diff --git a/conf.d/yate.conf.sample b/conf.d/yate.conf.sample
index 83d5d44b..bd94e5e0 100644
--- a/conf.d/yate.conf.sample
+++ b/conf.d/yate.conf.sample
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
 ;  Set to boolean false to disable tracking only if you are sure what you want
 ;trackparam=handlers
 
+; abortinfo: boolean: Display some engine statistics during a process abort
+;abortinfo=enable
+
 ; msgsniff: bool: Activate message sniffer module (if loaded) at engine init time
 ;msgsniff=disable
 
diff --git a/engine/Engine.cpp b/engine/Engine.cpp
index 80f23511..e169d5fa 100644
--- a/engine/Engine.cpp
+++ b/engine/Engine.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <process.h>
 #include <shlobj.h>
+typedef void (*sig_func_t)(int);
 #define RTLD_NOW 0
 #define dlopen(name,flags) LoadLibrary(name)
 #define dlclose !FreeLibrary
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ __declspec(dllimport) BOOL WINAPI SHGetSpecialFolderPathA(HWND,LPSTR,INT,BOOL);
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 typedef void* HMODULE;
+#define sig_func_t sighandler_t
 #define PATH_SEP "/"
 #ifndef CFG_DIR
 #ifdef HAVE_MACOSX_SUPPORT
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ static bool s_interactive = true;
 static bool s_localsymbol = false;
 static bool s_logtruncate = false;
 static const char* s_logfile = 0;
+static sig_func_t s_abrt_handler = SIG_DFL;
 
 static void sighandler(int signal)
 {
@@ -212,6 +215,35 @@ static void sighandler(int signal)
     }
 }
 
+static void abrthandler(int sig)
+{
+    ::signal(SIGABRT,s_abrt_handler);
+    Engine* eng = Engine::self();
+    if (eng) {
+	// TODO: retrieve all the information without getting any mutex locks
+	uint64_t enq,deq,disp,qmax;
+	eng->getStats(enq,deq,disp,qmax);
+	::fprintf(stderr,
+	    "*** ABORT INFO BEGIN ***\n"
+	    "  Messages:    " FMT64U "\n"
+	    "  MaxQueue:    " FMT64U "\n"
+	    "  Msg Rate:    %u\n"
+	    "  Max Rate:    %u\n"
+	    "  Threads:     %d\n"
+	    "  Workers:     %d\n"
+	    "  Mutexes:     %d\n"
+	    "  Locks:       %d\n"
+	    "  Congestion:  %u\n"
+	    "  Call Accept: %s\n"
+	    "*** ABORT INFO END ***\n",
+	    (enq - deq),qmax,eng->messageRate(),eng->messageMaxRate(),
+	    Thread::count(),EnginePrivate::count,Mutex::count(),Mutex::locks(),
+	    Engine::getCongestion(),lookup(Engine::accept(),Engine::getCallAcceptStates())
+	);
+    }
+    ::raise(SIGABRT);
+}
+
 String Engine::s_node;
 String Engine::s_shrpath(SHR_PATH);
 String Engine::s_cfgsuffix(CFG_SUFFIX);
@@ -1528,6 +1560,8 @@ int Engine::engineInit()
 	Debug(DebugWarn,"No supervisor - disabling automatic restarts");
 	s_restarts = 0;
     }
+    if (s_cfg.getBoolValue("general","abortinfo",true))
+	s_abrt_handler = ::signal(SIGABRT,abrthandler);
     initPlugins();
     checkPoint();
     ::signal(SIGINT,sighandler);