diff --git a/guix-data-service/web/server.scm b/guix-data-service/web/server.scm
index 080e747..a7419bf 100644
--- a/guix-data-service/web/server.scm
+++ b/guix-data-service/web/server.scm
@@ -104,6 +104,22 @@
 
   (%guix-data-service-metrics-registry registry)
 
+  (with-exception-handler
+      (lambda (exn)
+        (simple-format #t "failed enabling core dumps: ~A\n" exn))
+    (lambda ()
+      (setrlimit 'core #f #f))
+    #:unwind? #t)
+
+  (let ((core-file
+         (string-append (getcwd) "/core"))
+        (metric
+         (make-gauge-metric registry
+                            "core_dump_file_last_modified_seconds")))
+    (when (file-exists? core-file)
+      (metric-set metric
+                  (stat:mtime (stat core-file)))))
+
   (with-exception-handler
       (lambda (exn)
         (simple-format #t "failed increasing open file limit: ~A\n" exn))