diff --git a/common/debug.go b/common/debug.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69675cc6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/debug.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"runtime/debug"
+)
+
+func Report(extra ...interface{}) {
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "You've encountered a sought after, hard to reproduce bug. Please report this to the developers <3 https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues")
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, extra...)
+
+	_, file, line, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%v:%v\n", file, line)
+
+	debug.PrintStack()
+
+	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "#### BUG! PLEASE REPORT ####")
+}