diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index fca351cd..a952120c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1509,6 +1509,7 @@ Ville Skytt
  for removing the obsolete "ca.conf" section from vdr.1
  for making the cLircRemote try to reestablish the connection to the LIRC daemon
  in case it breaks
+ for enabling generating a core dump if VDR is run with a different user id
 
 Steffen Beyer <cpunk@reactor.de>
  for fixing setting the colored button help after deleting a recording in case the next
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index a9498ab6..b70e7780 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -4305,3 +4305,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   when you call 'runvdr'.
 - Fixed multiple entries of the same subdirectory in the "Recordings" menu
   (reported by Christian Jacobsen).
+- Enabled generating a core dump if VDR is run with a different user id (thanks
+  to Ville Skyttä).
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 4a405bfb..5e17a37d 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.248 2006/02/04 14:49:12 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.249 2006/02/05 12:57:10 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ static bool SetUser(const char *UserName)
         fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cannot set user id %u: %s\n", (unsigned int)user->pw_uid, strerror(errno));
         return false;
         }
+     if (prctl(PR_SET_DUMPABLE, 2, 0, 0, 0) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "vdr: warning - cannot set dumpable: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+        // always non-fatal, and will not work with kernel < 2.6.13
+        }
      }
   return true;
 }