diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 776d95c3c745..9fb3f5385dcb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1236,6 +1236,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "remote_storage",
  "reqwest 0.12.4",
+ "rlimit",
  "rust-ini",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -4901,6 +4902,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rlimit"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3560f70f30a0f16d11d01ed078a07740fe6b489667abc7c7b029155d9f21c3d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "routerify"
 version = "3.0.0"
diff --git a/compute_tools/Cargo.toml b/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
index 8f96530a9deb..8ceb8f2ad216 100644
--- a/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/compute_tools/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ vm_monitor = { version = "0.1", path = "../libs/vm_monitor/" }
 zstd = "0.13"
 bytes = "1.0"
 rust-ini = "0.20.0"
+rlimit = "0.10.1"
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
index 7bf5db5a57be..f4c396a85d84 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/bin/compute_ctl.rs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ use compute_tools::monitor::launch_monitor;
 use compute_tools::params::*;
 use compute_tools::spec::*;
 use compute_tools::swap::resize_swap;
+use rlimit::{setrlimit, Resource};
 
 // this is an arbitrary build tag. Fine as a default / for testing purposes
 // in-case of not-set environment var
@@ -72,6 +73,9 @@ const BUILD_TAG_DEFAULT: &str = "latest";
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let (build_tag, clap_args) = init()?;
 
+    // enable core dumping for all child processes
+    setrlimit(Resource::CORE, rlimit::INFINITY, rlimit::INFINITY)?;
+
     let (pg_handle, start_pg_result) = {
         // Enter startup tracing context
         let _startup_context_guard = startup_context_from_env();
diff --git a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
index eced6fc0b2e7..1112795d3034 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/compute.rs
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ impl ComputeNode {
     // EKS worker nodes have following core dump settings:
     //   /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern -> core
     //   /proc/sys/kernel/core_uses_pid -> 1
-    //   ulimint -c -> unlimited
+    //   ulimit -c -> unlimited
     // which results in core dumps being written to postgres data directory as core.<pid>.
     //
     // Use that as a default location and pattern, except macos where core dumps are written