diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 5e452974adb0..4805f02c0809 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # by the RUSTDOCFLAGS env var in CI.
 rustdocflags = ["-Arustdoc::private_intra_doc_links"]
 
+# Enable frame pointers. This may have a minor performance overhead, but makes
+# stack traces (and thus profiling) much faster. With continuous profiling, this
+# is likely a net win, and may allow higher profiling resolution.
+rustflags = ["-Cforce-frame-pointers=yes"]
+
 [alias]
 build_testing = ["build", "--features", "testing"]
 neon = ["run", "--bin", "neon_local"]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 885f02ba8190..197808d5ae0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ parquet = { version = "53", default-features = false, features = ["zstd"] }
 parquet_derive = "53"
 pbkdf2 = { version = "0.12.1", features = ["simple", "std"] }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
-pprof = { version = "0.14", features = ["criterion", "flamegraph", "protobuf", "protobuf-codec"] }
+pprof = { version = "0.14", features = ["criterion", "flamegraph", "frame-pointer", "protobuf", "protobuf-codec"] }
 procfs = "0.16"
 prometheus = {version = "0.13", default-features=false, features = ["process"]} # removes protobuf dependency
 prost = "0.13"
@@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ tokio-postgres = { git = "https://github.com/neondatabase/rust-postgres.git", br
 [profile.release]
 # This is useful for profiling and, to some extent, debug.
 # Besides, debug info should not affect the performance.
+#
+# NB: we also enable frame pointers for improved profiling, see .cargo/config.toml.
 debug = true
 
 # disable debug symbols for all packages except this one to decrease binaries size