diff --git a/MCONFIG.in b/MCONFIG.in
index 75cf3de6..70a3c0f0 100644
--- a/MCONFIG.in
+++ b/MCONFIG.in
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ ALL_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) @LDFLAG_DYNAMIC@
 LDFLAGS_STATIC = $(LDFLAGS) @LDFLAG_STATIC@
 BUILD_CFLAGS = @BUILD_CFLAGS@
 BUILD_LDFLAGS = @BUILD_LDFLAGS@
+RDYNAMIC = @RDYNAMIC@
 LINK_BUILD_FLAGS = @LINK_BUILD_FLAGS@
 LINK_INSTALL_FLAGS = @LINK_INSTALL_FLAGS@
 RM = @RM@
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6dccb3ce..edfed4e1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ LINUX_INCLUDE
 EGREP
 GREP
 CPP
+RDYNAMIC
 DLOPEN_LIB
 OBJEXT
 EXEEXT
@@ -4157,6 +4158,10 @@ ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
 ac_link='$CC -o conftest$ac_exeext $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext $LIBS >&5'
 ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
+if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+   RDYNAMIC="-rdynamic"
+
+fi
 ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
@@ -10086,7 +10091,7 @@ fi
 done
 
 fi
-for ac_header in dirent.h errno.h getopt.h malloc.h mntent.h paths.h semaphore.h setjmp.h signal.h stdarg.h stdint.h stdlib.h termios.h termio.h unistd.h utime.h linux/fd.h linux/major.h net/if_dl.h netinet/in.h sys/disklabel.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/mkdev.h sys/mman.h sys/prctl.h sys/queue.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h sys/sockio.h sys/stat.h sys/syscall.h sys/sysmacros.h sys/time.h sys/types.h sys/un.h sys/wait.h
+for ac_header in dirent.h errno.h execinfo.h getopt.h malloc.h mntent.h paths.h semaphore.h setjmp.h signal.h stdarg.h stdint.h stdlib.h termios.h termio.h unistd.h utime.h linux/fd.h linux/major.h net/if_dl.h netinet/in.h sys/disklabel.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/mkdev.h sys/mman.h sys/prctl.h sys/queue.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h sys/sockio.h sys/stat.h sys/syscall.h sys/sysmacros.h sys/time.h sys/types.h sys/un.h sys/wait.h
 do :
   as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header" "$ac_includes_default"
@@ -10723,7 +10728,7 @@ if test "$ac_res" != no; then :
 fi
 
