diff --git a/framework/src/play-server/src/main/scala/play/core/server/DevServerStart.scala b/framework/src/play-server/src/main/scala/play/core/server/DevServerStart.scala
index 5bb490950..8a146e8be 100644
--- a/framework/src/play-server/src/main/scala/play/core/server/DevServerStart.scala
+++ b/framework/src/play-server/src/main/scala/play/core/server/DevServerStart.scala
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ object DevServerStart {
            * can be displayed in the user's browser. Failure is usually the result of a compilation error.
            */
           def get: Try[Application] = {
+
+            Thread.dumpStack()
+
             // Block here while the reload happens. Reloading may take seconds or minutes
             // so this is a potentially very long operation!
             // TODO: Make this method return a Future[Application] so we don't need to block more than one thread.