diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fbc46df64..de29cc028 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ protos/google/*
 *test_bolt.db
 
 *.coverprofile
+*.log
 
 /release/
 *.swp
diff --git a/cmd/captplanet/main.go b/cmd/captplanet/main.go
index 945732117..c75bbd3bc 100644
--- a/cmd/captplanet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/captplanet/main.go
@@ -4,10 +4,18 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	monkit "gopkg.in/spacemonkeygo/monkit.v2"
+	"storj.io/storj/internal/memory"
 	"storj.io/storj/pkg/process"
 )
 
@@ -23,6 +31,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 func main() {
+	go dumpHandler()
+
 	// process.Exec will load this for this command.
 	runCmd.Flags().String("config",
 		filepath.Join(defaultConfDir, "config.yaml"), "path to configuration")
@@ -30,3 +40,33 @@ func main() {
 		filepath.Join(defaultConfDir, "setup.yaml"), "path to configuration")
 	process.Exec(rootCmd)
 }
+
+// dumpHandler listens for Ctrl+\ on Unix
+func dumpHandler() {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		// unsupported on Windows
+		return
+	}
+
+	sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sigs, syscall.SIGQUIT)
+	for range sigs {
+		dumpGoroutines()
+	}
+}
+
+func dumpGoroutines() {
+	buf := make([]byte, memory.MB)
+	n := runtime.Stack(buf, true)
+
+	p := time.Now().Format("dump-2006-01-02T15-04-05.999999999.log")
+	if abs, err := filepath.Abs(p); err == nil {
+		p = abs
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Writing stack traces to \"%v\"\n", p)
+
+	err := ioutil.WriteFile(p, buf[:n], 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err.Error())
+	}
+}