diff --git a/src/builtins.c b/src/builtins.c
index 75c4d02c898b2..96c4cec0f5087 100644
--- a/src/builtins.c
+++ b/src/builtins.c
@@ -2444,7 +2444,7 @@ void jl_init_primitives(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
     add_builtin_func("finalizer", jl_f_finalizer);
     add_builtin_func("_compute_sparams", jl_f__compute_sparams);
     add_builtin_func("_svec_ref", jl_f__svec_ref);
-    add_builtin_func("current_scope", jl_f_current_scope);
+    jl_builtin_current_scope = add_builtin_func("current_scope", jl_f_current_scope);
     add_builtin_func("throw_methoderror", jl_f_throw_methoderror);
 
     // builtin types
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 6ae4f56a53ee2..6d4ecc63e5ca1 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -1619,6 +1619,7 @@ static const auto &builtin_func_map() {
           { jl_f__call_in_world_addr,     new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f__call_in_world), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
           { jl_f__call_in_world_total_addr, new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f__call_in_world_total), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
           { jl_f_throw_addr,              new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f_throw), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
+          { jl_f_throw_methoderror_addr,  new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f_throw_methoderror), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
           { jl_f_tuple_addr,              jltuple_func },
           { jl_f_svec_addr,               new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f_svec), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
           { jl_f_applicable_addr,         new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f_applicable), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
@@ -1644,7 +1645,8 @@ static const auto &builtin_func_map() {
           { jl_f_donotdelete_addr,        new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f_donotdelete), get_donotdelete_sig, get_donotdelete_func_attrs} },
           { jl_f_compilerbarrier_addr,    new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f_compilerbarrier), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
           { jl_f_finalizer_addr,          new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f_finalizer), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
-          { jl_f__svec_ref_addr,          new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f__svec_ref), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} }
+          { jl_f__svec_ref_addr,          new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f__svec_ref), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
+          { jl_f_current_scope_addr,      new JuliaFunction<>{XSTR(jl_f_current_scope), get_func_sig, get_func_attrs} },
         };
     return builtins;
 }
@@ -2117,6 +2119,7 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_sparam(jl_codectx_t &ctx, size_t i);
 static Value *emit_condition(jl_codectx_t &ctx, const jl_cgval_t &condV, const Twine &msg);
 static Value *get_current_task(jl_codectx_t &ctx);
 static Value *get_current_ptls(jl_codectx_t &ctx);
+static Value *get_scope_field(jl_codectx_t &ctx);
 static Value *get_tls_world_age_field(jl_codectx_t &ctx);
 static void CreateTrap(IRBuilder<> &irbuilder, bool create_new_block = true);
 static CallInst *emit_jlcall(jl_codectx_t &ctx, FunctionCallee theFptr, Value *theF,
@@ -4944,6 +4947,14 @@ static bool emit_builtin_call(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_cgval_t *ret, jl_value_t *f,
         return true;
     }
 
+    else if (f == jl_builtin_current_scope && (nargs == 0)) {
+        jl_aliasinfo_t scope_ai = jl_aliasinfo_t::fromTBAA(ctx, ctx.tbaa().tbaa_gcframe);
+        Instruction *v = scope_ai.decorateInst(
+            ctx.builder.CreateAlignedLoad(ctx.types().T_prjlvalue, get_scope_field(ctx), ctx.types().alignof_ptr));
+        *ret = mark_julia_type(ctx, v, /*boxed*/ true, rt);
+        return true;
+    }
+
     else if (f == jl_builtin_donotdelete) {
         // For now we emit this as a vararg call to the builtin
         // (which doesn't look at the arguments). In the future,
diff --git a/src/staticdata.c b/src/staticdata.c
index b991dfe8f37f3..363aa46b62221 100644
--- a/src/staticdata.c
+++ b/src/staticdata.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ extern "C" {
 // TODO: put WeakRefs on the weak_refs list during deserialization
 // TODO: handle finalizers
 
-#define NUM_TAGS    192
+#define NUM_TAGS    193
 
 // An array of references that need to be restored from the sysimg
 // This is a manually constructed dual of the gvars array, which would be produced by codegen for Julia code, for C.
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ jl_value_t **const*const get_tags(void) {
         INSERT_TAG(jl_builtin_modifyglobal);
         INSERT_TAG(jl_builtin_replaceglobal);
         INSERT_TAG(jl_builtin_setglobalonce);
+        INSERT_TAG(jl_builtin_current_scope);
         // n.b. must update NUM_TAGS when you add something here
 #undef INSERT_TAG
         assert(i == NUM_TAGS - 1);