diff --git a/android/proguard-rules.pro b/android/proguard-rules.pro
index 135584425..8d2ba327d 100644
--- a/android/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/android/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 -keepclassmembers class * extends com.watabou.glscripts.Script
 -keepclassmembers class * implements com.watabou.utils.Bundlable
 
+# retained to support meaningful stack traces
+# note that the mapping file must be referenced in order to make sense of line numbers
+# mapping file can be found in core/build/outputs/mapping after running a release build
+-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
+
 # libGDX stuff
 -dontwarn android.support.**
 -dontwarn com.badlogic.gdx.backends.android.AndroidFragmentApplication