diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/errors.d b/compiler/src/dmd/errors.d
index 68bfa60a16..aa0be3a161 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/errors.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/errors.d
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ private struct ErrorInfo
         this.kind = kind;
     }
 
-    const SourceLoc loc;              // location of error
+    const SourceLoc loc;        // location of error
     Classification headerColor; // color to set `header` output to
     const(char)* p1;            // additional message prefix
     const(char)* p2;            // additional message prefix
@@ -731,13 +731,9 @@ private void verrorPrint(const(char)* format, va_list ap, ref ErrorInfo info)
         !loc.filename.startsWith(".d-mixin-") &&
         !global.params.mixinOut.doOutput)
     {
-        import dmd.root.filename : FileName;
-        if (auto text = cast(const(char[])) global.fileManager.getFileContents(FileName(loc.filename)))
-        {
-            tmp.reset();
-            printErrorLineContext(tmp, text, loc.fileOffset);
-            fputs(tmp.peekChars(), stderr);
-        }
+        tmp.reset();
+        printErrorLineContext(tmp, loc.fileContent, loc.fileOffset);
+        fputs(tmp.peekChars(), stderr);
     }
     old_loc = loc;
     fflush(stderr);     // ensure it gets written out in case of compiler aborts
@@ -750,7 +746,7 @@ private void printErrorLineContext(ref OutBuffer buf, const(char)[] text, size_t
     import dmd.root.utf : utf_decodeChar;
 
     if (offset >= text.length)
-        return; // Out of bounds (can happen in pre-processed C files currently)
+        return; // Out of bounds (missing source content in SourceLoc)
 
     // Scan backwards for beginning of line
     size_t s = offset;
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h b/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
index 730d53e489..910dd0d037 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/frontend.h
@@ -383,12 +383,14 @@ struct SourceLoc final
     uint32_t line;
     uint32_t column;
     uint32_t fileOffset;
+    _d_dynamicArray< const char > fileContent;
     const char* toChars(bool showColumns = Loc::showColumns, MessageStyle messageStyle = Loc::messageStyle) const;
     SourceLoc() :
         filename(),
         line(),
         column(),
-        fileOffset()
+        fileOffset(),
+        fileContent()
     {
     }
 };
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/globals.h b/compiler/src/dmd/globals.h
index 59952a2c10..62a575e322 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/globals.h
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/globals.h
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ struct SourceLoc
     uint32_t line;
     uint32_t column;
     uint32_t fileOffset;
+    DString fileContent;
 };
 
 struct Loc
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/lexer.d b/compiler/src/dmd/lexer.d
index 63313ac2ed..ed9f7f1ce7 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/lexer.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/lexer.d
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Lexer
         // debug printf("Lexer::Lexer(%p)\n", base);
         // debug printf("lexer.filename = %s\n", filename);
         token = Token.init;
-        this.baseLoc = newBaseLoc(filename, endoffset);
+        this.baseLoc = newBaseLoc(filename, base[0 .. endoffset]);
         this.linnum = 1;
         this.base = base;
         this.end = base + endoffset;
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Lexer
         inTokenStringConstant = 0;
         lastDocLine = 0;
 
-        baseLoc = newBaseLoc("#defines", slice.length);
+        baseLoc = newBaseLoc("#defines", slice);
         scanloc = baseLoc.getLoc(0);
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/location.d b/compiler/src/dmd/location.d
index 54b3fb6e0a..393ffb8a92 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/location.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/location.d
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ nothrow:
     extern (C++) static Loc singleFilename(const char* filename)
     {
         Loc result;
-        locFileTable ~= new BaseLoc(filename.toDString, locIndex, 0, [0]);
+        locFileTable ~= new BaseLoc(filename.toDString, null, locIndex, 0, [0]);
         result.index = locIndex++;
         return result;
     }
@@ -235,16 +235,20 @@ struct SourceLoc
     uint column; /// column number (starts at 1)
     uint fileOffset; /// byte index into file
 
+    /// Index `fileOffset` into this to to obtain source code context of this location
+    const(char)[] fileContent;
+
     // aliases for backwards compatibility
     alias linnum = line;
     alias charnum = column;
 
