diff --git a/nano/core_test/CMakeLists.txt b/nano/core_test/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d01f6e796..eb2ec101ed 100644
--- a/nano/core_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nano/core_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ add_executable(
   request_aggregator.cpp
   signal_manager.cpp
   socket.cpp
+  stacktrace.cpp
   system.cpp
   telemetry.cpp
   throttle.cpp
diff --git a/nano/core_test/stacktrace.cpp b/nano/core_test/stacktrace.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4a4653182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nano/core_test/stacktrace.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include <nano/lib/stacktrace.hpp>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+// Check that the stacktrace contains the current function name
+// This depends on the way testcase names are compiled by gtest
+// "stacktrace_human_readable_Test::TestBody()"
+TEST (stacktrace, human_readable)
+{
+	auto stacktrace = nano::generate_stacktrace ();
+	ASSERT_FALSE (stacktrace.empty ());
+	ASSERT_TRUE (stacktrace.find ("stacktrace_human_readable_Test") != std::string::npos);
+}
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