diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a91690aeca..160c79f72a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_LIB_EXTEN)
 # Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_STDC
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/types.h sys/resource.h sched.h wchar.h sys/filio.h sys/ioctl.h sys/select.h netdb.h execinfo.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/types.h sys/resource.h sched.h wchar.h sys/filio.h sys/ioctl.h sys/prctl.h sys/select.h netdb.h execinfo.h])
 
 if test x"$ac_cv_header_wchar_h" = xyes; then
   HAVE_WCHAR_H_DEFINE=1
diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 59682df609..b2216ec2b5 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 #endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sqlite3.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
+#endif
 
 
 SWITCH_DECLARE_DATA switch_directories SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs = { 0 };
@@ -1029,6 +1032,12 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int32_t) change_user_group(const char *user, const char *group)
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Failed to change uid!\n");
 			return -1;
 		}
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
+		if (prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 1) < 0) {
+			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Failed to enable core dumps!\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+#endif
 	}
 #endif
 	return 0;