diff --git a/Framework/Core/src/runDataProcessing.cxx b/Framework/Core/src/runDataProcessing.cxx
index 933eb1dda52cf..4cec8c63fe856 100644
--- a/Framework/Core/src/runDataProcessing.cxx
+++ b/Framework/Core/src/runDataProcessing.cxx
@@ -2741,9 +2741,20 @@ void enableSignposts(std::string const& signpostsToEnable)
     auto* log = (_o2_log_t*)l;
     auto* selectedName = (char const*)context;
     std::string prefix = "ch.cern.aliceo2.";
-    if (strcmp(name, (prefix + selectedName).data()) == 0) {
-      LOGP(info, "Enabling signposts for stream \"ch.cern.aliceo2.{}\"", selectedName);
-      _o2_log_set_stacktrace(log, 1);
+    auto* last = strchr(selectedName, ':');
+    int maxDepth = 1;
+    if (last) {
+      char* err;
+      maxDepth = strtol(last + 1, &err, 10);
+      if (*(last + 1) == '\0' || *err != '\0') {
+        maxDepth = 1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    auto fullName = prefix + std::string{selectedName, last ? last - selectedName : strlen(selectedName)};
+    if (strncmp(name, fullName.data(), fullName.size()) == 0) {
+      LOGP(info, "Enabling signposts for stream \"{}\" with depth {}.", fullName, maxDepth);
+      _o2_log_set_stacktrace(log, maxDepth);
       return false;
     } else {
       LOGP(info, "Signpost stream \"{}\" disabled. Enable it with o2-log -p {} -a {}", name, pid, (void*)&log->stacktrace);
diff --git a/Framework/Foundation/include/Framework/Signpost.h b/Framework/Foundation/include/Framework/Signpost.h
index 5e844ce01b20c..74368f73c382e 100644
--- a/Framework/Foundation/include/Framework/Signpost.h
+++ b/Framework/Foundation/include/Framework/Signpost.h
@@ -381,7 +381,8 @@ void _o2_signpost_event_emit(_o2_log_t* log, _o2_signpost_id_t id, char const* n
   O2_LOG_MACRO("%s", prebuffer);
   if (log->stacktrace > 1) {
     void* traces[o2::framework::BacktraceHelpers::MAX_BACKTRACE_SIZE];
-    int maxBacktrace = backtrace(traces, o2::framework::BacktraceHelpers::MAX_BACKTRACE_SIZE);
+    // We add one extra frame, because one is for the logging
+    int maxBacktrace = backtrace(traces, (log->stacktrace + 1) < o2::framework::BacktraceHelpers::MAX_BACKTRACE_SIZE ? (log->stacktrace + 1) : o2::framework::BacktraceHelpers::MAX_BACKTRACE_SIZE);
     o2::framework::BacktraceHelpers::demangled_backtrace_symbols(traces, maxBacktrace, STDERR_FILENO);
   }
 }