diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index c09f90c101b..9d18fc5db80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: vcpkg build
       uses: johnwason/vcpkg-action@v6
       with:
-        pkgs: fcl bullet3[multithreading,double-precision,rtti] octomap console-bridge eigen3 yaml-cpp benchmark tinyxml2 assimp orocos-kdl pcl lapack-reference boost-dll boost-filesystem boost-filesystem boost-serialization boost-program-options boost-graph urdfdom ccd[double-precision] gtest
+        pkgs: fcl bullet3[multithreading,double-precision,rtti] octomap console-bridge eigen3 yaml-cpp benchmark tinyxml2 assimp orocos-kdl pcl lapack-reference boost-dll boost-filesystem boost-filesystem boost-serialization boost-program-options boost-graph boost-stacktrace urdfdom ccd[double-precision] gtest
         triplet: x64-windows-release
         extra-args: --clean-after-build
         token: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/tesseract_common/CMakeLists.txt b/tesseract_common/CMakeLists.txt
index 5dc4eb1dca9..0086d22d993 100644
--- a/tesseract_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tesseract_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,22 @@ endif()
 include(cmake/tesseract_macros.cmake)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/")
 
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem serialization)
+if(WIN32)
+  set(TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_DEFINITION BOOST_STACKTRACE_USE_WINDBG)
+  set(TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_COMPONENT stacktrace_windbg)
+  # set(TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_LIB Boost::stacktrace_windbg)
+else()
+  set(TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_DEFINITION BOOST_STACKTRACE_USE_BACKTRACE)
+  set(TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_COMPONENT stacktrace_backtrace)
+  set(TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_LIB Boost::stacktrace_backtrace)
+endif()
+
+find_package(
+  Boost REQUIRED
+  COMPONENTS system
+             filesystem
+             serialization
+             ${TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_COMPONENT})
 find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
 find_package(TinyXML2 REQUIRED)
 find_package(yaml-cpp REQUIRED)
@@ -66,10 +81,11 @@ target_link_libraries(
          Boost::system
          Boost::filesystem
          Boost::serialization
+         ${TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_LIB}
          console_bridge::console_bridge
          yaml-cpp)
 target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${TESSERACT_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PUBLIC})
-target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${TESSERACT_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS})
+target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${TESSERACT_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS} ${TESSERACT_BACKTRACE_DEFINITION})
 target_clang_tidy(${PROJECT_NAME} ENABLE ${TESSERACT_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY})
 target_cxx_version(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC VERSION ${TESSERACT_CXX_VERSION})
 target_code_coverage(
diff --git a/tesseract_common/include/tesseract_common/type_erasure.h b/tesseract_common/include/tesseract_common/type_erasure.h
index 3ff546eba26..fc676d1a016 100644
--- a/tesseract_common/include/tesseract_common/type_erasure.h
+++ b/tesseract_common/include/tesseract_common/type_erasure.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <typeindex>
+#include <boost/stacktrace.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/base_object.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/nvp.hpp>
 #include <boost/serialization/assume_abstract.hpp>
@@ -218,7 +219,8 @@ struct TypeErasureBase
   {
     if (getType() != typeid(T))
       throw std::runtime_error("TypeErasureBase, tried to cast '" + std::string(getType().name()) + "' to '" +
-                               std::string(typeid(T).name()) + "'!");
+                               std::string(typeid(T).name()) + "'\nBacktrace:\n" +
+                               boost::stacktrace::to_string(boost::stacktrace::stacktrace()) + "\n");
 
     auto* p = static_cast<uncvref_t<T>*>(value_->recover());
     return *p;
@@ -229,7 +231,8 @@ struct TypeErasureBase
   {
     if (getType() != typeid(T))
       throw std::runtime_error("TypeErasureBase, tried to cast '" + std::string(getType().name()) + "' to '" +
-                               std::string(typeid(T).name()) + "'!");
+                               std::string(typeid(T).name()) + "'\nBacktrace:\n" +
+                               boost::stacktrace::to_string(boost::stacktrace::stacktrace()) + "\n");
 
     const auto* p = static_cast<const uncvref_t<T>*>(value_->recover());
     return *p;