diff --git a/odoo/service/server.py b/odoo/service/server.py
index 9c4eafcc948..e6ad74bd027 100644
--- a/odoo/service/server.py
+++ b/odoo/service/server.py
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ class ThreadedServer(CommonServer):
                         # We wait there is no processing requests
                         # other than the ones exceeding the limits, up to 1 min,
                         # before asking for a reload.
+                        _logger.info('Dumping stacktrace of limit exceeding threads before reloading')
+                        dumpstacks(thread_idents=[thread.ident for thread in self.limits_reached_threads])
                         self.reload()
                         # `reload` increments `self.quit_signals_received`
                         # and the loop will end after this iteration,
diff --git a/odoo/tools/misc.py b/odoo/tools/misc.py
index a551d8d829b..e8bf26b4af3 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/misc.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/misc.py
@@ -909,8 +909,10 @@ class ConstantMapping(Mapping):
         return self._value
 
 
-def dumpstacks(sig=None, frame=None):
-    """ Signal handler: dump a stack trace for each existing thread."""
+def dumpstacks(sig=None, frame=None, thread_idents=None):
+    """ Signal handler: dump a stack trace for each existing thread or given
+    thread(s) specified through the ``thread_idents`` sequence.
+    """
     code = []
 
     def extract_stack(stack):
@@ -927,14 +929,15 @@ def dumpstacks(sig=None, frame=None):
                                'url': getattr(th, 'url', 'n/a')}
                     for th in threading.enumerate()}
     for threadId, stack in sys._current_frames().items():
-        thread_info = threads_info.get(threadId, {})
-        code.append("\n# Thread: %s (db:%s) (uid:%s) (url:%s)" %
-                    (thread_info.get('repr', threadId),
-                     thread_info.get('dbname', 'n/a'),
-                     thread_info.get('uid', 'n/a'),
-                     thread_info.get('url', 'n/a')))
-        for line in extract_stack(stack):
-            code.append(line)
+        if not thread_idents or threadId in thread_idents:
+            thread_info = threads_info.get(threadId, {})
+            code.append("\n# Thread: %s (db:%s) (uid:%s) (url:%s)" %
+                        (thread_info.get('repr', threadId),
+                         thread_info.get('dbname', 'n/a'),
+                         thread_info.get('uid', 'n/a'),
+                         thread_info.get('url', 'n/a')))
+            for line in extract_stack(stack):
+                code.append(line)
 
     if odoo.evented:
         # code from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12510648/in-gevent-how-can-i-dump-stack-traces-of-all-running-greenlets