diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 684890283..a41ce764b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ LIB_LDFLAGS        = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$@) $(LDFLAGS_lib) -Wl,--no-und
 TEST_LDFLAGS       = $(COMMON_LDFLAGS) -L$(objdir)/libtraceevent -ltraceevent
 
 ifeq ($(DEBUG), 1)
-  COMMON_CFLAGS += -O0 -g
+  COMMON_CFLAGS += -O0 -g -rdynamic
 else
   COMMON_CFLAGS += -O2 -g
 endif
diff --git a/utils/utils.c b/utils/utils.c
index 528a902c3..e651f43f1 100644
--- a/utils/utils.c
+++ b/utils/utils.c
@@ -881,6 +881,23 @@ char *absolute_dirname(const char *path, char *resolved_path)
 	return resolved_path;
 }
 
+void dump_stacktrace(void **buffer, int nptrs)
+{
+	int i;
+	char **strings;
+
+	pr_yellow("Stack trace:\n");
+	strings = backtrace_symbols(buffer, nptrs);
+	for (i = 0; i < nptrs; i++) {
+		if (strings)
+			pr_yellow("  #%d %s\n", i, strings[i]);
+		else
+			pr_yellow("  #%d %p\n", i, buffer[i]);
+	}
+	pr_yellow("\n");
+	free(strings);
+}
+
 #ifdef UNIT_TEST
 TEST_CASE(utils_parse_cmdline)
 {
diff --git a/utils/utils.h b/utils/utils.h
index f4b58c85a..7689344c7 100644
--- a/utils/utils.h
+++ b/utils/utils.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <execinfo.h>
 
 #include "compiler.h"
 
@@ -366,4 +367,13 @@ struct uftrace_data;
 char *get_event_name(struct uftrace_data *handle, unsigned evt_id);
 char *absolute_dirname(const char *path, char *resolved_path);
 
+void dump_stacktrace(void **buffer, int nptrs);
+
+#define stacktrace() 							\
+	do {								\
+		void *buffer[64];					\
+		int nptrs = backtrace(buffer, 64);			\
+		dump_stacktrace(buffer, nptrs);				\
+	} while (0)
+
 #endif /* UFTRACE_UTILS_H */