diff --git a/lib/memory.c b/lib/memory.c
index 6eb135f..0d23e54 100644
--- a/lib/memory.c
+++ b/lib/memory.c
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
   zlog_err ("%s : can't allocate memory for `%s' size %d: %s\n", 
 	    fname, lookup (mstr, type), (int) size, safe_strerror(errno));
   log_memstats(LOG_WARNING);
+  /* N.B. It might be preferable to call zlog_backtrace_safe here, since
+     that function should definitely be safe in an OOM condition.  But
+     unfortunately zlog_backtrace_safe does not support syslog logging at
+     this time... */
+  zlog_backtrace(LOG_WARNING);
   abort();
 }