diff --git a/modules/appmodel/app-parser-generator.c b/modules/appmodel/app-parser-generator.c
index 0fd1958cf6..ea7f9fb633 100644
--- a/modules/appmodel/app-parser-generator.c
+++ b/modules/appmodel/app-parser-generator.c
@@ -79,33 +79,58 @@ app_parser_generator_parse_arguments(AppObjectGenerator *s, CfgArgs *args, const
 }
 
 static void
-_generate_filter(AppParserGenerator *self, const gchar *filter_expr)
+_generate_at_line(GString *block, const CFG_LTYPE *lloc)
 {
-  if (filter_expr)
-    g_string_append_printf(self->block,
-                           "            filter {\n"
-                           "                %s\n"
-                           "            };\n", filter_expr);
+  if (lloc->first_column && lloc->first_line)
+    g_string_append_printf(block,
+                           "@line \"%s\" %d %d\n",
+                           lloc->name, lloc->first_line, lloc->first_column);
+
 }
 
 static void
-_generate_parser(AppParserGenerator *self, const gchar *parser_expr)
+_generate_filter(AppParserGenerator *self, const Application *app)
 {
-  if (parser_expr)
-    g_string_append_printf(self->block,
-                           "            parser {\n"
-                           "                %s\n"
-                           "            };\n", parser_expr);
+  if (app->filter_expr)
+    {
+      g_string_append(self->block,
+                             "            filter {\n");
+      _generate_at_line(self->block, &app->filter_lloc);
+      g_string_append_printf(self->block,
+                             "%s\n"
+                             "@line\n"
+                             "            };\n", app->filter_expr);
+    }
 }
 
 static void
-_generate_filterx(AppParserGenerator *self, const gchar *filterx_expr)
+_generate_parser(AppParserGenerator *self, const Application *app)
 {
-  if (filterx_expr)
-    g_string_append_printf(self->block,
-                           "            filterx {\n"
-                           "                %s\n"
-                           "            };\n", filterx_expr);
+  if (app->parser_expr)
+    {
+      g_string_append(self->block,
+                             "            parser {\n");
+      _generate_at_line(self->block, &app->parser_lloc);
+      g_string_append_printf(self->block,
+                             "%s\n"
+                             "@line\n"
+                             "            };\n", app->parser_expr);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+_generate_filterx(AppParserGenerator *self, const Application *app)
+{
+  if (app->filterx_expr)
+    {
+      g_string_append(self->block,
+                             "            filterx {\n");
+      _generate_at_line(self->block, &app->filterx_lloc);
+      g_string_append_printf(self->block,
+                             "%s\n"
+                             "@line\n"
+                             "            };\n", app->filterx_expr);
+    }
 }
 
 static void
@@ -163,9 +188,9 @@ _generate_application(Application *app, gpointer user_data)
   g_string_append_printf(self->block,
                          "            #Start Application %s\n", app->super.name);
 
-  _generate_filter(self, app->filter_expr);
-  _generate_parser(self, app->parser_expr);
-  _generate_filterx(self, app->filterx_expr);
+  _generate_filter(self, app);
+  _generate_parser(self, app);
+  _generate_filterx(self, app);
   _generate_action(self, app);
   g_string_append_printf(self->block,
                          "            #End Application %s\n", app->super.name);
diff --git a/modules/appmodel/application.c b/modules/appmodel/application.c
index 672ba4d8c9..cd741fb50d 100644
--- a/modules/appmodel/application.c
+++ b/modules/appmodel/application.c
@@ -24,24 +24,30 @@
 #include "application.h"
 
 void
-application_set_filter(Application *self, const gchar *filter_expr)
+application_set_filter(Application *self, const gchar *filter_expr, CFG_LTYPE *lloc)
 {
   g_free(self->filter_expr);
   self->filter_expr = g_strdup(filter_expr);
+  if (lloc)
+    self->filter_lloc = *lloc;
 }
 
 void
-application_set_parser(Application *self, const gchar *parser_expr)
+application_set_parser(Application *self, const gchar *parser_expr, CFG_LTYPE *lloc)
 {
   g_free(self->parser_expr);
   self->parser_expr = g_strdup(parser_expr);
+  if (lloc)
+    self->parser_lloc = *lloc;
 }
 
 void
-application_set_filterx(Application *self, const gchar *filterx_expr)
+application_set_filterx(Application *self, const gchar *filterx_expr, CFG_LTYPE *lloc)
 {
   g_free(self->filterx_expr);
   self->filterx_expr = g_strdup(filterx_expr);
+  if (lloc)
+    self->filterx_lloc = *lloc;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/modules/appmodel/application.h b/modules/appmodel/application.h
index 944f6c63a0..dfa06da82c 100644
--- a/modules/appmodel/application.h
+++ b/modules/appmodel/application.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define APPMODEL_APPLICATION_H_INCLUDED
 
