diff --git a/packages/terser/src/module.ts b/packages/terser/src/module.ts
index 1a2adc93c..a74cc7f3c 100644
--- a/packages/terser/src/module.ts
+++ b/packages/terser/src/module.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ export default function terser(input: Options = {}) {
       }
 
       try {
-        const { code: result, nameCache } = await workerPool.addAsync({
+        const {
+          code: result,
+          nameCache,
+          sourceMap
+        } = await workerPool.addAsync({
           code,
           options: merge({}, options || {}, defaultOptions)
         });
@@ -67,6 +71,12 @@ export default function terser(input: Options = {}) {
           options.nameCache.props = props;
         }
 
+        if ((!!defaultOptions.sourceMap || !!options.sourceMap) && isObject(sourceMap)) {
+          return {
+            code: result,
+            map: sourceMap
+          };
+        }
         return result;
       } catch (e) {
         return Promise.reject(e);
diff --git a/packages/terser/src/type.ts b/packages/terser/src/type.ts
index 5e01b0620..daaf66651 100644
--- a/packages/terser/src/type.ts
+++ b/packages/terser/src/type.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export interface WorkerContextSerialized {
 export interface WorkerOutput {
   code: string;
   nameCache?: Options['nameCache'];
+  sourceMap?: Record<string, any>;
 }
 
 export interface WorkerPoolOptions {
diff --git a/packages/terser/src/worker.ts b/packages/terser/src/worker.ts
index 7b56842c0..1c3ea03b0 100644
--- a/packages/terser/src/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/terser/src/worker.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ export async function runWorker() {
       nameCache: options.nameCache
     };
 
+    if (typeof result.map === 'string') {
+      output.sourceMap = JSON.parse(result.map);
+    }
+
+    if (isObject(result.map)) {
+      output.sourceMap = result.map;
+    }
+
     parentPort.postMessage(output);
   } catch (e) {
     process.exit(1);
diff --git a/packages/terser/test/test.js b/packages/terser/test/test.js
index faf3da233..67d1eb6df 100644
--- a/packages/terser/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/terser/test/test.js
@@ -15,6 +15,21 @@ test.serial('minify', async (t) => {
   t.falsy(output.map);
 });
 
+test.serial('minify with source map', async (t) => {
+  const bundle = await rollup({
+    input: 'test/fixtures/unminified.js',
+    plugins: [terser()]
+  });
+  const result = await bundle.generate({ format: 'cjs', sourcemap: true });
+  t.is(result.output.length, 2);
+  const [output] = result.output;
+
+  t.truthy(output.map);
+  t.is(output.map.version, 3);
+  t.is(output.map.file, 'unminified.js');
+  t.deepEqual(output.map.names, ['window', 'a', 'console', 'log']);
+});
+
 test.serial('minify via terser options', async (t) => {
   const bundle = await rollup({
     input: 'test/fixtures/empty.js',