diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index a57b4340e5..5afe97abcb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/blob/4.x/CHANGES.rst
   For details, see
   `#1136 <https://github.com/zopefoundation/Zope/issues/1136>`_.
 
+- Restore filename on code objects of objects returned from
+  ``App.Extensions.getObject()``. This got lost in 4.0a6.
+
 - Update to newest compatible versions of dependencies.
 
 
diff --git a/src/App/Extensions.py b/src/App/Extensions.py
index a13c9d5c0f..dce6b121d6 100644
--- a/src/App/Extensions.py
+++ b/src/App/Extensions.py
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ def getObject(module, name, reload=0):
     except Exception:
         raise NotFound("The specified module, '%s', "
                        "couldn't be opened." % module)
+    execcode = compile(execsrc, path, 'exec')
     module_dict = {}
-    exec(execsrc, module_dict)
+    exec(execcode, module_dict)
 
     if old is not None:
         # XXX Accretive??
diff --git a/src/App/tests/fixtures/error.py b/src/App/tests/fixtures/error.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81fa728910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/App/tests/fixtures/error.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This file intentionally contains a SyntaxError
+a =  # noqa
diff --git a/src/App/tests/fixtures/getObject.py b/src/App/tests/fixtures/getObject.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ee5467cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/App/tests/fixtures/getObject.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+
+
+def f1():
+    return sys._getframe(0).f_code.co_filename
diff --git a/src/App/tests/test_Extensions.py b/src/App/tests/test_Extensions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30d6271027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/App/tests/test_Extensions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import types
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import App.config
+from App.Extensions import getObject
+
+
+class GetObjectTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Testing ..Extensions.getObject()."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        cfg = App.config.getConfiguration()
+        assert not hasattr(cfg, 'extensions')
+        cfg.extensions = Path(__file__).parent / 'fixtures'
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        cfg = App.config.getConfiguration()
+        del cfg.extensions
+
+    def test_Extensions__getObject__1(self):
+        """Check that "getObject" returns the requested function and ...
+
+        that its code object has the path set.
+        """
+        obj = getObject('getObject', 'f1')
+        self.assertIsInstance(obj, types.FunctionType)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.__name__, 'f1')
+        path = obj()
+        self.assertTrue(
+            path.endswith(str(Path('App/tests/fixtures/getObject.py'))))
+
+    def test_Extensions__getObject__2(self):
+        """It raises a SyntaxError if necessary."""
+        try:
+            getObject('error', 'f1')
+        except SyntaxError as e:
+            self.assertEqual(str(e), 'invalid syntax (error.py, line 2)')