diff --git a/nano/lib/utility.cpp b/nano/lib/utility.cpp
index fd71e439..44b61c3f 100644
--- a/nano/lib/utility.cpp
+++ b/nano/lib/utility.cpp
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ void nano::move_all_files_to_dir (boost::filesystem::path const & from, boost::f
 /*
  * Backing code for "release_assert" & "debug_assert", which are macros
  */
-void assert_internal (const char * check_expr, const char * file, unsigned int line, bool is_release_assert)
+void assert_internal (const char * check_expr, const char * func, const char * file, unsigned int line, bool is_release_assert)
 {
-	std::cerr << "Assertion (" << check_expr << ") failed " << file << ":" << line << "\n\n";
+	std::cerr << "Assertion (" << check_expr << ") failed\n"
+	          << func << "\n"
+	          << file << ":" << line << "\n\n";
 
 	// Output stack trace to cerr
 	auto backtrace_str = nano::generate_stacktrace ();
diff --git a/nano/lib/utility.hpp b/nano/lib/utility.hpp
index b61450dd..1bd9e18f 100644
--- a/nano/lib/utility.hpp
+++ b/nano/lib/utility.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <nano/lib/locks.hpp>
 
+#include <boost/current_function.hpp>
+
 #include <cassert>
 #include <functional>
 #include <mutex>
@@ -20,13 +22,13 @@ namespace system
 }
 }
 
-void assert_internal (const char * check_expr, const char * file, unsigned int line, bool is_release_assert);
-#define release_assert(check) check ? (void)0 : assert_internal (#check, __FILE__, __LINE__, true)
+void assert_internal (const char * check_expr, const char * func, const char * file, unsigned int line, bool is_release_assert);
+#define release_assert(check) check ? (void)0 : assert_internal (#check, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION, __FILE__, __LINE__, true)
 
 #ifdef NDEBUG
 #define debug_assert(check) (void)0
 #else
-#define debug_assert(check) check ? (void)0 : assert_internal (#check, __FILE__, __LINE__, false)
+#define debug_assert(check) check ? (void)0 : assert_internal (#check, BOOST_CURRENT_FUNCTION, __FILE__, __LINE__, false)
 #endif
 
 namespace nano