diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be7ea81a7..9753fdfee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ _testmain.go
 
 # Integration test log files
 lntest/itest/output*.log
+lntest/itest/pprof*.log
 lntest/itest/.backendlogs
 lntest/itest/.minerlogs
 
diff --git a/lntest/harness.go b/lntest/harness.go
index f2a486c8e..317271c23 100644
--- a/lntest/harness.go
+++ b/lntest/harness.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -648,6 +649,65 @@ func (n *NetworkHarness) StopNode(node *HarnessNode) error {
 	return node.stop()
 }
 
+// SaveProfilesPages hits profiles pages of all active nodes and writes it to
+// disk using a similar naming scheme as to the regular set of logs.
+func (n *NetworkHarness) SaveProfilesPages() {
+	// Only write gorutine dumps if flag is active.
+	if !(*goroutineDump) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, node := range n.activeNodes {
+		if err := saveProfilesPage(node); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// saveProfilesPage saves the profiles page for the given node to file.
+func saveProfilesPage(node *HarnessNode) error {
+	resp, err := http.Get(
+		fmt.Sprintf(
+			"http://localhost:%d/debug/pprof/goroutine?debug=1",
+			node.cfg.ProfilePort,
+		),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to get profile page "+
+			"(node_id=%d, name=%s): %v\n",
+			node.NodeID, node.cfg.Name, err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to read profile page "+
+			"(node_id=%d, name=%s): %v\n",
+			node.NodeID, node.cfg.Name, err)
+	}
+
+	fileName := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"pprof-%d-%s-%s.log", node.NodeID, node.cfg.Name,
+		hex.EncodeToString(node.PubKey[:logPubKeyBytes]),
+	)
+
+	logFile, err := os.Create(fileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to create file for profile page "+
+			"(node_id=%d, name=%s): %v\n",
+			node.NodeID, node.cfg.Name, err)
+	}
+	defer logFile.Close()
+
+	_, err = logFile.Write(body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to save profile page "+
+			"(node_id=%d, name=%s): %v\n",
+			node.NodeID, node.cfg.Name, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // TODO(roasbeef): add a WithChannel higher-order function?
 //  * python-like context manager w.r.t using a channel within a test
 //  * possibly  adds more funds to the target wallet if the funds are not
diff --git a/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go b/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
index daacd3348..430862329 100644
--- a/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
+++ b/lntest/itest/lnd_test.go
@@ -73,12 +73,16 @@ type harnessTest struct {
 	// testCase is populated during test execution and represents the
 	// current test case.
 	testCase *testCase
+
+	// lndHarness is a reference to the current network harness. Will be
+	// nil if not yet set up.
+	lndHarness *lntest.NetworkHarness
 }
 
 // newHarnessTest creates a new instance of a harnessTest from a regular
 // testing.T instance.
-func newHarnessTest(t *testing.T) *harnessTest {
-	return &harnessTest{t, nil}
+func newHarnessTest(t *testing.T, net *lntest.NetworkHarness) *harnessTest {
+	return &harnessTest{t, nil, net}
 }
 
 // Skipf calls the underlying testing.T's Skip method, causing the current test
@@ -91,6 +95,10 @@ func (h *harnessTest) Skipf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 // integration tests should mark test failures solely with this method due to
 // the error stack traces it produces.
 func (h *harnessTest) Fatalf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
+	if h.lndHarness != nil {
+		h.lndHarness.SaveProfilesPages()
+	}
+
 	stacktrace := errors.Wrap(fmt.Sprintf(format, a...), 1).ErrorStack()
 
 	if h.testCase != nil {
@@ -103,8 +111,7 @@ func (h *harnessTest) Fatalf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
 
 // RunTestCase executes a harness test case. Any errors or panics will be
 // represented as fatal.
-func (h *harnessTest) RunTestCase(testCase *testCase,
-	net *lntest.NetworkHarness) {
+func (h *harnessTest) RunTestCase(testCase *testCase) {
 
 	h.testCase = testCase
 	defer func() {
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ func (h *harnessTest) RunTestCase(testCase *testCase,
 		}
 	}()
 
