diff --git a/scripts/btraceback.in b/scripts/btraceback.in
index 54d5e264df5..be6f8faf436 100755
--- a/scripts/btraceback.in
+++ b/scripts/btraceback.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ SunOS)
     | @sbindir@/bsmtp -h @smtp_host@ -f @dump_email@ -s "Bareos DBX traceback of ${PNAME}" @dump_email@
    ;;
 *)
+   gcore -o ${WD}/${PNAME} $2
    gdb -quiet -batch -x @scriptdir@/btraceback.gdb $1 $2 >${WD}/bareos.$2.traceback 2>&1
    PNAME="${PNAME} on `hostname`"
    cat ${WD}/bareos.$2.traceback \