diff --git a/src/ansys/dpf/core/__init__.py b/src/ansys/dpf/core/__init__.py
index 08a256525f6..98fdbfb43b3 100644
--- a/src/ansys/dpf/core/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansys/dpf/core/__init__.py
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 
 SERVER = None
 SERVER_CONFIGURATION = None
+DEFAULT_SERVER_DEBUG = None
 
 _server_instances = []
 
diff --git a/src/ansys/dpf/core/server_types.py b/src/ansys/dpf/core/server_types.py
index 05964171502..6d114d8c3e5 100644
--- a/src/ansys/dpf/core/server_types.py
+++ b/src/ansys/dpf/core/server_types.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import ctypes
 import io
 import os
-from pathlib import Path
+from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath, PureWindowsPath
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 from ansys.dpf.core._version import min_server_version, server_to_ansys_version
 from ansys.dpf.core.check_version import get_server_version, meets_version, version_requires
 from ansys.dpf.core.server_context import AvailableServerContexts, ServerContext
-from ansys.dpf.gate import data_processing_grpcapi, load_api
+from ansys.dpf.gate import data_processing_capi, data_processing_grpcapi, load_api
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:  # pragma: no cover
     from ansys.dpf.core.server_factory import DockerConfig
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._info_instance = None
         self._docker_config = server_factory.RunningDockerConfig()
         self._server_meet_version = {}
+        if core.DEFAULT_SERVER_DEBUG is not None:
+            self.start_debug(folder_path=core.DEFAULT_SERVER_DEBUG)
 
     def set_as_global(self, as_global=True):
         """Set the current server as global if necessary.
@@ -709,6 +711,32 @@ def __del__(self):
         except:
             warnings.warn(traceback.format_exc())
 
+    def start_debug(self, folder_path: str | Path):
+        """Start writing server-side debug information within the given folder.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        folder_path:
+            Path to a folder server-side where to write debug info.
+
+        """
+        folder_path = (
+            PurePosixPath(folder_path) if self.os == "posix" else PureWindowsPath(folder_path)
+        )
+        api = self.get_api_for_type(
+            capi=data_processing_capi.DataProcessingCAPI,
+            grpcapi=data_processing_grpcapi.DataProcessingGRPCAPI,
+        )
+        api.data_processing_set_debug_trace(text=str(folder_path))
+
+    def stop_debug(self):
+        """Stop writing server-side debug information."""
+        api = self.get_api_for_type(
+            capi=data_processing_capi.DataProcessingCAPI,
+            grpcapi=data_processing_grpcapi.DataProcessingGRPCAPI,
+        )
+        api.data_processing_set_debug_trace(text="")
+
 
 class CServer(BaseServer, ABC):
     """Abstract class for servers going through the DPFClientAPI."""
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index b7ff9a44591..3b4543409fe 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -179,6 +179,20 @@ def test_server_plugins(self, server_config):
         assert isinstance(server_plugins, dict)
         assert "native" in server_plugins.keys()
 
+    def test_server_debug(self, server_config, tmp_path):
+        from pathlib import Path
+
+        server_instance = start_local_server(config=server_config)
+        server_instance.start_debug(tmp_path / Path("DEBUG_TEST_"))
+        f = dpf.core.field_from_array([1.0], server=server_instance)
+        fwd = dpf.core.operators.utility.forward(any=f, server=server_instance)
+        fwd.run()
+        server_instance.stop_debug()
+        debug_folder = sorted(tmp_path.glob("DEBUG_TEST_*"))
+        assert len(debug_folder) == 1
+        init_path = debug_folder[0] / Path("init.log")
+        assert init_path.exists()
+
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     os.name == "posix" or running_docker,