diff --git a/docs/admins/deployment.rst b/docs/admins/deployment.rst
index 9ad90599c..4ddca8659 100644
--- a/docs/admins/deployment.rst
+++ b/docs/admins/deployment.rst
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ Useful options:
   ``log.logfile_path`` is not set, this also shows all log output
   in the terminal.
 
-IRRd can be stopped by sending a SIGTERM signal.
+IRRd can be stopped by sending a SIGTERM signal. A SIGUSR1 will log a
+traceback of all threads in a specific IRRd process.
 
 
 .. _deployment-https:
diff --git a/irrd/daemon/main.py b/irrd/daemon/main.py
index 412b0ba1c..b207fd9b5 100755
--- a/irrd/daemon/main.py
+++ b/irrd/daemon/main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # flake8: noqa: E402
 import argparse
-import grp
 import logging
 import os
 import pwd
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@
 from typing import Tuple, Optional
 
 import daemon
+import grp
 import psutil
 from daemon.daemon import change_process_owner
 from pid import PidFile, PidFileError
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]))
 
-from irrd.utils.process_support import ExceptionLoggingProcess
+from irrd.utils.process_support import ExceptionLoggingProcess, set_traceback_handler
 from irrd.storage.preload import PreloadStoreManager
 from irrd.server.whois.server import start_whois_server
 from irrd.server.http.server import run_http_server
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ def main():
 def run_irrd(mirror_frequency: int, config_file_path: str, uid: Optional[int], gid: Optional[int]):
     terminated = False
     os.environ[ENV_MAIN_PROCESS_PID] = str(os.getpid())
+    set_traceback_handler()
 
     whois_process = ExceptionLoggingProcess(
         target=start_whois_server,
diff --git a/irrd/server/http/app.py b/irrd/server/http/app.py
index c3a01316a..0b95d348f 100644
--- a/irrd/server/http/app.py
+++ b/irrd/server/http/app.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 from irrd.server.http.endpoints import StatusEndpoint, WhoisQueryEndpoint, ObjectSubmissionEndpoint
 from irrd.storage.database_handler import DatabaseHandler
 from irrd.storage.preload import Preloader
-from irrd.utils.process_support import memory_trim
-
+from irrd.utils.process_support import memory_trim, set_traceback_handler
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -38,7 +37,8 @@ async def startup():
     As these are run in a separate process, the config file
     is read from the environment.
     """
-    setproctitle('irrd-http-server-listener')
+    setproctitle("irrd-http-server-listener")
+    set_traceback_handler()
     global app
     config_path = os.getenv(ENV_UVICORN_WORKER_CONFIG_PATH)
     config_init(config_path)
diff --git a/irrd/utils/process_support.py b/irrd/utils/process_support.py
index d5ef2ed7e..7ece3d942 100644
--- a/irrd/utils/process_support.py
+++ b/irrd/utils/process_support.py
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import signal
+import sys
+import threading
+import traceback
 from multiprocessing import Process
 
+from setproctitle import getproctitle
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -26,3 +31,21 @@ def memory_trim():  # pragma: no cover
         ctypes.CDLL(None).malloc_trim(0)
     except Exception:
         pass
+
+
+def set_traceback_handler():  # pragma: no cover
+    """
+    Log a traceback of all threads when receiving SIGUSR1.
+    This is inherited by child processes, so only set twice:
+    in the main process, and in the uvicorn app startup.
+    """
+    def sigusr1_handler(signal, frame):
+        thread_names = {th.ident: th.name for th in threading.enumerate()}
+        code = [f"Traceback follows for all threads of process {os.getpid()} ({getproctitle()}):"]
+        for thread_id, stack in sys._current_frames().items():
+            thread_name = thread_names.get(thread_id, "")
+            code.append(f"\n## Thread: {thread_name}({thread_id}) ##\n")
+            code += traceback.format_list(traceback.extract_stack(stack))
+        logger.info("".join(code))
+
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, sigusr1_handler)