diff --git a/src/dump.c b/src/dump.c
index 5b8c73965e1fd..09472aa60f6f5 100644
--- a/src/dump.c
+++ b/src/dump.c
@@ -662,6 +662,8 @@ static void jl_serialize_value_(jl_serializer_state *s, jl_value_t *v, int as_li
         int flags = validate << 0;
         if (codeinst->invoke == jl_fptr_const_return)
             flags |= 1 << 2;
+        if (codeinst->precompile)
+            flags |= 1 << 3;
         write_uint8(s->s, flags);
         jl_serialize_value(s, (jl_value_t*)codeinst->def);
         if (validate || codeinst->min_world == 0) {
@@ -1494,6 +1496,8 @@ static jl_value_t *jl_deserialize_value_code_instance(jl_serializer_state *s, jl
     jl_gc_wb(codeinst, codeinst->rettype);
     if (constret)
         codeinst->invoke = jl_fptr_const_return;
+    if ((flags >> 3) & 1)
+        codeinst->precompile = 1;
     codeinst->next = (jl_code_instance_t*)jl_deserialize_value(s, (jl_value_t**)&codeinst->next);
     jl_gc_wb(codeinst, codeinst->next);
     if (validate)
diff --git a/src/gf.c b/src/gf.c
index 85b38fc752de6..5910e117bc4a7 100644
--- a/src/gf.c
+++ b/src/gf.c
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_code_instance_t *jl_new_codeinst(
     }
     codeinst->specptr.fptr = NULL;
     codeinst->isspecsig = 0;
+    codeinst->precompile = 0;
     codeinst->next = NULL;
     JL_GC_POP();
     return codeinst;
@@ -2089,6 +2090,7 @@ jl_code_instance_t *jl_compile_method_internal(jl_method_instance_t *mi, size_t
         jl_atomic_store_release(&codeinst->invoke, ucache->invoke);
         jl_mi_cache_insert(mi, codeinst);
     }
+    codeinst->precompile = 1;
     return codeinst;
 }
 
@@ -2194,9 +2196,11 @@ static void _generate_from_hint(jl_method_instance_t *mi, size_t world)
     // don't bother generating output in the current environment
     if (generating_llvm) {
         jl_value_t *codeinst = jl_rettype_inferred(mi, world, world);
-        if (codeinst != jl_nothing)
+        if (codeinst != jl_nothing) {
             if (((jl_code_instance_t*)codeinst)->invoke == jl_fptr_const_return)
                 return; // probably not a good idea to generate code
+            ((jl_code_instance_t*)codeinst)->precompile = 1;
+        }
         // If we are saving LLVM or native code, generate the LLVM IR so that it'll
         // be included in the saved LLVM module.
         // TODO: compilation is now stateless
diff --git a/src/jltypes.c b/src/jltypes.c
index bddd62363d40f..64a6fb804ffa9 100644
--- a/src/jltypes.c
+++ b/src/jltypes.c
@@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@ void jl_init_types(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
     jl_code_instance_type =
         jl_new_datatype(jl_symbol("CodeInstance"), core,
                         jl_any_type, jl_emptysvec,
-                        jl_perm_symsvec(10,
+                        jl_perm_symsvec(11,
                             "def",
                             "next",
                             "min_world",
@@ -2366,8 +2366,8 @@ void jl_init_types(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
                             "inferred",
                             //"edges",
                             //"absolute_max",
-                            "isspecsig", "invoke", "specptr"), // function object decls
-                        jl_svec(10,
+                            "isspecsig", "precompile", "invoke", "specptr"), // function object decls
+                        jl_svec(11,
                             jl_method_instance_type,
                             jl_any_type,
                             jl_ulong_type,
@@ -2378,6 +2378,7 @@ void jl_init_types(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
                             //jl_any_type,
                             //jl_bool_type,
                             jl_bool_type,
+                            jl_bool_type,
                             jl_any_type, jl_any_type), // fptrs
                         0, 1, 1);
     jl_svecset(jl_code_instance_type->types, 1, jl_code_instance_type);
@@ -2498,8 +2499,8 @@ void jl_init_types(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
     jl_svecset(jl_methtable_type->types, 11, jl_uint8_type);
     jl_svecset(jl_method_type->types, 13, jl_method_instance_type);
     jl_svecset(jl_method_instance_type->types, 5, jl_code_instance_type);
-    jl_svecset(jl_code_instance_type->types, 8, jl_voidpointer_type);
     jl_svecset(jl_code_instance_type->types, 9, jl_voidpointer_type);
+    jl_svecset(jl_code_instance_type->types, 10, jl_voidpointer_type);
 
     jl_compute_field_offsets(jl_datatype_type);
     jl_compute_field_offsets(jl_typename_type);
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index 7911d603eeb2e..86f7d7a0380dd 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ typedef struct _jl_code_instance_t {
 
     // compilation state cache
     uint8_t isspecsig; // if specptr is a specialized function signature for specTypes->rettype
+    uint8_t precompile;  // if set, this will be added to the output system image
     jl_callptr_t invoke; // jlcall entry point
     jl_generic_specptr_t specptr; // private data for `jlcall entry point`
 } jl_code_instance_t;
diff --git a/src/precompile.c b/src/precompile.c
index 4aede27d7c1eb..515379d7d0f7f 100644
--- a/src/precompile.c
+++ b/src/precompile.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static int precompile_enq_specialization_(jl_method_instance_t *mi, void *closur
                 !jl_ir_flag_inlineable((jl_array_t*)codeinst->inferred)) {
                 do_compile = 1;
             }
-            else if (codeinst->invoke != NULL) {
+            else if (codeinst->invoke != NULL || codeinst->precompile) {
                 do_compile = 1;
             }
         }