 fi
-for ac_func in chflags getrusage llseek lseek64 open64 fstat64 ftruncate64 getmntinfo strtoull strcasecmp srandom jrand48 fchown mallinfo fdatasync strnlen strptime strdup sysconf pathconf posix_memalign memalign valloc __secure_getenv prctl mmap utime setresuid setresgid usleep nanosleep getdtablesize getrlimit sync_file_range posix_fadvise fallocate fallocate64 blkid_probe_get_topology mbstowcs
+for ac_func in chflags getrusage llseek lseek64 open64 fstat64 ftruncate64 getmntinfo strtoull strcasecmp srandom jrand48 fchown mallinfo fdatasync strnlen strptime strdup sysconf pathconf posix_memalign memalign valloc __secure_getenv prctl mmap utime setresuid setresgid usleep nanosleep getdtablesize getrlimit sync_file_range posix_fadvise fallocate fallocate64 blkid_probe_get_topology mbstowcs backtrace
 do :
   as_ac_var=`$as_echo "ac_cv_func_$ac_func" | $as_tr_sh`
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "$ac_func" "$as_ac_var"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index af639c3f..57d58261 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ AC_HELP_STRING([--with-ldopts],[no longer supported, use LDFLAGS= instead]),
 AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-ldopts no longer supported; use LDFLAGS= instead]))
 dnl
 AC_PROG_CC
+if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+   RDYNAMIC="-rdynamic"
+   AC_SUBST(RDYNAMIC)
+fi
 AC_PROG_CPP
 dnl
 dnl On systems without linux header files, we add an extra include directory
@@ -747,7 +751,7 @@ if test $cross_compiling = no; then
 else
   AC_CHECK_PROGS(BUILD_CC, gcc cc)
 fi
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(dirent.h errno.h getopt.h malloc.h mntent.h paths.h semaphore.h setjmp.h signal.h stdarg.h stdint.h stdlib.h termios.h termio.h unistd.h utime.h linux/fd.h linux/major.h net/if_dl.h netinet/in.h sys/disklabel.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/mkdev.h sys/mman.h sys/prctl.h sys/queue.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h sys/sockio.h sys/stat.h sys/syscall.h sys/sysmacros.h sys/time.h sys/types.h sys/un.h sys/wait.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(dirent.h errno.h execinfo.h getopt.h malloc.h mntent.h paths.h semaphore.h setjmp.h signal.h stdarg.h stdint.h stdlib.h termios.h termio.h unistd.h utime.h linux/fd.h linux/major.h net/if_dl.h netinet/in.h sys/disklabel.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/mkdev.h sys/mman.h sys/prctl.h sys/queue.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/socket.h sys/sockio.h sys/stat.h sys/syscall.h sys/sysmacros.h sys/time.h sys/types.h sys/un.h sys/wait.h)
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/disk.h sys/mount.h,,,
 [[
 #if HAVE_SYS_QUEUE_H
@@ -871,7 +875,7 @@ if test -n "$BLKID_CMT"; then
   AC_SEARCH_LIBS([blkid_probe_all], [blkid])
 fi
 dnl
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(chflags getrusage llseek lseek64 open64 fstat64 ftruncate64 getmntinfo strtoull strcasecmp srandom jrand48 fchown mallinfo fdatasync strnlen strptime strdup sysconf pathconf posix_memalign memalign valloc __secure_getenv prctl mmap utime setresuid setresgid usleep nanosleep getdtablesize getrlimit sync_file_range posix_fadvise fallocate fallocate64 blkid_probe_get_topology mbstowcs)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(chflags getrusage llseek lseek64 open64 fstat64 ftruncate64 getmntinfo strtoull strcasecmp srandom jrand48 fchown mallinfo fdatasync strnlen strptime strdup sysconf pathconf posix_memalign memalign valloc __secure_getenv prctl mmap utime setresuid setresgid usleep nanosleep getdtablesize getrlimit sync_file_range posix_fadvise fallocate fallocate64 blkid_probe_get_topology mbstowcs backtrace)
 dnl
 dnl Check to see if -lsocket is required (solaris) to make something
 dnl that uses socket() to compile; this is needed for the UUID library
diff --git a/e2fsck/Makefile.in b/e2fsck/Makefile.in
index 315db622..b426eaf6 100644
--- a/e2fsck/Makefile.in
+++ b/e2fsck/Makefile.in
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ COMPILE_ET=$(top_builddir)/lib/et/compile_et --build-tree
 OBJS= crc32.o dict.o unix.o e2fsck.o super.o pass1.o pass1b.o pass2.o \
 	pass3.o pass4.o pass5.o journal.o badblocks.o util.o dirinfo.o \
 	dx_dirinfo.o ehandler.o problem.o message.o recovery.o region.o \
-	revoke.o ea_refcount.o rehash.o profile.o prof_err.o $(MTRACE_OBJ)
+	revoke.o ea_refcount.o rehash.o profile.o prof_err.o sigcatcher.o \
+	$(MTRACE_OBJ)
 
 PROFILED_OBJS= profiled/dict.o profiled/unix.o profiled/e2fsck.o \
 	profiled/super.o profiled/pass1.o profiled/pass1b.o \
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ PROFILED_OBJS= profiled/dict.o profiled/unix.o profiled/e2fsck.o \
 	profiled/message.o profiled/problem.o \
 	profiled/recovery.o profiled/region.o profiled/revoke.o \
 	profiled/ea_refcount.o profiled/rehash.o profiled/profile.o \
-	profiled/crc32.o profiled/prof_err.o
+	profiled/crc32.o profiled/prof_err.o profiled/sigcatcher.o
 
 SRCS= $(srcdir)/e2fsck.c \
 	$(srcdir)/crc32.c \
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ SRCS= $(srcdir)/e2fsck.c \
 	$(srcdir)/rehash.c \
 	$(srcdir)/region.c \
 	$(srcdir)/profile.c \
+	$(srcdir)/sigcatcher.c \
 	prof_err.c \
 	$(MTRACE_SRC)
 
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ prof_err.c prof_err.h: prof_err.et
 
 e2fsck: $(OBJS)  $(DEPLIBS)
 	$(E) "	LD $@"
-	$(Q) $(LD) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o e2fsck $(OBJS) $(LIBS) 
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(RDYNAMIC) -o e2fsck $(OBJS) $(LIBS) 
 
 e2fsck.static: $(OBJS) $(STATIC_DEPLIBS)
 	$(E) "	LD $@"
@@ -135,6 +137,10 @@ crc32table.h: gen_crc32table
 	$(E) "	GEN32TABLE $@"
 	$(Q) ./gen_crc32table > crc32table.h
 
