diff --git a/base/client.jl b/base/client.jl
index 30601a5117108..27400c3fbb01d 100644
--- a/base/client.jl
+++ b/base/client.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ## client.jl - frontend handling command line options, environment setup,
 ##             and REPL
-
 immutable JLOptions
     version::Int8
     quiet::Int8
diff --git a/base/compileropts.jl b/base/compileropts.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..be7fab7b9a7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/compileropts.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Julia compiler options struct (see jl_compileropts_t in src/julia.h)
+immutable JLCompilerOpts
+    julia_home::Ptr{Cchar}
+    julia_bin::Ptr{Cchar}
+    build_path::Ptr{Cchar}
+    image_file::Ptr{Cchar}
+    cpu_target::Ptr{Cchar}
+    code_coverage::Int8
+    malloc_log::Int8
+    check_bounds::Int8
+    dumpbitcode::Int8
+    int_literals::Cint
+    compile_enabled::Int8
+    opt_level::Int8
+    depwarn::Int8
+    can_inline::Int8
+end
+
+JLCompilerOpts() = unsafe_load(cglobal(:jl_compileropts, JLCompilerOpts))
diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 1904a0d267bf3..51309d2ee7ee0 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ macro deprecate(old,new)
 end
 
 function depwarn(msg, funcsym)
-    if bool(compileropts().depwarn)
+    if bool(JLCompilerOpts().depwarn)
         bt = backtrace()
         caller = firstcaller(bt, funcsym)
         warn(msg, once=(caller!=C_NULL), key=caller, bt=bt)
diff --git a/base/inference.jl b/base/inference.jl
index a7b75de64670f..5d8fed8f55ff7 100644
--- a/base/inference.jl
+++ b/base/inference.jl
@@ -34,26 +34,6 @@ end
 
 inference_stack = EmptyCallStack()
 
-# Julia compiler options struct (see jl_compileropts_t in src/julia.h)
-immutable JLCompilerOpts
-    julia_home::Ptr{Cchar}
-    julia_bin::Ptr{Cchar}
-    build_path::Ptr{Cchar}
-    image_file::Ptr{Cchar}
-    cpu_target::Ptr{Cchar}
-    code_coverage::Int8
-    malloc_log::Int8
-    check_bounds::Int8
-    dumpbitcode::Int8
-    int_literals::Cint
-    compile_enabled::Int8
-    opt_level::Int8
-    depwarn::Int8
-    can_inline::Int8
-end
-
-compileropts() = unsafe_load(cglobal(:jl_compileropts, JLCompilerOpts))
-
 function is_static_parameter(sv::StaticVarInfo, s::Symbol)
     sp = sv.sp
     for i=1:2:length(sp)
@@ -1593,7 +1573,7 @@ function typeinf(linfo::LambdaStaticData,atypes::Tuple,sparams::Tuple, def, cop)
 
     if !rec
         @assert fulltree.args[3].head === :body
-        if compileropts().can_inline == 1
+        if JLCompilerOpts().can_inline == 1
             fulltree.args[3] = inlining_pass(fulltree.args[3], sv, fulltree)[1]
             # inlining can add variables
             sv.vars = append_any(f_argnames(fulltree), fulltree.args[2][1])
diff --git a/base/sysimg.jl b/base/sysimg.jl
index 868885f62d075..272f43ba2a032 100644
--- a/base/sysimg.jl
+++ b/base/sysimg.jl
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ include("reflection.jl")
 include("build_h.jl")
 include("version_git.jl")
 include("c.jl")
+include("compileropts.jl")
 
 # core operations & types
 include("promotion.jl")
diff --git a/base/util.jl b/base/util.jl
index af7ac1495332e..b2c0fa4c86e34 100644
--- a/base/util.jl
+++ b/base/util.jl
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ warn(err::Exception; prefix="ERROR: ", kw...) =
     warn(sprint(io->showerror(io,err)), prefix=prefix; kw...)
 
 function julia_cmd(julia=joinpath(JULIA_HOME, "julia"))
-    opts = compileropts()
+    opts = JLCompilerOpts()
     cpu_target = bytestring(opts.cpu_target)
     image_file = bytestring(opts.image_file)
     `$julia -C$cpu_target -J$image_file`
diff --git a/test/cmdlineargs.jl b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
index 8b6ccc3a12f3c..6a44ee50c1bbb 100644
--- a/test/cmdlineargs.jl
+++ b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
@@ -51,29 +51,29 @@ end
 # readchomp(`$exename --int-literals=64 -E "sizeof(Int)"`)
 
 # --code-coverage
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().code_coverage)"`) == "false"
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().code_coverage)" --code-coverage=none`) == "false"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().code_coverage)"`) == "false"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().code_coverage)" --code-coverage=none`) == "false"
 
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().code_coverage)" --code-coverage`) == "true"
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().code_coverage)" --code-coverage=user`) == "true"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().code_coverage)" --code-coverage`) == "true"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().code_coverage)" --code-coverage=user`) == "true"
 
 # --track-allocation
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().malloc_log)"`) == "false"
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().malloc_log)" --track-allocation=none`) == "false"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().malloc_log)"`) == "false"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().malloc_log)" --track-allocation=none`) == "false"
 
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().malloc_log)" --track-allocation`) == "true"
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().malloc_log)" --track-allocation=user`) == "true"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().malloc_log)" --track-allocation`) == "true"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().malloc_log)" --track-allocation=user`) == "true"
 
 # --check-bounds
-@test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.compileropts().check_bounds)"`)) == 0
-@test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.compileropts().check_bounds)" --check-bounds=yes`)) == 1
-@test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.compileropts().check_bounds)" --check-bounds=no`)) == 2
+@test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.JLCompilerOpts().check_bounds)"`)) == 0
+@test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.JLCompilerOpts().check_bounds)" --check-bounds=yes`)) == 1
+@test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.JLCompilerOpts().check_bounds)" --check-bounds=no`)) == 2
 @test !success(`$exename -E "exit(0)" --check-bounds=false`)
 
 # --optimize
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().opt_level)"`) == "false"
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().opt_level)" -O`) == "true"
-@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.compileropts().opt_level)" --optimize`) == "true"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().opt_level)"`) == "false"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().opt_level)" -O`) == "true"
+@test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLCompilerOpts().opt_level)" --optimize`) == "true"
 
 # --depwarn
 @test readchomp(`$exename --depwarn=no -E "Base.syntax_deprecation_warnings(true)"`) == "false"