diff --git a/ast.c b/ast.c
index c9d0b41fac..93c33a1f8d 100644
--- a/ast.c
+++ b/ast.c
@@ -195,6 +195,18 @@ script_lines(VALUE path)
     return lines;
 }
 
+static VALUE
+node_id_for_backtrace_location(rb_execution_context_t *ec, VALUE module, VALUE location)
+{
+    int node_id;
+    node_id = rb_get_node_id_from_frame_info(location);
+    if (node_id == -1) {
+        return Qnil;
+    }
+
+    return INT2NUM(node_id);
+}
+
 static VALUE
 ast_s_of(rb_execution_context_t *ec, VALUE module, VALUE body, VALUE keep_script_lines, VALUE error_tolerant)
 {
diff --git a/ast.rb b/ast.rb
index 24fd8e5526..1bc1168b80 100644
--- a/ast.rb
+++ b/ast.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ module RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree
     Primitive.ast_s_of body, keep_script_lines, error_tolerant
   end
 
+  #  call-seq:
+  #     RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.node_id_for_backtrace_location(backtrace_location)   -> integer
+  #
+  #   Returns the node id for the given backtrace location.
+  #
+  #     begin
+  #       raise
+  #     rescue =>  e
+  #       loc = e.backtrace_locations.first
+  #       RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.node_id_for_backtrace_location(loc)
+  #     end # => 0
+  def self.node_id_for_backtrace_location backtrace_location
+    Primitive.node_id_for_backtrace_location backtrace_location
+  end
+
   # RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree::Node instances are created by parse methods in
   # RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.
   #
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_ast.rb b/test/ruby/test_ast.rb
index aaf626e801..0932e93d5a 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_ast.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_ast.rb
@@ -186,6 +186,19 @@ class TestAst < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_node_id_for_location
+    exception = begin
+                  raise
+                rescue => e
+                  e
+                end
+    loc = exception.backtrace_locations.first
+    node_id = RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.node_id_for_backtrace_location(loc)
+    node = RubyVM::AbstractSyntaxTree.of(loc, keep_script_lines: true)
+
+    assert_equal node.node_id, node_id
+  end
+
   def test_of_proc_and_method
     proc = Proc.new { 1 + 2 }
     method = self.method(__method__)