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diff --git a/Debug/Trace.hs b/Debug/Trace.hs
index 3e369f5..accf247 100644
--- a/Debug/Trace.hs
+++ b/Debug/Trace.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import System.IO (hPutStrLn,stderr)
 #endif
 
 -- | 'putTraceMsg' function outputs the trace message from IO monad.
--- Usually the output stream is 'stderr' but if the function is called
+-- Usually the output stream is 'System.IO.stderr' but if the function is called
 -- from Windows GUI application then the output will be directed to the Windows
 -- debug console.
 putTraceMsg :: String -> IO ()
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ putTraceMsg msg = do
      withCString msg  $ \cmsg ->
       debugBelch cfmt cmsg
 
-foreign import ccall unsafe debugBelch :: CString -> CString -> IO ()
+foreign import ccall unsafe "RtsMessages.h debugBelch"
+   debugBelch :: CString -> CString -> IO ()
 #endif
 
 {-# NOINLINE trace #-}
@@ -56,3 +57,11 @@ trace :: String -> a -> a
 trace string expr = unsafePerformIO $ do
     putTraceMsg string
     return expr
+
+{-|
+Like 'trace', but uses 'show' on the argument to convert it to a 'String'.
+
+> traceShow = trace . show
+-}
+traceShow :: (Show a) => a -> b -> b
+traceShow = trace . show