diff --git a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
index 9a7f1d4a..2af2a2a8 100644
--- a/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
+++ b/src/networkpluginserver.cpp
@@ -952,6 +952,17 @@ void NetworkPluginServer::pingTimeout() {
 		else {
 			LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "Disconnecting backend " << (*it) << " (ID=" << (*it)->id << "). PING response not received.");
 			toRemove.push_back(*it);
+
+#ifndef WIN32
+			// generate coredump for this backend to find out why it wasn't able to respond to PING
+			std::string pid = (*it)->id;
+			if (!pid.empty()) {
+				try {
+					kill(boost::lexical_cast<int>(pid), SIGABRT);
+				}
+				catch (...) { }
+			}
+#endif
 		}
 
 		if ((*it)->users.size() == 0) {