diff --git a/libcontainerd/client_windows.go b/libcontainerd/client_windows.go
index 67ebb5998d..a721b4a8cc 100644
--- a/libcontainerd/client_windows.go
+++ b/libcontainerd/client_windows.go
@@ -439,6 +439,11 @@ func (clnt *client) AddProcess(ctx context.Context, containerID, processFriendly
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		container.debugGCS()
+	}()
+
 	// Note we always tell HCS to
 	// create stdout as it's required regardless of '-i' or '-t' options, so that
 	// docker can always grab the output through logs. We also tell HCS to always
diff --git a/libcontainerd/container_windows.go b/libcontainerd/container_windows.go
index 06f9c82209..5eeb4736f6 100644
--- a/libcontainerd/container_windows.go
+++ b/libcontainerd/container_windows.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func (ctr *container) start(attachStdio StdioCallback) error {
 	logrus.Debugln("libcontainerd: starting container ", ctr.containerID)
 	if err = ctr.hcsContainer.Start(); err != nil {
 		logrus.Errorf("libcontainerd: failed to start container: %s", err)
+		ctr.debugGCS() // Before terminating!
 		if err := ctr.terminate(); err != nil {
 			logrus.Errorf("libcontainerd: failed to cleanup after a failed Start. %s", err)
 		} else {
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ func (ctr *container) start(attachStdio StdioCallback) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	defer func() {
+		ctr.debugGCS()
+	}()
+
 	// Note we always tell HCS to
 	// create stdout as it's required regardless of '-i' or '-t' options, so that
 	// docker can always grab the output through logs. We also tell HCS to always
diff --git a/libcontainerd/utils_windows.go b/libcontainerd/utils_windows.go
index aa2fe422a6..fc2869b6b4 100644
--- a/libcontainerd/utils_windows.go
+++ b/libcontainerd/utils_windows.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package libcontainerd
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	opengcs "github.com/Microsoft/opengcs/client"
+)
 
 // setupEnvironmentVariables converts a string array of environment variables
 // into a map as required by the HCS. Source array is in format [v1=k1] [v2=k2] etc.
@@ -19,3 +23,16 @@ func setupEnvironmentVariables(a []string) map[string]string {
 func (s *LCOWOption) Apply(interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+// DebugGCS is a dirty hack for debugging for Linux Utility VMs. It simply
+// runs a bunch of commands inside the UVM, but seriously aides in advanced debugging.
+func (c *container) debugGCS() {
+	if c == nil || c.isWindows || c.hcsContainer == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	cfg := opengcs.Config{
+		Uvm:               c.hcsContainer,
+		UvmTimeoutSeconds: 600,
+	}
+	cfg.DebugGCS()
+}