 #include "appmodel-context.h"
+#include "cfg-lexer.h"
 
 #define APPLICATION_TYPE_NAME "application"
 
@@ -34,11 +35,14 @@ typedef struct _Application
   gchar *filter_expr;
   gchar *parser_expr;
   gchar *filterx_expr;
+  CFG_LTYPE filter_lloc;
+  CFG_LTYPE parser_lloc;
+  CFG_LTYPE filterx_lloc;
 } Application;
 
-void application_set_filter(Application *self, const gchar *filter_expr);
-void application_set_parser(Application *self, const gchar *parser_expr);
-void application_set_filterx(Application *self, const gchar *parser_expr);
+void application_set_filter(Application *self, const gchar *filter_expr, CFG_LTYPE *lloc);
+void application_set_parser(Application *self, const gchar *parser_expr, CFG_LTYPE *lloc);
+void application_set_filterx(Application *self, const gchar *parser_expr, CFG_LTYPE *lloc);
 
 Application *application_new(const gchar *name, const gchar *topic);
 
diff --git a/modules/appmodel/appmodel-grammar.ym b/modules/appmodel/appmodel-grammar.ym
index d368c9c33c..78d2600e69 100644
--- a/modules/appmodel/appmodel-grammar.ym
+++ b/modules/appmodel/appmodel-grammar.ym
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ application_options
 	;
 
 application_option
-	: KW_FILTER _block_content_context_push LL_BLOCK _block_content_context_pop  { application_set_filter($<ptr>0, $3); free($3); }
-	| KW_PARSER _block_content_context_push LL_BLOCK _block_content_context_pop  { application_set_parser($<ptr>0, $3); free($3); }
-	| KW_FILTERX _block_content_context_push LL_BLOCK _block_content_context_pop  {	application_set_filterx($<ptr>0, $3); free($3); }
+	: KW_FILTER _block_content_context_push LL_BLOCK _block_content_context_pop  { application_set_filter($<ptr>0, $3, &@3); free($3); }
+	| KW_PARSER _block_content_context_push LL_BLOCK _block_content_context_pop  { application_set_parser($<ptr>0, $3, &@3); free($3); }
+	| KW_FILTERX _block_content_context_push LL_BLOCK _block_content_context_pop  {	application_set_filterx($<ptr>0, $3, &@3); free($3); }
 	;
 
 
diff --git a/modules/appmodel/tests/test_application.c b/modules/appmodel/tests/test_application.c
index a7e02c322a..a91f79d157 100644
--- a/modules/appmodel/tests/test_application.c
+++ b/modules/appmodel/tests/test_application.c
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ Test(application, filter_can_be_set_and_queried)
   const gchar *filter_expr2 = "'2' eq '2'";
 
   app = application_new("foobar", "*");
-  application_set_filter(app, filter_expr);
+  application_set_filter(app, filter_expr, NULL);
   cr_assert_str_eq(app->filter_expr, filter_expr);
 
-  application_set_filter(app, filter_expr2);
+  application_set_filter(app, filter_expr2, NULL);
   cr_assert_str_eq(app->filter_expr, filter_expr2);
   appmodel_object_free(&app->super);
 }
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ Test(application, parser_can_be_set_and_queried)
   const gchar *parser_expr2 = "csv-parser();";
 
   app = application_new("foobar", "*");
-  application_set_parser(app, parser_expr);
+  application_set_parser(app, parser_expr, NULL);
   cr_assert_str_eq(app->parser_expr, parser_expr);
 
-  application_set_parser(app, parser_expr2);
+  application_set_parser(app, parser_expr2, NULL);
   cr_assert_str_eq(app->parser_expr, parser_expr2);
   appmodel_object_free(&app->super);
 }