diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/backtracer.h b/include/spdlog/details/backtracer.h
index 91dfea90..e09c6128 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/backtracer.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/backtracer.h
@@ -17,13 +17,19 @@ namespace details {
 class backtracer
 {
     std::mutex mutex_;
+    size_t n_messages_;
     circular_q<log_msg_buffer> messages_;
 
 public:
-    explicit backtracer(size_t n_message)
-        : messages_{n_message}
+    explicit backtracer(size_t n_messages)
+        : n_messages_{n_messages}, messages_{n_messages}
     {}
 
+    size_t n_messages()
+    {
+        return n_messages_;
+    }
+
     void add(const log_msg &msg)
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock{mutex_};
diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
index cc7be86d..0c380c1d 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE logger::logger(const logger &other)
     , flush_level_(other.flush_level_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
     , custom_err_handler_(other.custom_err_handler_)
     , tracer_(other.tracer_)
-{}
+{
+    if(other.tracer_)
+    {
+        enable_backtrace(other.tracer_->n_messages());
+    }
+}
 
 SPDLOG_INLINE logger::logger(logger &&other) SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT : name_(std::move(other.name_)),
                                                                sinks_(std::move(other.sinks_)),