-	testCase.test(net, h)
+	testCase.test(h.lndHarness, h)
 
 	return
 }
@@ -13513,7 +13520,7 @@ func testChannelBackupRestore(net *lntest.NetworkHarness, t *harnessTest) {
 
 	for _, testCase := range testCases {
 		success := t.t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			h := newHarnessTest(t)
+			h := newHarnessTest(t, net)
 			testChanRestoreScenario(h, net, &testCase, password)
 		})
 		if !success {
@@ -14267,7 +14274,7 @@ var testsCases = []*testCase{
 // TestLightningNetworkDaemon performs a series of integration tests amongst a
 // programmatically driven network of lnd nodes.
 func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
-	ht := newHarnessTest(t)
+	ht := newHarnessTest(t, nil)
 
 	// Declare the network harness here to gain access to its
 	// 'OnTxAccepted' call back.
@@ -14391,8 +14398,8 @@ func TestLightningNetworkDaemon(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		success := t.Run(testCase.name, func(t1 *testing.T) {
-			ht := newHarnessTest(t1)
-			ht.RunTestCase(testCase, lndHarness)
+			ht := newHarnessTest(t1, lndHarness)
+			ht.RunTestCase(testCase)
 		})
 
 		// Stop at the first failure. Mimic behavior of original test
diff --git a/lntest/node.go b/lntest/node.go
index b5f55e876..53caec466 100644
--- a/lntest/node.go
+++ b/lntest/node.go
@@ -33,35 +33,34 @@ import (
 	macaroon "gopkg.in/macaroon.v2"
 )
 
-var (
-	// numActiveNodes is the number of active nodes within the test network.
-	numActiveNodes = 0
-
+const (
 	// defaultNodePort is the initial p2p port which will be used by the
 	// first created lightning node to listen on for incoming p2p
 	// connections.  Subsequent allocated ports for future Lightning nodes
 	// instances will be monotonically increasing numbers calculated as
-	// such: defaultP2pPort + (3 * harness.nodeNum).
+	// such: defaultP2pPort + (4 * harness.nodeNum).
 	defaultNodePort = 19555
 
 	// defaultClientPort is the initial rpc port which will be used by the
 	// first created lightning node to listen on for incoming rpc
 	// connections. Subsequent allocated ports for future rpc harness
 	// instances will be monotonically increasing numbers calculated
-	// as such: defaultP2pPort + (3 * harness.nodeNum).
-	defaultClientPort = 19556
+	// as such: defaultP2pPort + (4 * harness.nodeNum).
+	defaultClientPort = defaultNodePort + 1
 
 	// defaultRestPort is the initial rest port which will be used by the
 	// first created lightning node to listen on for incoming rest
 	// connections. Subsequent allocated ports for future rpc harness
 	// instances will be monotonically increasing numbers calculated
-	// as such: defaultP2pPort + (3 * harness.nodeNum).
-	defaultRestPort = 19557
+	// as such: defaultP2pPort + (4 * harness.nodeNum).
+	defaultRestPort = defaultNodePort + 2
 
-	// logOutput is a flag that can be set to append the output from the
-	// seed nodes to log files.
-	logOutput = flag.Bool("logoutput", false,
-		"log output from node n to file outputn.log")
+	// defaultProfilePort is the initial port which will be used for
+	// profiling by the first created lightning node. Subsequent allocated
+	// ports for future rpc harness instances will be monotonically
+	// increasing numbers calculated as such:
+	// defaultProfilePort + (4 * harness.nodeNum).
+	defaultProfilePort = defaultNodePort + 3
 
 	// logPubKeyBytes is the number of bytes of the node's PubKey that
 	// will be appended to the log file name. The whole PubKey is too
@@ -74,24 +73,33 @@ var (
 	trickleDelay = 50
 )
 
