diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/Thread.java b/libjava/java/lang/Thread.java
index 7dbabcf56c5..68dc24462cf 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/Thread.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/Thread.java
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ public class Thread implements Runnable
   public native int countStackFrames ();
   public static native Thread currentThread ();
   public native void destroy ();
-  public static native void dumpStack ();
+  
+  public static void dumpStack ()
+  {
+    (new Exception ("Stack trace")).printStackTrace ();
+  }
 
   public static int enumerate (Thread[] threads)
   {
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/natThread.cc b/libjava/java/lang/natThread.cc
index 741f2b587e8..6d052173dc6 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/natThread.cc
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/natThread.cc
@@ -122,15 +122,6 @@ java::lang::Thread::destroy (void)
   JvFail ("java::lang::Thread::destroy unimplemented");
 }
 
-void
-java::lang::Thread::dumpStack (void)
-{
-  // We don't implement this because it is very hard.  Once we have a
-  // VM, this could potentially ask the VM to do the dump in cases
-  // where it makes sense.
-  JvFail ("java::lang::Thread::dumpStack unimplemented");
-}
-
 void
 java::lang::Thread::interrupt (void)
 {