diff --git src/glog/logging.h.in src/glog/logging.h.in
index 64bed1a..0ff073f 100644
--- src/glog/logging.h.in
+++ src/glog/logging.h.in
@@ -1676,6 +1676,9 @@ class GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL NullStreamFatal : public NullStream {
 // words, stack traces of other threads won't be shown.
 GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL void InstallFailureSignalHandler();
 
+// Providing stack trace function for upper level.
+GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL std::string GetStackTraceToString();
+
 // Installs a function that is used for writing the failure dump.  "data"
 // is the pointer to the beginning of a message to be written, and "size"
 // is the size of the message.  You should not expect the data is
diff --git src/logging.cc src/logging.cc
index 733ce8c..e988eb9 100644
--- src/logging.cc
+++ src/logging.cc
@@ -2336,4 +2336,13 @@ void DisableLogCleaner() {
   log_cleaner_enabled_ = false;
 }
 
+std::string GetStackTraceToString() {
+  // Collect stacktrace from utilities.
+  std::string stacktrace;
+  // The second parameter stands for skip count. The top stack frames will be
+  // skipped to dump from stack if it's non-zero.
+  DumpStackTraceToString(&stacktrace, 0);
+  return stacktrace;
+}
+
 _END_GOOGLE_NAMESPACE_
diff --git src/utilities.cc src/utilities.cc
index 9a1e35d..3808162 100644
--- src/utilities.cc
+++ src/utilities.cc
@@ -318,8 +318,8 @@ static void MyUserNameInitializer() {
 REGISTER_MODULE_INITIALIZER(utilities, MyUserNameInitializer());
 
 #ifdef HAVE_STACKTRACE
-void DumpStackTraceToString(string* stacktrace) {
-  DumpStackTrace(1, DebugWriteToString, stacktrace);
+void DumpStackTraceToString(string* stacktrace, int depth) {
+  DumpStackTrace(depth, DebugWriteToString, stacktrace);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git src/utilities.h src/utilities.h
index c66f914..39c48e8 100644
--- src/utilities.h
+++ src/utilities.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ inline T sync_val_compare_and_swap(T* ptr, T oldval, T newval) {
 #endif
 }
 
-void DumpStackTraceToString(std::string* stacktrace);
+void DumpStackTraceToString(std::string* stacktrace, int depth = 1);
 
 struct CrashReason {
   CrashReason() : filename(0), line_number(0), message(0), depth(0) {}
diff --git src/windows/glog/logging.h src/windows/glog/logging.h
index 2a739f9..4ff2a79 100755
--- src/windows/glog/logging.h
+++ src/windows/glog/logging.h
@@ -1677,6 +1677,9 @@ class GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL NullStreamFatal : public NullStream {
 // words, stack traces of other threads won't be shown.
 GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL void InstallFailureSignalHandler();

+// Providing stack trace function for upper level.
+GOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL std::string GetStackTraceToString();
+
 // Installs a function that is used for writing the failure dump.  "data"
 // is the pointer to the beginning of a message to be written, and "size"
 // is the size of the message.  You should not expect the data is