+var (
+	// numActiveNodes is the number of active nodes within the test network.
+	numActiveNodes = 0
+
+	// logOutput is a flag that can be set to append the output from the
+	// seed nodes to log files.
+	logOutput = flag.Bool("logoutput", false,
+		"log output from node n to file output-n.log")
+
+	// goroutineDump is a flag that can be set to dump the active
+	// goroutines of test nodes on failure.
+	goroutineDump = flag.Bool("goroutinedump", false,
+		"write goroutine dump from node n to file pprof-n.log")
+)
+
 // generateListeningPorts returns three ints representing ports to listen on
 // designated for the current lightning network test. If there haven't been any
 // test instances created, the default ports are used. Otherwise, in order to
-// support multiple test nodes running at once, the p2p, rpc, and rest ports
-// are incremented after each initialization.
-func generateListeningPorts() (int, int, int) {
-	var p2p, rpc, rest int
-	if numActiveNodes == 0 {
-		p2p = defaultNodePort
-		rpc = defaultClientPort
-		rest = defaultRestPort
-	} else {
-		p2p = defaultNodePort + (3 * numActiveNodes)
-		rpc = defaultClientPort + (3 * numActiveNodes)
-		rest = defaultRestPort + (3 * numActiveNodes)
-	}
+// support multiple test nodes running at once, the p2p, rpc, rest and
+// profiling ports are incremented after each initialization.
+func generateListeningPorts() (int, int, int, int) {
+	p2p := defaultNodePort + (4 * numActiveNodes)
+	rpc := defaultClientPort + (4 * numActiveNodes)
+	rest := defaultRestPort + (4 * numActiveNodes)
+	profile := defaultProfilePort + (4 * numActiveNodes)
 
-	return p2p, rpc, rest
+	return p2p, rpc, rest, profile
 }
 
 // BackendConfig is an interface that abstracts away the specific chain backend
@@ -129,9 +137,10 @@ type nodeConfig struct {
 	HasSeed  bool
 	Password []byte
 
-	P2PPort  int
-	RPCPort  int
-	RESTPort int
+	P2PPort     int
+	RPCPort     int
+	RESTPort    int
+	ProfilePort int
 }
 
 func (cfg nodeConfig) P2PAddr() string {
@@ -195,6 +204,7 @@ func (cfg nodeConfig) genArgs() []string {
 	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--readonlymacaroonpath=%v", cfg.ReadMacPath))
 	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--invoicemacaroonpath=%v", cfg.InvoiceMacPath))
 	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--trickledelay=%v", trickleDelay))
+	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--profile=%d", cfg.ProfilePort))
 
 	if !cfg.HasSeed {
 		args = append(args, "--noseedbackup")
@@ -280,7 +290,7 @@ func newNode(cfg nodeConfig) (*HarnessNode, error) {
 	cfg.ReadMacPath = filepath.Join(cfg.DataDir, "readonly.macaroon")
 	cfg.InvoiceMacPath = filepath.Join(cfg.DataDir, "invoice.macaroon")
 
-	cfg.P2PPort, cfg.RPCPort, cfg.RESTPort = generateListeningPorts()
+	cfg.P2PPort, cfg.RPCPort, cfg.RESTPort, cfg.ProfilePort = generateListeningPorts()
 
 	nodeNum := numActiveNodes
 	numActiveNodes++
@@ -333,7 +343,6 @@ func (hn *HarnessNode) start(lndError chan<- error) error {
 	hn.quit = make(chan struct{})
 
 	args := hn.cfg.genArgs()
-	args = append(args, fmt.Sprintf("--profile=%d", 9000+hn.NodeID))
 	hn.cmd = exec.Command("../../lnd-itest", args...)
 
 	// Redirect stderr output to buffer
diff --git a/make/testing_flags.mk b/make/testing_flags.mk
index feea946e2..297fd1eaf 100644
--- a/make/testing_flags.mk
+++ b/make/testing_flags.mk
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ else
 ITEST_TAGS += btcd
 endif
 
-ITEST := rm lntest/itest/output*.log; date; $(GOTEST) ./lntest/itest -tags="$(ITEST_TAGS)" $(TEST_FLAGS) -logoutput
+ITEST := rm lntest/itest/*.log; date; $(GOTEST) ./lntest/itest -tags="$(ITEST_TAGS)" $(TEST_FLAGS) -logoutput -goroutinedump