diff --git a/doomsday/apps/client/src/main_client.cpp b/doomsday/apps/client/src/main_client.cpp
index 433b942f65..57376cf649 100644
--- a/doomsday/apps/client/src/main_client.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/apps/client/src/main_client.cpp
@@ -83,8 +83,17 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         }
     }
 
-    // Check that all reference-counted objects have been deleted.
+     // Check that all reference-counted objects have been deleted.
+#ifdef DENG2_DEBUG
+# ifdef DENG_USE_COUNTED_TRACING
+     if(de::Counted::totalCount > 0)
+    {
+        de::Counted::printAllocs();
+    }
+# else
     DENG2_ASSERT(de::Counted::totalCount == 0);
+# endif
+#endif
 
     return exitCode;
 }
diff --git a/doomsday/cmake/Options.cmake b/doomsday/cmake/Options.cmake
index a444623d54..a2b9c02b8e 100644
--- a/doomsday/cmake/Options.cmake
+++ b/doomsday/cmake/Options.cmake
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@ option (DENG_FAKE_MEMORY_ZONE
 if (DENG_FAKE_MEMORY_ZONE)
     add_definitions (-DLIBDENG_FAKE_MEMORY_ZONE)
 endif ()
+
+option (DENG_ENABLE_COUNTED_TRACING
+    "(Debug) Keep track of where de::Counted objects are allocated"
+    OFF
+)
+if (DENG_ENABLE_COUNTED_TRACING)
+    add_definitions (-DDENG_USE_COUNTED_TRACING)
+endif ()
diff --git a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/data/counted.h b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/data/counted.h
index 92eca63bc6..97c913a306 100644
--- a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/data/counted.h
+++ b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/include/de/data/counted.h
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class DENG2_PUBLIC Counted
 #ifdef DENG2_DEBUG
 public:
     static int totalCount; // Number of Counted objects in existence.
+# ifdef DENG_USE_COUNTED_TRACING
+    static void printAllocs();
+# endif
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/data/counted.cpp b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/data/counted.cpp
index 9deb200268..da91592dda 100644
--- a/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/data/counted.cpp
+++ b/doomsday/sdk/libcore/src/data/counted.cpp
@@ -23,12 +23,29 @@ namespace de {
 
 #ifdef DENG2_DEBUG
 int Counted::totalCount = 0; ///< Should return back to zero when program ends.
+# ifdef DENG_USE_COUNTED_TRACING
+static QHash<void *, QByteArray> countedAllocs;
+void Counted::printAllocs()
+{
+    qDebug() << "Counted objects:" << Counted::totalCount;
+    for(auto i = countedAllocs.constBegin(); i != countedAllocs.constEnd(); ++i)
+    {
+        qDebug() << "-=- Object" << i.key();
+        qDebug() << i.value();
+    }
+}
+# endif
 #endif
 
 Counted::Counted() : _refCount(1)
 {
 #ifdef DENG2_DEBUG
     totalCount++;
+# ifdef DENG_USE_COUNTED_TRACING
+    QString trace;
+    DENG2_BACKTRACE(32, trace);
+    countedAllocs[this] = trace.toLatin1();
+# endif
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -36,8 +53,10 @@ Counted::~Counted()
 {
 #ifdef DENG2_DEBUG
     totalCount--;
+# ifdef DENG_USE_COUNTED_TRACING
+    countedAllocs.remove(this);
+# endif
 #endif
-    //qDebug() << "~Counted" << this << typeid(*this).name() << "refCount:" << _refCount;
 
     DENG2_ASSERT(_refCount == 0);
 }