diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index d63b83fbd9b249af69f1869c49cca45ecb93c777..25e8f72872d36a60abcc8eef3d2fa9532987d8f1 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2017-01-17  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	PR debug/71669
+	* dwarf2out.c (add_data_member_location_attribute): For constant
+	offset bitfield emit for -gdwarf-5 DW_AT_data_bit_offset attribute
+	instead of DW_AT_data_member_location, DW_AT_bit_offset and
+	DW_AT_byte_size attributes.
+
 2017-01-17  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
 
 	* config/rs6000/rs6000.c (rs6000_emit_move): Also use a TOC reference
diff --git a/gcc/dwarf2out.c b/gcc/dwarf2out.c
index d3b268ad037ea756141b6defa3dbe1ee7b1fc901..19f7f656572a02f48d98722bf768ce0860685e11 100644
--- a/gcc/dwarf2out.c
+++ b/gcc/dwarf2out.c
@@ -18272,6 +18272,23 @@ add_data_member_location_attribute (dw_die_ref die,
 
   if (! loc_descr)
     {
+      /* While DW_AT_data_bit_offset has been added already in DWARF4,
+	 e.g. GDB only added support to it in November 2016.  For DWARF5
+	 we need newer debug info consumers anyway.  We might change this
+	 to dwarf_version >= 4 once most consumers catched up.  */
+      if (dwarf_version >= 5
+	  && TREE_CODE (decl) == FIELD_DECL
+	  && DECL_BIT_FIELD_TYPE (decl))
+	{
+	  tree off = bit_position (decl);
+	  if (tree_fits_uhwi_p (off) && get_AT (die, DW_AT_bit_size))
+	    {
+	      remove_AT (die, DW_AT_byte_size);
+	      remove_AT (die, DW_AT_bit_offset);
+	      add_AT_unsigned (die, DW_AT_data_bit_offset, tree_to_uhwi (off));
+	      return;
+	    }
+	}
       if (dwarf_version > 2)
 	{
 	  /* Don't need to output a location expression, just the constant. */