diff --git a/packages/common/error.js b/packages/common/error.js
index 353a4a1763ade6b97a578ca2f796e0c6c049dd6e..e69f158d5a39ac69807b76d943d0bf2d045ae4d6 100644
--- a/packages/common/error.js
+++ b/packages/common/error.js
@@ -132,3 +132,14 @@ export const errorMixin = {
         }
     }
 };
+
+/**
+ * Returns the stack trace as array
+ *
+ * @returns {string[]}
+ */
+export const getStackTrace = () => {
+    let stack = new Error().stack || '';
+    stack = stack.split('\n').map(function (line) { return line.trim(); });
+    return stack.splice(stack[0] === 'Error' ? 2 : 1);
+}