diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/conf/hadoop-env.sh b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/conf/hadoop-env.sh
index e43cd95b047e..51ee585ba5f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/conf/hadoop-env.sh
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/conf/hadoop-env.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 ## {YARN_xyz|HDFS_xyz} > HADOOP_xyz > hard-coded defaults
 ##
 
+# Enable core dump when crash in C++
+ulimit -c unlimited
+
 # Many of the options here are built from the perspective that users
 # may want to provide OVERWRITING values on the command line.
 # For example: