diff --git a/doc/developer/scripting.rst b/doc/developer/scripting.rst
index 7a43314490..f51130b1e3 100644
--- a/doc/developer/scripting.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/scripting.rst
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ object which contains methods corresponding to each of the ``zlog`` levels:
    log.error("error")
    log.notice("notice")
    log.debug("debug")
+   log.trace("trace")
 
 The log messages will show up in the daemon's log output.
 
@@ -579,14 +580,14 @@ accomplished with scripting.
            RM_FAILURE, RM_NOMATCH, RM_MATCH, RM_MATCH_AND_CHANGE)
 
            log.info("Evaluating route " .. prefix.network .. " from peer " .. peer.remote_id.string)
-   
+
            function on_match (prefix, attributes)
                    log.info("Match")
                    return {
                            attributes = RM_MATCH
                    }
            end
-   
+
            function on_nomatch (prefix, attributes)
                    log.info("No match")
                    return {
diff --git a/lib/frrlua.c b/lib/frrlua.c
index 6ad0b5796a..ef081e4bd0 100644
--- a/lib/frrlua.c
+++ b/lib/frrlua.c
@@ -382,6 +382,12 @@ static const char *frrlua_log_thunk(lua_State *L)
 	return lua_tostring(L, 1);
 }
 
+static int frrlua_log_trace(lua_State *L)
+{
+	zlog_debug("%s", frrlua_stackdump(L));
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int frrlua_log_debug(lua_State *L)
 {
 	zlog_debug("%s", frrlua_log_thunk(L));
@@ -413,11 +419,12 @@ static int frrlua_log_error(lua_State *L)
 }
 
 static const luaL_Reg log_funcs[] = {
-	{"debug", frrlua_log_debug},
-	{"info", frrlua_log_info},
-	{"notice", frrlua_log_notice},
-	{"warn", frrlua_log_warn},
-	{"error", frrlua_log_error},
+	{ "trace", frrlua_log_trace },
+	{ "debug", frrlua_log_debug },
+	{ "info", frrlua_log_info },
+	{ "notice", frrlua_log_notice },
+	{ "warn", frrlua_log_warn },
+	{ "error", frrlua_log_error },
 	{},
 };
 
@@ -432,6 +439,67 @@ void frrlua_export_logging(lua_State *L)
  * Debugging.
  */
 
+void lua_table_dump(lua_State *L, int index, struct buffer *buf, int level)
+{
+	char tmpbuf[64] = {};
+
+	lua_pushnil(L);
+
+	while (lua_next(L, index) != 0) {
+		int key_type;
+		int value_type;
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < level; i++)
+			buffer_putstr(buf, "  ");
+
+		key_type = lua_type(L, -2);
+		if (key_type == LUA_TSTRING) {
+			const char *key = lua_tostring(L, -2);
+
+			buffer_putstr(buf, key);
+			buffer_putstr(buf, ": ");
+		} else if (key_type == LUA_TNUMBER) {
+			snprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf), "%g",
+				 lua_tonumber(L, -2));
+			buffer_putstr(buf, tmpbuf);
+			buffer_putstr(buf, ": ");
+		}
+
+		value_type = lua_type(L, -1);
+		switch (value_type) {
+		case LUA_TSTRING:
+			snprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf), "\"%s\"\n",
+				 lua_tostring(L, -1));
+			buffer_putstr(buf, tmpbuf);
+			break;
+		case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
+			snprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf), "%s\n",
+				 lua_toboolean(L, -1) ? "true" : "false");
+			buffer_putstr(buf, tmpbuf);
+			break;
+		case LUA_TNUMBER:
+			snprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf), "%g\n",
+				 lua_tonumber(L, -1));
+			buffer_putstr(buf, tmpbuf);
+			break;
+		case LUA_TTABLE:
+			buffer_putstr(buf, "{\n");
+			lua_table_dump(L, lua_gettop(L), buf, level + 1);
+			for (int i = 0; i < level; i++)
+				buffer_putstr(buf, "  ");
+			buffer_putstr(buf, "}\n");
+			break;
+		default:
+			snprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf), "%s\n",
+				 lua_typename(L, value_type));
+			buffer_putstr(buf, tmpbuf);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		lua_pop(L, 1);
+	}
+}
+
 char *frrlua_stackdump(lua_State *L)
 {
 	int top = lua_gettop(L);
@@ -458,6 +526,11 @@ char *frrlua_stackdump(lua_State *L)
 				 lua_tonumber(L, i));
 			buffer_putstr(buf, tmpbuf);
 			break;
+		case LUA_TTABLE: /* tables */
+			buffer_putstr(buf, "{\n");
+			lua_table_dump(L, i, buf, 1);
+			buffer_putstr(buf, "}\n");
+			break;
 		default: /* other values */
 			snprintf(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf), "%s\n",
 				 lua_typename(L, t));
diff --git a/lib/frrlua.h b/lib/frrlua.h
index dc0f4d9986..e407a4492f 100644
--- a/lib/frrlua.h
+++ b/lib/frrlua.h
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ int frrlua_table_get_integer(lua_State *L, const char *key);
  */
 void frrlua_export_logging(lua_State *L);
 
+/* A helper fuction that dumps the Lua stack */
+void lua_table_dump(lua_State *L, int index, struct buffer *buf, int level);
+
 /*
  * Dump Lua stack to a string.
  *