-    this(const(char)[] filename, uint line, uint column, uint fileOffset = 0) nothrow @nogc pure @safe
+    this(const(char)[] filename, uint line, uint column, uint fileOffset = 0, const(char)[] fileContent = null) nothrow @nogc pure @safe
     {
         this.filename = filename;
         this.line = line;
         this.column = column;
         this.fileOffset = fileOffset;
+        this.fileContent = fileContent;
     }
 
     this(Loc loc) nothrow @nogc @trusted
@@ -300,15 +304,15 @@ private size_t fileTableIndex(uint index) nothrow @nogc
  * Create a new source location map for a file
  * Params:
  *   filename = source file name
- *   size = space to reserve for locations, equal to the file size in bytes
+ *   fileContent = content of source file
  * Returns: new BaseLoc
  */
-BaseLoc* newBaseLoc(const(char)* filename, size_t size) nothrow
+BaseLoc* newBaseLoc(const(char)* filename, const(char)[] fileContent) nothrow
 {
-    locFileTable ~= new BaseLoc(filename.toDString, locIndex, 1, [0]);
+    locFileTable ~= new BaseLoc(filename.toDString, fileContent, locIndex, 1, [0]);
     // Careful: the endloc of a FuncDeclaration can
     // point to 1 past the very last byte in the file, so account for that
-    locIndex += size + 1;
+    locIndex += fileContent.length + 1;
     return locFileTable[$ - 1];
 }
 
@@ -354,6 +358,7 @@ struct BaseLoc
 @safe nothrow:
 
     const(char)[] filename; /// Source file name
+    const(char)[] fileContents; /// Source file contents
     uint startIndex; /// Subtract this from Loc.index to get file offset
     int startLine = 1; /// Line number at index 0
     uint[] lines; /// For each line, the file offset at which it starts. At index 0 there's always a 0 entry.
@@ -384,11 +389,11 @@ struct BaseLoc
     {
         auto fname = filename.toDString;
         if (substitutions.length == 0)
-            substitutions ~= BaseLoc(this.filename, 0, 0);
+            substitutions ~= BaseLoc(this.filename, null, 0, 0);
 
         if (fname.length == 0)
             fname = substitutions[$ - 1].filename;
-        substitutions ~= BaseLoc(fname, offset, cast(int) (line - lines.length + startLine - 2));
+        substitutions ~= BaseLoc(fname, null, offset, cast(int) (line - lines.length + startLine - 2));
     }
 
     /// Returns: `loc` modified by substitutions from #file / #line directives
@@ -408,7 +413,7 @@ struct BaseLoc
     private SourceLoc getSourceLoc(uint offset) @nogc
     {
         const i = getLineIndex(offset);
-        const sl = SourceLoc(filename, cast(int) (i + startLine), cast(int) (1 + offset - lines[i]), offset);
+        const sl = SourceLoc(filename, cast(int) (i + startLine), cast(int) (1 + offset - lines[i]), offset, fileContents);
         return substitute(sl);
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/test/compilable/pragmapack.c b/compiler/test/compilable/pragmapack.c
index 7c2470e566..938c7cde4d 100644
--- a/compiler/test/compilable/pragmapack.c
+++ b/compiler/test/compilable/pragmapack.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* REQUIRED_ARGS: -wi
+/* REQUIRED_ARGS: -wi -verrors=simple
 TEST_OUTPUT:
 ---
 compilable/pragmapack.c(101): Warning: current pack attribute is default
diff --git a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d
index 2016a50175..79242b163e 100644
--- a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d
+++ b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-/*
+/*
 REQUIRED_ARGS: -verrors=context
 TEST_OUTPUT:
 ---
-fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(27): Error: undefined identifier `a`
+fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(29): Error: undefined identifier `a`
     a = 1;
     ^
-fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d-mixin-32(32): Error: undefined identifier `b`
-fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(37): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression `5` of type `int` to `string`
+fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d-mixin-34(34): Error: undefined identifier `b`
+b = 1;
+^
+fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(39): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression `5` of type `int` to `string`
     string x = 5;
                ^
-fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(42): Error: mixin `fail_pretty_errors.testMixin2.mixinTemplate!()` error instantiating
+fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(44): Error: mixin `fail_pretty_errors.testMixin2.mixinTemplate!()` error instantiating
     mixin mixinTemplate;
     ^
-fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(48): Error: invalid array operation `"" + ""` (possible missing [])
+fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(50): Error: invalid array operation `"" + ""` (possible missing [])
     auto x = ""+"";
              ^
-fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(48):        did you mean to concatenate (`"" ~ ""`) instead ?
-fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(51): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression `1111` of type `int` to `byte`
+fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(50):        did you mean to concatenate (`"" ~ ""`) instead ?
+fail_compilation/fail_pretty_errors.d(53): Error: cannot implicitly convert expression `1111` of type `int` to `byte`
         byte ɑ =    1111;
                     ^
 ---
diff --git a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/failcstuff6.c b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/failcstuff6.c
index 88c541ca64..24ea19c81d 100644
--- a/compiler/test/fail_compilation/failcstuff6.c
+++ b/compiler/test/fail_compilation/failcstuff6.c
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 // check dsymbolSemantic analysis of C files
 /* TEST_OUTPUT:
+REQUIRED_ARGS: -verrors=context
 ---
 fail_compilation/failcstuff6.c(56): Error: enum member `failcstuff6.test_overflow.boom` initialization with `2147483647+1` causes overflow for type `int`
+    boom,
+        ^
 ---
 */