diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
index d2b95a91014df3381db42d0e371d733f94c16afd..7dc3e3d67ed216e24a0bc52dbfe1a36c01a0c9d4 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 # Default is to retry 25 times with exponential backoff. That's too much.
 Sidekiq.default_worker_options = { retry: 3 }
 
+if Rails.env.development?
+  Sidekiq.default_worker_options[:backtrace] = true
+end
+
 enable_json_logs = Gitlab.config.sidekiq.log_format == 'json'
 
 Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|