+tst_sigcatcher: $(srcdir)/sigcatcher.c
+	$(Q) $(CC) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(RDYNAMIC) \
+		$(srcdir)/sigcatcher.c -DDEBUG -o tst_sigcatcher
+
 tst_problem: $(srcdir)/problem.c $(srcdir)/problem.h $(LIBEXT2FS) \
 	$(DEPLIBCOM_ERR)
 	$(Q) $(CC) $(BUILD_LDFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o tst_problem \
@@ -438,4 +444,11 @@ region.o: $(srcdir)/region.c $(srcdir)/e2fsck.h \
  $(srcdir)/profile.h prof_err.h
 profile.o: $(srcdir)/profile.c $(top_srcdir)/lib/et/com_err.h \
  $(srcdir)/profile.h prof_err.h
+sigcatcher.o: $(srcdir)/sigcatcher.c $(srcdir)/e2fsck.h \
+ $(top_srcdir)/lib/ext2fs/ext2_fs.h $(top_builddir)/lib/ext2fs/ext2_types.h \
+ $(top_srcdir)/lib/ext2fs/ext2fs.h $(top_srcdir)/lib/ext2fs/ext3_extents.h \
+ $(top_srcdir)/lib/et/com_err.h $(top_srcdir)/lib/ext2fs/ext2_io.h \
+ $(top_builddir)/lib/ext2fs/ext2_err.h \
+ $(top_srcdir)/lib/ext2fs/ext2_ext_attr.h $(top_srcdir)/lib/ext2fs/bitops.h \
+ $(srcdir)/profile.h prof_err.h
 prof_err.o: prof_err.c
diff --git a/e2fsck/e2fsck.h b/e2fsck/e2fsck.h
index b4a1a88d..f0e1557f 100644
--- a/e2fsck/e2fsck.h
+++ b/e2fsck/e2fsck.h
@@ -475,6 +475,9 @@ extern int region_allocate(region_t region, region_addr_t start, int n);
 errcode_t e2fsck_rehash_dir(e2fsck_t ctx, ext2_ino_t ino);
 void e2fsck_rehash_directories(e2fsck_t ctx);
 
