diff --git a/deps/v8/include/v8-profiler.h b/deps/v8/include/v8-profiler.h
index 9981061a44bf06..3689a122725f89 100644
--- a/deps/v8/include/v8-profiler.h
+++ b/deps/v8/include/v8-profiler.h
@@ -341,6 +341,12 @@ class V8_EXPORT CpuProfiler {
   V8_DEPRECATED("Use Isolate::SetIdle(bool) instead.",
                 void SetIdle(bool is_idle));
 
+  /**
+   * Generate more detailed source positions to code objects. This results in
+   * better results when mapping profiling samples to script source.
+   */
+  static void UseDetailedSourcePositionsForProfiling(Isolate* isolate);
+
  private:
   CpuProfiler();
   ~CpuProfiler();
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/api.cc b/deps/v8/src/api.cc
index c1afe8d93b9d0d..8f8aaf7bc628ac 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/api.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/api.cc
@@ -10132,6 +10132,11 @@ void CpuProfiler::SetIdle(bool is_idle) {
   isolate->SetIdle(is_idle);
 }
 
+void CpuProfiler::UseDetailedSourcePositionsForProfiling(Isolate* isolate) {
+  reinterpret_cast<i::Isolate*>(isolate)
+      ->set_detailed_source_positions_for_profiling(true);
+}
+
 uintptr_t CodeEvent::GetCodeStartAddress() {
   return reinterpret_cast<i::CodeEvent*>(this)->code_start_address;
 }
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/isolate.cc b/deps/v8/src/isolate.cc
index 89fecce80431c5..eed52d9c19fb1a 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/isolate.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/isolate.cc
@@ -3257,7 +3257,8 @@ bool Isolate::use_optimizer() {
 }
 
 bool Isolate::NeedsDetailedOptimizedCodeLineInfo() const {
-  return NeedsSourcePositionsForProfiling() || FLAG_detailed_line_info;
+  return NeedsSourcePositionsForProfiling() ||
+         detailed_source_positions_for_profiling();
 }
 
 bool Isolate::NeedsSourcePositionsForProfiling() const {
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/isolate.h b/deps/v8/src/isolate.h
index e199a93ec47859..efd479c41ee4a5 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/isolate.h
+++ b/deps/v8/src/isolate.h
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ typedef std::vector<HeapObject*> DebugObjectCache;
   V(int, last_console_context_id, 0)                                          \
   V(v8_inspector::V8Inspector*, inspector, nullptr)                           \
   V(bool, next_v8_call_is_safe_for_termination, false)                        \
-  V(bool, only_terminate_in_safe_scope, false)
+  V(bool, only_terminate_in_safe_scope, false)                                \
+  V(bool, detailed_source_positions_for_profiling, FLAG_detailed_line_info)
 
 #define THREAD_LOCAL_TOP_ACCESSOR(type, name)                        \
   inline void set_##name(type v) { thread_local_top_.name##_ = v; }  \
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/cctest/test-cpu-profiler.cc b/deps/v8/test/cctest/test-cpu-profiler.cc
index 75af3f6d98f127..851099607945e6 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/cctest/test-cpu-profiler.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/test/cctest/test-cpu-profiler.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "src/objects-inl.h"
 #include "src/profiler/cpu-profiler-inl.h"
 #include "src/profiler/profiler-listener.h"
+#include "src/source-position-table.h"
 #include "src/utils.h"
 #include "test/cctest/cctest.h"
 #include "test/cctest/profiler-extension.h"
@@ -2544,6 +2545,46 @@ TEST(MultipleProfilers) {
   profiler2->StopProfiling("2");
 }
 
+UNINITIALIZED_TEST(DetailedSourcePositionAPI) {
+  i::FLAG_detailed_line_info = false;
+  i::FLAG_allow_natives_syntax = true;
+  v8::Isolate::CreateParams create_params;
+  create_params.array_buffer_allocator = CcTest::array_buffer_allocator();
+  v8::Isolate* isolate = v8::Isolate::New(create_params);
+
+  const char* source =
+      "function fib(i) {"
+      "  if (i <= 1) return 1; "
+      "  return fib(i - 1) +"
+      "         fib(i - 2);"
+      "}"
+      "fib(5);"
+      "%OptimizeFunctionOnNextCall(fib);"
+      "fib(5);"
+      "fib";
+  {
+    v8::Isolate::Scope isolate_scope(isolate);
+    v8::HandleScope handle_scope(isolate);
+    v8::Local<v8::Context> context = v8::Context::New(isolate);
+    v8::Context::Scope context_scope(context);
+    i::Isolate* i_isolate = reinterpret_cast<i::Isolate*>(isolate);
+
+    CHECK(!i_isolate->NeedsDetailedOptimizedCodeLineInfo());
+
+    int non_detailed_positions = GetSourcePositionEntryCount(i_isolate, source);
+
+    v8::CpuProfiler::UseDetailedSourcePositionsForProfiling(isolate);
+    CHECK(i_isolate->NeedsDetailedOptimizedCodeLineInfo());
+
+    int detailed_positions = GetSourcePositionEntryCount(i_isolate, source);
+
+    CHECK((non_detailed_positions == -1 && detailed_positions == -1) ||
+          non_detailed_positions < detailed_positions);
+  }
+
+  isolate->Dispose();
+}
+
 }  // namespace test_cpu_profiler
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace v8