diff --git a/doc/source/deployment_guide.rst b/doc/source/deployment_guide.rst
index 0dc88eda60..7d1205befe 100644
--- a/doc/source/deployment_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/deployment_guide.rst
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ disable_fallocate    false       Disable "fast fail" fallocate checks if the
                                  underlying filesystem does not support it.
 log_custom_handlers  None        Comma-separated list of functions to call
                                  to setup custom log handlers.
+eventlet_debug       false       If true, turn on debug logging for eventlet
 ===================  ==========  =============================================
 
 [object-server]
@@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ disable_fallocate    false       Disable "fast fail" fallocate checks if the
                                  underlying filesystem does not support it.
 log_custom_handlers  None        Comma-separated list of functions to call
                                  to setup custom log handlers.
+eventlet_debug       false       If true, turn on debug logging for eventlet
 ===================  ==========  ============================================
 
 [container-server]
@@ -446,6 +448,7 @@ disable_fallocate    false       Disable "fast fail" fallocate checks if the
                                  underlying filesystem does not support it.
 log_custom_handlers  None        Comma-separated list of functions to call
                                  to setup custom log handlers.
+eventlet_debug       false       If true, turn on debug logging for eventlet
 ===================  ==========  =============================================
 
 [account-server]
@@ -545,6 +548,8 @@ cors_allow_origin                              This is a list of hosts that
 log_custom_handlers           None             Comma separated list of functions
                                                to call to setup custom log
                                                handlers.
+eventlet_debug                false            If true, turn on debug logging
+                                               for eventlet
 ============================  ===============  =============================
 
 [proxy-server]
diff --git a/doc/source/development_saio.rst b/doc/source/development_saio.rst
index 95776db5dd..18de01c105 100755
--- a/doc/source/development_saio.rst
+++ b/doc/source/development_saio.rst
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         bind_port = 8080
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL1
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = healthcheck cache tempauth proxy-logging proxy-server
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL2
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon account-server
@@ -364,6 +366,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL3
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift2
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon account-server
@@ -391,6 +394,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL4
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift3
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon account-server
@@ -418,6 +422,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL5
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift4
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon account-server
@@ -445,6 +450,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL2
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon container-server
@@ -474,6 +480,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL3
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift2
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon container-server
@@ -503,6 +510,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL4
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift3
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon container-server
@@ -532,6 +540,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL5
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift4
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon container-server
@@ -562,6 +571,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL2
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon object-server
@@ -589,6 +599,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL3
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift2
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon object-server
@@ -616,6 +627,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL4
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift3
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon object-server
@@ -643,6 +655,7 @@ Sample configuration files are provided with all defaults in line-by-line commen
         user = <your-user-name>
         log_facility = LOG_LOCAL5
         recon_cache_path = /var/cache/swift4
+        eventlet_debug = true
 
         [pipeline:main]
         pipeline = recon object-server
diff --git a/etc/account-server.conf-sample b/etc/account-server.conf-sample
index 5514807df0..c1c02256be 100644
--- a/etc/account-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/account-server.conf-sample
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 # If you don't mind the extra disk space usage in overhead, you can turn this
 # on to preallocate disk space with SQLite databases to decrease fragmentation.
 # db_preallocation = off
+# eventlet_debug = false
 
 [pipeline:main]
 pipeline = healthcheck recon account-server
diff --git a/etc/container-server.conf-sample b/etc/container-server.conf-sample
index 06a7487449..e718bb3509 100644
--- a/etc/container-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/container-server.conf-sample
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 # If you don't mind the extra disk space usage in overhead, you can turn this
 # on to preallocate disk space with SQLite databases to decrease fragmentation.
 # db_preallocation = off
+# eventlet_debug = false
 
 [pipeline:main]
 pipeline = healthcheck recon container-server
diff --git a/etc/object-server.conf-sample b/etc/object-server.conf-sample
index ff1772a77b..6c0635c5bd 100644
--- a/etc/object-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/object-server.conf-sample
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 # log_statsd_port = 8125
 # log_statsd_default_sample_rate = 1
 # log_statsd_metric_prefix =
+# eventlet_debug = false
 
 [pipeline:main]
 pipeline = healthcheck recon object-server
diff --git a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
index e48ec915a7..4b48029ada 100644
--- a/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/proxy-server.conf-sample
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 # log_statsd_metric_prefix =
 # Use a comma separated list of full url (http://foo.bar:1234,https://foo.bar)
 # cors_allow_origin =
+# eventlet_debug = false
 
 [pipeline:main]
 pipeline = catch_errors healthcheck cache ratelimit tempauth proxy-logging proxy-server
diff --git a/swift/common/daemon.py b/swift/common/daemon.py
index e28b5b8a4d..009619cc78 100644
--- a/swift/common/daemon.py
+++ b/swift/common/daemon.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import sys
 import signal
 from re import sub
 
+import eventlet.debug
+
 from swift.common import utils
 
 
@@ -89,6 +91,10 @@ def run_daemon(klass, conf_file, section_name='', once=False, **kwargs):
     if utils.config_true_value(conf.get('disable_fallocate', 'no')):
         utils.disable_fallocate()
 
+    # By default, disable eventlet printing stacktraces
+    eventlet_debug = utils.config_true_value(conf.get('eventlet_debug', 'no'))
+    eventlet.debug.hub_exceptions(eventlet_debug)
+
     try:
         klass(conf).run(once=once, **kwargs)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
diff --git a/swift/common/wsgi.py b/swift/common/wsgi.py
index 54e520a956..4b82b0c40e 100644
--- a/swift/common/wsgi.py
+++ b/swift/common/wsgi.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from itertools import chain
 from StringIO import StringIO
 
 import eventlet
+import eventlet.debug
 from eventlet import greenio, GreenPool, sleep, wsgi, listen
 from paste.deploy import loadapp, appconfig
 from eventlet.green import socket, ssl
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ def run_wsgi(conf_file, app_section, *args, **kwargs):
         wsgi.WRITE_TIMEOUT = int(conf.get('client_timeout') or 60)
         eventlet.hubs.use_hub('poll')
         eventlet.patcher.monkey_patch(all=False, socket=True)
+        eventlet_debug = config_true_value(conf.get('eventlet_debug', 'no'))
+        eventlet.debug.hub_exceptions(eventlet_debug)
         app = loadapp('config:%s' % conf_file,
                       global_conf={'log_name': log_name})
         pool = GreenPool(size=1024)