diff --git a/cmd/tiller/tiller.go b/cmd/tiller/tiller.go
index 2c0e1dd9ae21c7588fcd7d79698374dc92572ad2..b00cddba03417df8fe3c0bbf467ff1a20d288f36 100644
--- a/cmd/tiller/tiller.go
+++ b/cmd/tiller/tiller.go
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ var rootServer = grpc.NewServer()
 var env = environment.New()
 
 var (
-	addr  = ":44134"
-	probe = ":44135"
-	store = storageConfigMap
+	grpcAddr      = ":44134"
+	probeAddr     = ":44135"
+	traceAddr     = ":44136"
+	enableTracing = false
+	store         = storageConfigMap
 )
 
 const globalUsage = `The Kubernetes Helm server.
@@ -67,8 +69,9 @@ var rootCommand = &cobra.Command{
 
 func main() {
 	pf := rootCommand.PersistentFlags()
-	pf.StringVarP(&addr, "listen", "l", ":44134", "The address:port to listen on")
+	pf.StringVarP(&grpcAddr, "listen", "l", ":44134", "The address:port to listen on")
 	pf.StringVar(&store, "storage", storageConfigMap, "The storage driver to use. One of 'configmap' or 'memory'")
+	pf.BoolVar(&enableTracing, "trace", false, "Enable rpc tracing")
 	rootCommand.Execute()
 }
 
@@ -84,16 +87,20 @@ func start(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		env.Releases = storage.Init(driver.NewConfigMaps(c.ConfigMaps(environment.TillerNamespace)))
 	}
 
-	lstn, err := net.Listen("tcp", addr)
+	lstn, err := net.Listen("tcp", grpcAddr)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Server died: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("Tiller is running on %s\n", addr)
-	fmt.Printf("Tiller probes server is running on %s\n", probe)
+	fmt.Printf("Tiller is listening on %s\n", grpcAddr)
+	fmt.Printf("Probes server is listening on %s\n", probeAddr)
 	fmt.Printf("Storage driver is %s\n", env.Releases.Name())
 
+	if enableTracing {
+		startTracing(traceAddr)
+	}
+
 	srvErrCh := make(chan error)
 	probeErrCh := make(chan error)
 	go func() {
@@ -104,7 +111,7 @@ func start(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 	go func() {
 		mux := newProbesMux()
-		if err := http.ListenAndServe(probe, mux); err != nil {
+		if err := http.ListenAndServe(probeAddr, mux); err != nil {
 			probeErrCh <- err
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/cmd/tiller/trace.go b/cmd/tiller/trace.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9e0583f2f47082acec6644e8bc48e02de009569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/tiller/trace.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package main // import "k8s.io/helm/cmd/tiller"
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	_ "net/http/pprof"
+
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+)
+
+func startTracing(addr string) {
+	fmt.Printf("Tracing server is listening on %s\n", addr)
+	grpc.EnableTracing = true
+
+	http.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/" {
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+		w.Write([]byte(traceIndexHTML))
+	})
+
+	go func() {
+		if err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, nil); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("tracing error: %s", err)
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+const traceIndexHTML = `<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <body>
+    <ul>
+      <li><a href="/debug/requests">requests</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/debug/events">events</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/debug/pprof">pprof</a></li>
+      <li><a href="/debug/vars">vars</a></li>
+    </ul>
+  </body>
+</html>
+`