",
     "lua.debug.launch.path.description": "Search path for Lua programs",
diff --git a/extension/script/backend/worker/breakpoint.lua b/extension/script/backend/worker/breakpoint.lua
index a80750df..b515cfd4 100644
--- a/extension/script/backend/worker/breakpoint.lua
+++ b/extension/script/backend/worker/breakpoint.lua
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ local protosById = {}       -- {["{ld}_{lld}_{srcId}"] = proto}
 local waitinstbp = {}       -- {[funcId] = {[pc] = bp}}
 local m = {}
 local enable = false
+local syntaxCompatibility = false
+
+ev.on('initializing', function(config)
+    syntaxCompatibility = config.syntaxCompatibility == true
+end)
 
 local function updateHook()
     local hasInstBp = next(instbreakpoints) ~= nil or next(waitinstbp) ~= nil
@@ -211,7 +216,7 @@ function m.find(src, currentline)
 end
 
 local function parserInlineLineinfo(src)
-    local old = parser(src.content)
+    local old = parser(src.content, syntaxCompatibility)
     if not old then
         return
     end
@@ -241,9 +246,9 @@ local function calcLineInfo(src, content)
         if src.content then
             src.lineinfo = parserInlineLineinfo(src)
         elseif content then
-            src.lineinfo = parser(content)
+            src.lineinfo = parser(content, syntaxCompatibility)
         elseif src.sourceReference then
-            src.lineinfo = parser(source.getCode(src.sourceReference))
+            src.lineinfo = parser(source.getCode(src.sourceReference), syntaxCompatibility)
         end
     end
     return src.lineinfo
@@ -531,6 +536,7 @@ ev.on('terminated', function()
     waitinstbp = {}
     info = {}
     enable = false
+    syntaxCompatibility = false
     hookmgr.break_open(false)
     if hookmgr.instbreak_open then
         hookmgr.instbreak_open(false)
diff --git a/extension/script/backend/worker/eval.lua b/extension/script/backend/worker/eval.lua
index cea4e9e8..27eab9d8 100644
--- a/extension/script/backend/worker/eval.lua
+++ b/extension/script/backend/worker/eval.lua
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@ local function generate(name, init)
     end
 end
 
+generate("dump", function()
+    if luaver.LUAVERSION <= 52 then
+        local compat_dump = assert(load(readfile 'backend.worker.eval.dump'))
+        return function(content)
+            local ok, res, err = pcall(compat_dump, content)
+            if ok and res ~= nil then
+                return true, res
+            end
+            if ok then
+                return false, 'can not dump function.'
+            end
+            return false, res
+        end
+    else
+        local eval_dump = assert(rdebug.load(readfile 'backend.worker.eval.dump'))
+        return function(content)
+            return rdebug.eval(eval_dump, content, 0)
+        end
+    end
+end)
+
 generate("ffi_reflect", function ()
     if not luaver.isjit then
         return
diff --git a/extension/script/backend/worker/eval/dump.lua b/extension/script/backend/worker/eval/dump.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..57963aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/script/backend/worker/eval/dump.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+local content = ...
+local f, err = load(content, "=eval.dump")
+if not f then
+    error(err, 0)
+end
+return string.dump(f)
diff --git a/extension/script/backend/worker/parser.lua b/extension/script/backend/worker/parser.lua
index 491de068..94548c3d 100644
--- a/extension/script/backend/worker/parser.lua
+++ b/extension/script/backend/worker/parser.lua
@@ -84,15 +84,38 @@ local function normalize(lineinfo, si)
     end
 end
 
-return function (content)
-    local f, err = load(content)
-    if not f then
+local function dumpTarget(content)
+    local eval = require 'backend.worker.eval'
+    local ok, bin = eval.dump(content)
+    if ok and type(bin) == "string" then
+        return bin
+    end
+    return nil, type(bin) == "string" and bin or "can not dump function."
+end
+
+return function (content, syntaxCompatibility)
+    local err
+    local bin
+    if syntaxCompatibility then
+        bin, err = dumpTarget(content)
+    else
+        local f
+        f, err = load(content)
+        if f then
+            bin = string.dump(f)
+        end
+    end
+    if not bin then
+        local log = require 'common.log'
+        log.error("ERROR:"..(err or "unknown error"))
+        return
+    end
+    local ok, cl, v = pcall(undump, bin)
+    if not ok then
         local log = require 'common.log'
-        log.error("ERROR:"..err)
+        log.error("ERROR:"..tostring(cl))
         return
     end
-    local bin = string.dump(f)
-    local cl, v = undump(bin)
     version = v
     local si = { activelines = {}, definelines = {} }
     local lineinfo = {}
diff --git a/extension/script/backend/worker/undump.lua b/extension/script/backend/worker/undump.lua
index 94e7915a..b86b1f87 100644
--- a/extension/script/backend/worker/undump.lua
+++ b/extension/script/backend/worker/undump.lua
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ local undump55; do
     end
 
     function undump55(cl)
+        cached = {}
         CheckHeader()
         cl.nupvalues = LoadByte()
         cl.f = {}