On OS X, create a D file, eg: ---- // test.d void foo(){} ---- Compile: $ dmd -c test.d -oftest.o Use dwarfdump: $ dwarfdump --debug-frame test.o This will give the error: error: CIE not found for FDE at offset 0x00000014 with length of 0x00000018 and CIE offset of 0x00000018 The offending line is backend/dwarf.c:1069, commenting it out solves this - that's most likely not the correct fix though.