diff --git a/pkg/test/dockerutil/dockerutil.go b/pkg/test/dockerutil/dockerutil.go
index 33c9e1094..4e0509af3 100644
--- a/pkg/test/dockerutil/dockerutil.go
+++ b/pkg/test/dockerutil/dockerutil.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ var (
 	pprofCPU   = flag.Bool("pprof-cpu", false, "enables CPU profiling with runsc debug")
 	pprofHeap  = flag.Bool("pprof-heap", false, "enables heap profiling with runsc debug")
 	pprofMutex = flag.Bool("pprof-mutex", false, "enables mutex profiling with runsc debug")
+	trace      = flag.Bool("go-trace", false, "enables collecting a go trace with runsc debug")
 
 	// This matches the string "native.cgroupdriver=systemd" (including optional
 	// whitespace), which can be found in a docker daemon configuration file's
diff --git a/pkg/test/dockerutil/profile.go b/pkg/test/dockerutil/profile.go
index 47a051d85..11a9229d9 100644
--- a/pkg/test/dockerutil/profile.go
+++ b/pkg/test/dockerutil/profile.go
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ func (p *profile) createProcess(c *Container) error {
 		outputPath := filepath.Join(p.BasePath, fmt.Sprintf("%s.pprof", profileArg))
 		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--profile-%s=%s", profileArg, outputPath))
 	}
+	if *trace {
+		args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--trace=%s", filepath.Join(p.BasePath, "sentry.trace")))
+	}
 	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--duration=%s", p.Duration)) // Or until container exits.
 	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--delay=%s", p.Duration))    // Ditto.
 	args = append(args, c.ID())