diff --git a/ext/objspace/lib/objspace/trace.rb b/ext/objspace/lib/objspace/trace.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df803bbae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/objspace/lib/objspace/trace.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# This is a simple tool to enable the object allocation tracer.
+# When you have an object of unknown provenance, you can use this
+# to investigate where the object in question is created.
+#
+# = Important notice
+#
+# This is only for debugging purpose. Do not use this in production.
+# Require'ing this file immediately starts tracing the object allocation,
+# which brings a large performance overhead.
+#
+# = Usage
+#
+# 1. Add `require "objspace/trace"` into your code (or add `-robjspace/trace` into the command line)
+# 2. `p obj` will show the allocation site of `obj`
+#
+# Note: This redefines `Kernel#p` method, but not `Object#inspect`.
+#
+# = Examples
+#
+#   1: require "objspace/trace"
+#   2:
+#   3: obj = "str"
+#   4:
+#   5: p obj  #=> "str" @ test.rb:3
+
+require 'objspace.so'
+
+module Kernel
+  define_method(:p) do |*objs|
+    objs.each do |obj|
+      file = ObjectSpace.allocation_sourcefile(obj)
+      line = ObjectSpace.allocation_sourceline(obj)
+      if file
+        puts "#{ obj.inspect } @ #{ file }:#{ line }"
+      else
+        puts obj.inspect
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations_start
+
+warn "objspace/trace is enabled"
diff --git a/test/objspace/test_objspace.rb b/test/objspace/test_objspace.rb
index 7032798940..7797d199fa 100644
--- a/test/objspace/test_objspace.rb
+++ b/test/objspace/test_objspace.rb
@@ -616,4 +616,20 @@ class TestObjSpace < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_not_include ObjectSpace.dump(Class.new), '"name"'
     assert_not_include ObjectSpace.dump(Module.new), '"name"'
   end
+
+  def test_objspace_trace
+    assert_in_out_err(%w[-robjspace/trace], "#{<<-"begin;"}\n#{<<-'end;'}") do |out, err|
+      begin;
+        a = "foo"
+        b = "b" + "a" + "r"
+        c = 42
+        p a, b, c
+      end;
+      assert_equal 3, out.size
+      assert_equal '"foo" @ -:2', out[0]
+      assert_equal '"bar" @ -:3', out[1]
+      assert_equal '42', out[2]
+      assert_equal ["objspace/trace is enabled"], err
+    end
+  end
 end