diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
index d19e1f15..26191a12 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
@@ -67,10 +67,17 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::initialize_logger(std::shared_ptr<logger> new_logge
     new_logger->set_level(level_);
     new_logger->flush_on(flush_level_);
 
+    if(backtrace_level_ != level::off)
+    {
+        new_logger->enable_backtrace(backtrace_level_, backtrace_n_messages_);
+    }
+
     if (automatic_registration_)
     {
         register_logger_(std::move(new_logger));
     }
+
+
 }
 
 SPDLOG_INLINE std::shared_ptr<logger> registry::get(const std::string &logger_name)
@@ -135,6 +142,18 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<formatter> formatter)
     }
 }
 
+SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::enable_backtrace(level::level_enum trigger_level, size_t n_messages)
+{
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(logger_map_mutex_);
+    backtrace_level_ = trigger_level;
+    backtrace_n_messages_ = n_messages;
+
+    for (auto &l : loggers_)
+    {
+        l.second->enable_backtrace(trigger_level, n_messages);
+    }
+}
+
 SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::set_level(level::level_enum log_level)
 {
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(logger_map_mutex_);
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
index f96a7698..b09db533 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public:
     // Set global formatter. Each sink in each logger will get a clone of this object
     void set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<formatter> formatter);
 
+    void enable_backtrace(level::level_enum trigger_level, size_t n_messages);
+
     void set_level(level::level_enum log_level);
 
     void flush_on(level::level_enum log_level);
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ private:
     std::unique_ptr<periodic_worker> periodic_flusher_;
     std::shared_ptr<logger> default_logger_;
     bool automatic_registration_ = true;
+    level::level_enum backtrace_level_ = level::off;
+    size_t backtrace_n_messages_ = 0;
 };
 
 } // namespace details
diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
index 29a43dfa..5f2174b6 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "spdlog/sinks/sink.h"
+#include "spdlog/sinks/backtrace-sink.h"
 #include "spdlog/details/pattern_formatter.h"
 
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -119,6 +120,15 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void logger::set_pattern(std::string pattern, pattern_time_type ti
     set_formatter(std::move(new_formatter));
 }
 
+SPDLOG_INLINE void logger::enable_backtrace(level::level_enum trigger_level, size_t n_messages)
+{
+    auto backtrace_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::backtrace_sink_mt>(trigger_level, n_messages);
+    backtrace_sink->set_sinks(std::move(sinks()));
+    sinks().push_back(std::move(backtrace_sink));
+    this->set_level(spdlog::level::trace);
+}
+
+
 // flush functions
 SPDLOG_INLINE void logger::flush()
 {
diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger.h b/include/spdlog/logger.h
index bc497532..b0f26edf 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger.h
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ public:
 
     void set_pattern(std::string pattern, pattern_time_type time_type = pattern_time_type::local);
 
+    void enable_backtrace(level::level_enum trigger_level = level::err, size_t n_messages = 16);
+
     // flush functions
     void flush();
     void flush_on(level::level_enum log_level);
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/backtrace-sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/backtrace-sink.h
index 44f35365..f37d7f98 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/backtrace-sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/backtrace-sink.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ template<typename Mutex>
 class backtrace_sink : public dist_sink<Mutex>
 {
 public:
-    explicit backtrace_sink(level::level_enum trigger_level = spdlog::level::warn, size_t n_messages = 32)
+    explicit backtrace_sink(level::level_enum trigger_level = spdlog::level::err, size_t n_messages = 16)
         : trigger_level_{trigger_level}
         , traceback_msgs_{n_messages}
     {}
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ protected:
         }
 
         dist_sink<Mutex>::sink_it_(
-            details::log_msg{logger_name, level::info, "********************* [Backtrace Start] *********************"});
+            details::log_msg{logger_name, level::info, "********************* Backtrace Start *********************"});
 
         do
         {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ protected:
         } while (!traceback_msgs_.empty());
 
         dist_sink<Mutex>::sink_it_(
-            details::log_msg{logger_name, level::info, "********************* [Backtrace End] ***********************"});
+            details::log_msg{logger_name, level::info, "********************* Backtrace End ***********************"});
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog-inl.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog-inl.h
index 5f6c8fb1..b46ee2b2 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog-inl.h
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void set_pattern(std::string pattern, pattern_time_type time_type)
     set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter>(new pattern_formatter(std::move(pattern), time_type)));
 }
 
+SPDLOG_INLINE void enable_backtrace(level::level_enum trigger_level, size_t n_messages)
+{
+    details::registry::instance().enable_backtrace(trigger_level, n_messages);
+}
+
 SPDLOG_INLINE void set_level(level::level_enum log_level)
 {
     details::registry::instance().set_level(log_level);
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index b4996688..e96e9d82 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ void set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<spdlog::formatter> formatter);
 // example: spdlog::set_pattern("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%e %l : %v");
 void set_pattern(std::string pattern, pattern_time_type time_type = pattern_time_type::local);
 
+// enable global backtrace support
+void enable_backtrace(level::level_enum trigger_level = level::err, size_t n_messages = 16);
+
 // Set global logging level
 void set_level(level::level_enum log_level);