+/* sigcatcher.c */
+void sigcatcher_setup(void);
+
 /* super.c */
 void check_super_block(e2fsck_t ctx);
 int check_backup_super_block(e2fsck_t ctx);
diff --git a/e2fsck/sigcatcher.c b/e2fsck/sigcatcher.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45571ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2fsck/sigcatcher.c
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+/*
+ * sigcatcher.c --- print a backtrace on a SIGSEGV, et. al
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Theodore Ts'o.
+ *
+ * %Begin-Header%
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public
+ * License.
+ * %End-Header%
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_EXECINFO_H
+#include <execinfo.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "e2fsck.h"
+
+struct str_table {
+	int	num;
+	const char	*name;
+};
+
+#define DEFINE_ENTRY(SYM)	{ SYM, #SYM },
+#define END_TABLE		{ 0, 0 }
+
+static struct str_table sig_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGHUP)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGINT)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGQUIT)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGILL)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGTRAP)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGABRT)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGIOT)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGBUS)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGFPE)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGKILL)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGUSR1)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGSEGV)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGUSR2)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGPIPE)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGALRM)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGTERM)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGSTKFLT)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGCHLD)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGCONT)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGSTOP)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGTSTP)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGTTIN)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGTTOU)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGURG)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGXCPU)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGXFSZ)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGVTALRM)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGPROF)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGWINCH)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGIO)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGPOLL)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGPWR)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SIGSYS)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+static struct str_table generic_code_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_ASYNCNL)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_TKILL)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_SIGIO)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_ASYNCIO)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_MESGQ)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_TIMER)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_QUEUE)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_USER)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SI_KERNEL)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+static struct str_table sigill_code_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(ILL_ILLOPC)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(ILL_ILLOPN)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(ILL_ILLADR)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(ILL_ILLTRP)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(ILL_PRVOPC)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(ILL_PRVREG)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(ILL_COPROC)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(ILL_BADSTK)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(BUS_ADRALN)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(BUS_ADRERR)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(BUS_OBJERR)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+static struct str_table sigfpe_code_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(FPE_INTDIV)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(FPE_INTOVF)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(FPE_FLTDIV)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(FPE_FLTOVF)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(FPE_FLTUND)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(FPE_FLTRES)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(FPE_FLTINV)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(FPE_FLTSUB)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+static struct str_table sigsegv_code_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SEGV_MAPERR)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(SEGV_ACCERR)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+
+static struct str_table sigbus_code_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(BUS_ADRALN)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(BUS_ADRERR)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(BUS_OBJERR)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+static struct str_table sigstrap_code_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(TRAP_BRKPT)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(TRAP_TRACE)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+static struct str_table sigcld_code_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(CLD_EXITED)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(CLD_KILLED)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(CLD_DUMPED)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(CLD_TRAPPED)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(CLD_STOPPED)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(CLD_CONTINUED)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+static struct str_table sigpoll_code_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(POLL_IN)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(POLL_OUT)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(POLL_MSG)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(POLL_ERR)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(POLL_PRI)
+	DEFINE_ENTRY(POLL_HUP)
+	END_TABLE
+};
+
+static const char *lookup_table(int num, struct str_table *table)
+{
+	struct str_table *p;
+
+	for (p=table; p->name; p++)
+		if (num == p->num)
+			return(p->name);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static const char *lookup_table_fallback(int num, struct str_table *table)
+{
+	static char buf[32];
+	const char *ret = lookup_table(num, table);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", num);
+	buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = 0;
+	return buf;
+}
+
+static void die_signal_handler(int signum, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *context)
+{
+       void *stack_syms[32];
+       int frames;
+       const char *cp;
+
+       fprintf(stderr, "Signal (%d) %s ", signum,
+	       lookup_table_fallback(signum, sig_table));
+       if (siginfo->si_code == SI_USER)
+	       fprintf(stderr, "(sent from pid %u) ", siginfo->si_pid);
+       cp = lookup_table(siginfo->si_code, generic_code_table);
+       if (cp)
+	       fprintf(stderr, "si_code=%s ", cp);
+       else if (signum == SIGILL)
+	       fprintf(stderr, "si_code=%s ",
+		       lookup_table_fallback(siginfo->si_code,
+					     sigill_code_table));
+       else if (signum == SIGFPE)
+	       fprintf(stderr, "si_code=%s ",
+		       lookup_table_fallback(siginfo->si_code,
+					     sigfpe_code_table));
+       else if (signum == SIGSEGV)
+	       fprintf(stderr, "si_code=%s ",
+		       lookup_table_fallback(siginfo->si_code,
+					     sigsegv_code_table));
+       else if (signum == SIGBUS)
+	       fprintf(stderr, "si_code=%s ",
+		       lookup_table_fallback(siginfo->si_code,
+					     sigbus_code_table));
+       else if (signum == SIGCLD)
+	       fprintf(stderr, "si_code=%s ",
+		       lookup_table_fallback(siginfo->si_code,
+					     sigcld_code_table));
+       else
+	       fprintf(stderr, "si code=%d ", siginfo->si_code);
+       if ((siginfo->si_code != SI_USER) &&
+	   (signum == SIGILL || signum == SIGFPE ||
+	    signum == SIGSEGV || signum == SIGBUS))
+	       fprintf(stderr, "fault addr=%p", siginfo->si_addr);
+       fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+
+#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
+       frames = backtrace(stack_syms, 32);
+       backtrace_symbols_fd(stack_syms, frames, 2);
+#endif
+       exit(FSCK_ERROR);
+}
+
+void sigcatcher_setup(void)
+{
+	struct sigaction	sa;
+	
+	sa.sa_sigaction = die_signal_handler;
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+
+	sigaction(SIGFPE, &sa, 0);
+	sigaction(SIGILL, &sa, 0);
+	sigaction(SIGBUS, &sa, 0);
+	sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, 0);
+}	
+
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+void usage(void)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "tst_sigcatcher: [-akfn]\n");
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+	struct sigaction	sa;
+	char			*p = 0;
+	int 			i, c;
+	volatile		x=0;
+
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
+	sa.sa_sigaction = die_signal_handler;
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+	for (i=1; i < 31; i++)
+		sigaction(i, &sa, 0);
+
+	while ((c = getopt (argc, argv, "afkn")) != EOF)
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'a':
+			abort();
+			break;
+		case 'f':
+			printf("%d\n", 42/x);
+		case 'k':
+			kill(getpid(), SIGTERM);
+			break;
+		case 'n':
+			*p = 42;
+		default:
+			usage ();
+		}
+
+	printf("Sleeping for 10 seconds, send kill signal to pid %u...\n",
+	       getpid());
+	fflush(stdout);
+	sleep(10);
+	exit(0);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/e2fsck/unix.c b/e2fsck/unix.c
index 7e95ca88..7f6ee987 100644
--- a/e2fsck/unix.c
+++ b/e2fsck/unix.c
@@ -1024,6 +1024,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *cp;
 
 	clear_problem_context(&pctx);
+	sigcatcher_setup();
 #ifdef MTRACE
 	mtrace();
 #endif