diff --git a/doc/api/vm.markdown b/doc/api/vm.markdown
index b1453249ec0..b903828b8e7 100644
--- a/doc/api/vm.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/vm.markdown
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ e.g. `(0,eval)('code')`. However, it also has the following additional options:
 
 - `filename`: allows you to control the filename that shows up in any stack
   traces produced.
+- `lineOffset`: allows you to add an offset to the line number that is
+  displayed in stack traces
+- `columnOffset`: allows you to add an offset to the column number that is
+  displayed in stack traces
 - `displayErrors`: whether or not to print any errors to stderr, with the
   line of code that caused them highlighted, before throwing an exception.
   Will capture both syntax errors from compiling `code` and runtime errors
diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index 0f1f38c7bb0..aafbd72ae4b 100644
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -441,8 +441,10 @@ Module.prototype._compile = function(content, filename) {
 
   // create wrapper function
   var wrapper = Module.wrap(content);
+  var wrapperOffset = Module.wrapper[0].length;
 
-  var compiledWrapper = runInThisContext(wrapper, { filename: filename });
+  var compiledWrapper = runInThisContext(wrapper,
+      { filename: filename, columnOffset: -wrapperOffset });
   if (global.v8debug) {
     if (!resolvedArgv) {
       // we enter the repl if we're not given a filename argument.
diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index 2e8fd2cade6..b7e863fc6b0 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -485,13 +485,15 @@ class ContextifyScript : public BaseObject {
     TryCatch try_catch;
     Local<String> code = args[0]->ToString();
     Local<String> filename = GetFilenameArg(args, 1);
+    Local<Integer> lineOffset = GetLineOffsetArg(args, 1);
+    Local<Integer> columnOffset = GetColumnOffsetArg(args, 1);
     bool display_errors = GetDisplayErrorsArg(args, 1);
     if (try_catch.HasCaught()) {
       try_catch.ReThrow();
       return;
     }
 
-    ScriptOrigin origin(filename);
+    ScriptOrigin origin(filename, lineOffset, columnOffset);
     ScriptCompiler::Source source(code, origin);
     Local<UnboundScript> v8_script =
         ScriptCompiler::CompileUnbound(env->isolate(), &source);
@@ -658,6 +660,51 @@ class ContextifyScript : public BaseObject {
   }
 
 
+  static Local<Integer> GetLineOffsetArg(
+                                      const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args,
+                                      const int i) {
+    Local<Integer> defaultLineOffset = Integer::New(args.GetIsolate(), 0);
+
+    if (args[i]->IsUndefined()) {
+      return defaultLineOffset;
+    }
+    if (args[i]->IsInt32()) {
+      return args[i].As<Integer>();
+    }
+    if (!args[i]->IsObject()) {
+      return defaultLineOffset;
+    }
+
+    Local<String> key = FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(args.GetIsolate(), "lineOffset");
+    Local<Value> value = args[i].As<Object>()->Get(key);
+
+    return value->IsUndefined() ? defaultLineOffset : value->ToInteger();
+  }
+
+
+  static Local<Integer> GetColumnOffsetArg(
+                                      const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args,
+                                      const int i) {
+    Local<Integer> defaultColumnOffset = Integer::New(args.GetIsolate(), 0);
+
+    if (args[i]->IsUndefined()) {
+      return defaultColumnOffset;
+    }
+    if (args[i]->IsInt32()) {
+      return args[i].As<Integer>();
+    }
+    if (!args[i]->IsObject()) {
+      return defaultColumnOffset;
+    }
+
+    Local<String> key = FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(args.GetIsolate(),
+                                              "columnOffset");
+    Local<Value> value = args[i].As<Object>()->Get(key);
+
+    return value->IsUndefined() ? defaultColumnOffset : value->ToInteger();
+  }
+
+
   static bool EvalMachine(Environment* env,
                           const int64_t timeout,
                           const bool display_errors,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/module-err.js b/test/fixtures/module-err.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b4785957bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/module-err.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+s
diff --git a/test/simple/test-module-loading.js b/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
index 8687c3b9864..3b72a5415b6 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
@@ -306,3 +306,18 @@ process.on('exit', function() {
 // #1440 Loading files with a byte order marker.
 assert.equal(42, require('../fixtures/utf8-bom.js'));
 assert.equal(42, require('../fixtures/utf8-bom.json'));
+
+// #9445 Error on first line of a module have the correct column number.
+var gh9445Exception;
+try {
+  var err_js = require('../fixtures/module-err.js');
+}
+catch (e) {
+  gh9445Exception = e;
+  assert.ok(/module-err.js:1:1/.test(e.stack),
+            'expected appearance of proper offset in Error stack');
+}
+assert.ok(gh9445Exception,
+          'expected exception from runInContext offset test');
+
+
diff --git a/test/simple/test-vm-context.js b/test/simple/test-vm-context.js
index c843addc695..6e612e0e022 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-vm-context.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-vm-context.js
@@ -61,6 +61,22 @@ catch (e) {
 assert.ok(gh1140Exception,
           'expected exception from runInContext signature test');
 
+// Issue GH-9445:
+console.error('test runInContext offset');
+var gh9445Exception;
+try {
+  vm.runInContext('throw new Error()', context, { filename: 'expected-filename.js', 
+                                                  lineOffset: 32,
+                                                  columnOffset: 123});
+}
+catch (e) {
+  gh9445Exception = e;
+  assert.ok(/expected-filename.js:33:130/.test(e.stack),
+            'expected appearance of proper offset in Error stack');
+}
+assert.ok(gh9445Exception,
+          'expected exception from runInContext offset test');
+
 // GH-558, non-context argument segfaults / raises assertion
 [undefined, null, 0, 0.0, '', {}, []].forEach(function(e) {
   assert.throws(function() { script.runInContext(e); }, TypeError);