diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7012acede..7c5074bbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### Improvements
 
+* (baseapp) [\#9578](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9578) Return `Baseapp`'s `trace` value for logging error stack traces.
 * (x/auth) [\#9553] (https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9553) The `--multisig` flag now accepts both a name and address.
 * (gRPC-Web) [\#9493](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/9493) Add `EnableUnsafeCORS` flag to grpc-web config.
 * (x/params) [\#9481](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/9481) Speedup simulator for parameter change proposals.
diff --git a/baseapp/baseapp.go b/baseapp/baseapp.go
index 6c66e6e00..ba5ec2696 100644
--- a/baseapp/baseapp.go
+++ b/baseapp/baseapp.go
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ 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 }