diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41843d8..fa6646a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-## 1.2.1-wip
+## 1.3.0-wip
 
+* Override empty stack traces for trace level events.
 * Require Dart 3.2
 
 ## 1.2.0
diff --git a/lib/src/logger.dart b/lib/src/logger.dart
index bf27f50..d9fa254 100644
--- a/lib/src/logger.dart
+++ b/lib/src/logger.dart
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ class Logger {
   /// was made. This can be advantageous if a log listener wants to handler
   /// records of different zones differently (e.g. group log records by HTTP
   /// request if each HTTP request handler runs in it's own zone).
+  ///
+  /// If this record is logged at a level equal to or higher than
+  /// [recordStackTraceAtLevel] and [stackTrace] is `null` or [StackTrace.empty]
+  /// it will be defaulted to the current stack trace for this call.
   void log(Level logLevel, Object? message,
       [Object? error, StackTrace? stackTrace, Zone? zone]) {
     Object? object;
@@ -218,7 +222,8 @@ class Logger {
         object = message;
       }
 
-      if (stackTrace == null && logLevel >= recordStackTraceAtLevel) {
+      if ((stackTrace == null || stackTrace == StackTrace.empty) &&
+          logLevel >= recordStackTraceAtLevel) {
         stackTrace = StackTrace.current;
         error ??= 'autogenerated stack trace for $logLevel $msg';
       }
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 6d05e98..bb3ff1a 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: logging
-version: 1.2.1-wip
+version: 1.3.0-wip
 description: >-
   Provides APIs for debugging and error logging, similar to loggers in other
   languages, such as the Closure JS Logger and java.util.logging.Logger.
diff --git a/test/logging_test.dart b/test/logging_test.dart
index 7edabb0..6bff3d8 100644
--- a/test/logging_test.dart
+++ b/test/logging_test.dart
@@ -690,6 +690,22 @@ void main() {
       expect(records[2].stackTrace, isNull);
     });
 
+    test('defaults a missing trace', () {
+      final records = <LogRecord>[];
+      recordStackTraceAtLevel = Level.SEVERE;
+      root.onRecord.listen(records.add);
+      root.severe('hello');
+      expect(records.single.stackTrace, isNotNull);
+    });
+
+    test('defaults an empty trace', () {
+      final records = <LogRecord>[];
+      recordStackTraceAtLevel = Level.SEVERE;
+      root.onRecord.listen(records.add);
+      root.severe('hello', 'error', StackTrace.empty);
+      expect(records.single.stackTrace, isNot(StackTrace.empty));
+    });
+
     test('provided trace is used if given', () {
       final trace = StackTrace.current;
       final records = <LogRecord>[];