diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c21b5d5c8530..4e4f29d64a0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Improvements
+
+* (baseapp) [\#9578](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9578) Return `Baseapp`'s `trace` value for logging error stack traces.
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
 * [\#9299](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9299) Fix `[appd] keys parse cosmos1...` freezing.
 
 ## [v0.42.6](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/releases/tag/v0.42.6) - 2021-06-18
diff --git a/baseapp/baseapp.go b/baseapp/baseapp.go
index a79aed801b6f..f52f377eda30 100644
--- a/baseapp/baseapp.go
+++ b/baseapp/baseapp.go
@@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ func (app *BaseApp) Logger() log.Logger {
 	return app.logger
 }
 
+// Trace returns the boolean value for logging error stack traces.
+func (app *BaseApp) Trace() bool {
+	return app.trace
+}
+
 // MsgServiceRouter returns the MsgServiceRouter of a BaseApp.
 func (app *BaseApp) MsgServiceRouter() *MsgServiceRouter { return app.msgServiceRouter }