diff --git a/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp b/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
index 5de13f9..1b8d8ed 100644
--- a/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 #include <fc/log/logger.hpp>
 #include <fc/optional.hpp>
 #include <exception>
+#include <functional>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-
 namespace fc
 {
    namespace detail { class exception_impl; }
@@ -292,6 +292,13 @@ namespace fc
 
   std::string except_str();
 
+  void record_assert_trip(
+     const char* filename,
+     uint32_t lineno,
+     const char* expr
+     );
+
+  extern bool enable_record_assert_trip;
 } // namespace fc
 
 #if __APPLE__
@@ -313,7 +320,11 @@ namespace fc
   FC_EXPAND_MACRO( \
     FC_MULTILINE_MACRO_BEGIN \
       if( UNLIKELY(!(TEST)) ) \
+      {                                                                      \
+        if( fc::enable_record_assert_trip )                                  \
+           fc::record_assert_trip( __FILE__, __LINE__, #TEST );              \
         FC_THROW_EXCEPTION( fc::assert_exception, #TEST ": "  __VA_ARGS__ ); \
+      }                                                                      \
     FC_MULTILINE_MACRO_END \
   )
 
diff --git a/src/exception.cpp b/src/exception.cpp
index 922fad0..79b37ae 100644
--- a/src/exception.cpp
+++ b/src/exception.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include <fc/log/logger.hpp>
 #include <fc/io/json.hpp>
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 namespace fc
 {
    FC_REGISTER_EXCEPTIONS( (timeout_exception)
@@ -228,4 +230,24 @@ namespace fc
       return *this;
    }
 
+   void record_assert_trip(
+      const char* filename,
+      uint32_t lineno,
+      const char* expr
+      )
+   {
+      fc::mutable_variant_object assert_trip_info =
+         fc::mutable_variant_object()
+         ("source_file", filename)
+         ("source_lineno", lineno)
+         ("expr", expr)
+         ;
+      std::cout
+         << "FC_ASSERT triggered:  "
+         << fc::json::to_string( assert_trip_info ) << "\n";
+      return;
+   }
+
+   bool enable_record_assert_trip = false;
+
 } // fc