diff --git a/include/haproxy/bug.h b/include/haproxy/bug.h
index d34744869..a716568f9 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/bug.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/bug.h
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ enum tainted_flags {
 	TAINTED_SHARED_LIBS            = 0x00000040, /* a shared library was loaded */
 	TAINTED_REDEFINITION           = 0x00000080, /* symbol redefinition detected */
 	TAINTED_REPLACED_MEM_ALLOCATOR = 0x00000100, /* memory allocator was replaced using LD_PRELOAD */
+	TAINTED_PANIC                  = 0x00000200, /* a panic dump has started */
 };
 
 /* this is a bit field made of TAINTED_*, and is declared in haproxy.c */
diff --git a/src/debug.c b/src/debug.c
index a7e3dfd10..5598d212d 100644
--- a/src/debug.c
+++ b/src/debug.c
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ void ha_panic()
 	struct buffer *old;
 	unsigned int thr;
 
+	mark_tainted(TAINTED_PANIC);
+
 	old = NULL;
 	if (!HA_ATOMIC_CAS(&thread_dump_buffer, &old, get_trash_chunk())) {
 		/* a panic dump is already in progress, let's not disturb it,