diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/Makefile b/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
index 99ad9e365..3f92b4c2d 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ utils/citus_version.o: $(CITUS_VERSION_INVALIDATE)
 
 SHLIB_LINK += $(filter -lssl -lcrypto -lssleay32 -leay32, $(LIBS))
 
-override CPPFLAGS += -I$(libpq_srcdir) -I$(safestringlib_srcdir)/include
+override LDFLAGS += /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/libbacktrace.a
+override CPPFLAGS += -I$(libpq_srcdir) -I$(safestringlib_srcdir)/include -I/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/include/
 
 SQL_DEPDIR=.deps/sql
 SQL_BUILDDIR=build/sql
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
index e4cd7b789..9de3cd71f 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/shared_library_init.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "fmgr.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 
+#include "backtrace-supported.h"
+#include "backtrace.h"
 #include "safe_lib.h"
 
 #include "citus_version.h"
@@ -366,6 +368,9 @@ multi_log_hook(ErrorData *edata)
 		edata->message = "canceling the transaction since it was "
 						 "involved in a distributed deadlock";
 	}
+
+	struct backtrace_state* m = backtrace_create_state(NULL, 0 , NULL, NULL);
+	backtrace_full(m, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }