diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6c323ca..d7291c3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f $(BIN) $(SRC:.reid=.o) $(SRC:.reid=.asm) $(SRC:.reid=.ll)
 
 $(BIN): $(SRC:.reid=.o)
-	$(LD) -dynamic-linker /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /usr/lib/crt1.o -lc $(LDFLAGS) $< -o$@
+	$(LD) -O0 -dynamic-linker /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /usr/lib/crt1.o -lc $(LDFLAGS) $< -o$@
 
 .SUFFIXES: .o .reid
 .reid.o:
diff --git a/reid-llvm-lib/src/compile.rs b/reid-llvm-lib/src/compile.rs
index 5fb9d62..db0d6cd 100644
--- a/reid-llvm-lib/src/compile.rs
+++ b/reid-llvm-lib/src/compile.rs
@@ -432,7 +432,18 @@ impl DebugMetadataHolder {
                     param.always_preserve as i32,
                     param.flags.as_llvm(),
                 ),
-                DebugMetadata::LocalVar(debug_local_variable) => todo!(),
+                DebugMetadata::LocalVar(var) => LLVMDIBuilderCreateAutoVariable(
+                    debug.builder,
+                    *debug.programs.get(&self.program).unwrap(),
+                    into_cstring(var.name.clone()).as_ptr(),
+                    var.name.len(),
+                    debug.file_ref,
+                    var.location.line,
+                    *debug.types.get(&var.ty).unwrap(),
+                    var.always_preserve as i32,
+                    var.flags.as_llvm(),
+                    var.alignment,
+                ),
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/reid-llvm-lib/src/debug_information.rs b/reid-llvm-lib/src/debug_information.rs
index 3f5b3f6..e469323 100644
--- a/reid-llvm-lib/src/debug_information.rs
+++ b/reid-llvm-lib/src/debug_information.rs
@@ -229,9 +229,10 @@ pub struct DebugParamVariable {
 pub struct DebugLocalVariable {
     pub name: String,
     pub location: DebugLocation,
-    pub ty: DebugMetadataValue,
+    pub ty: DebugTypeValue,
     pub always_preserve: bool,
     pub alignment: u32,
+    pub flags: DwarfFlags,
 }
 
 impl Default for DebugSubprogramOptionals {
diff --git a/reid/src/codegen.rs b/reid/src/codegen.rs
index 2da7fc8..4d0169a 100644
--- a/reid/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/reid/src/codegen.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use reid_lib::{
     builder::{InstructionValue, TypeValue},
     compile::CompiledModule,
     debug_information::{
-        DebugBasicType, DebugFileData, DebugInformation, DebugLocation, DebugMetadata,
-        DebugMetadataValue, DebugParamVariable, DebugProgramValue, DebugScopeValue,
+        DebugBasicType, DebugFileData, DebugInformation, DebugLocalVariable, DebugLocation,
+        DebugMetadata, DebugMetadataValue, DebugParamVariable, DebugProgramValue, DebugScopeValue,
         DebugSubprogramData, DebugSubprogramOptionals, DebugSubprogramTypeData, DebugTypeData,
         DebugTypeValue, DwarfEncoding, DwarfFlags,
     },
@@ -440,6 +440,20 @@ impl mir::Statement {
                         ty.get_type(scope.type_values, scope.types),
                     ),
                 );
+                if let Some(debug) = &scope.debug {
+                    let location = self.1.into_debug(scope.tokens).unwrap();
+                    debug.info.metadata(
+                        &debug.scope,
+                        DebugMetadata::LocalVar(DebugLocalVariable {
+                            name: name.clone(),
+                            location,
+                            ty: scope.debug_const_tys.get(&TypeKind::U32).unwrap().clone(),
+                            always_preserve: true,
+                            alignment: 32,
+                            flags: DwarfFlags,
+                        }),
+                    );
+                }
                 None
             }
             mir::StmtKind::Set(lhs, rhs) => {