diff --git a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/Cargo.lock b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/Cargo.lock
index f60fc60a5ad8..d9d1b2f15d2a 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e61f2b7f93d2c7d2b08263acaa4a363b3e276806c68af6134c44f523bf1aacd"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "adler"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -297,6 +306,21 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.61"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7a905d892734eea339e896738c14b9afce22b5318f64b951e70bf3844419b01"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if 1.0.0",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -862,6 +886,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0a01e0497841a3b2db4f8afa483cce65f7e96a3498bd6c541734792aeac8fe7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gloo-timers"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1474,6 +1504,15 @@ name = "nvpair-sys"
 version = "0.4.0"
 source = "git+https://github.com/ahrens/rust-libzfs?branch=work#9f6ff365ca4812440f414eb534279c9c1566c0ae"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.26.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39f37e50073ccad23b6d09bcb5b263f4e76d3bb6038e4a3c08e52162ffa8abc2"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -1849,6 +1888,12 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3e52c148ef37f8c375d49d5a73aa70713125b7f19095948a923f80afdeb22ec2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ef03e0a2b150c7a90d01faf6254c9c48a41e95fb2a8c2ac1c6f0d2b9aefc342"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -2534,6 +2579,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
+ "backtrace",
  "bincode",
  "chrono",
  "config",
diff --git a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/zettacache/Cargo.toml b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/zettacache/Cargo.toml
index 9347bb447376..4d9edebbb8d4 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/zettacache/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/zettacache/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-stream = "0.3.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.51"
+backtrace = "0.3"
 bincode = "1.3.2"
 chrono = "0.4"
 config = "0.11"
diff --git a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/zettacache/src/die.rs b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/zettacache/src/die.rs
index e88501ae56ee..c0f65caf2fc8 100644
--- a/cmd/zfs_object_agent/zettacache/src/die.rs
+++ b/cmd/zfs_object_agent/zettacache/src/die.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 //! caller and having it "always" die on that caller.
 
 use crate::get_tunable;
+use backtrace::Backtrace;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use log::*;
 use std::{
@@ -69,8 +70,10 @@ where
             }
             if location == *DIE_LOCATION {
                 let msg = f();
-                warn!("exiting to test failure handling: {}", msg);
-                panic!("exiting to test failure handling: {}", msg);
+                let backtrace = Backtrace::new();
+                warn!("exiting to test failure handling: {} {:?}", msg, backtrace);
+                println!("exiting to test failure handling: {} {:?}", msg, backtrace);
+                std::process::exit(0);
             }
         }
     }