diff --git a/config/debugbar.php b/config/debugbar.php
index c6f8d772..31f2b0c3 100644
--- a/config/debugbar.php
+++ b/config/debugbar.php
@@ -215,10 +215,13 @@
             'show_name' => true,   // Also show the users name/email in the debugbar
             'show_guards' => true, // Show the guards that are used
         ],
+        'gate' => [
+            'trace' => false,      // Trace the origin of the Gate checks
+        ],
         'db' => [
             'with_params'       => true,   // Render SQL with the parameters substituted
             'exclude_paths'     => [       // Paths to exclude entirely from the collector
-//                'vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Session', // Exclude sessions queries
+                //'vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Session', // Exclude sessions queries
             ],
             'backtrace'         => true,   // Use a backtrace to find the origin of the query in your files.
             'backtrace_exclude_paths' => [],   // Paths to exclude from backtrace. (in addition to defaults)
diff --git a/src/DataCollector/GateCollector.php b/src/DataCollector/GateCollector.php
index b262718e..ebb5a781 100644
--- a/src/DataCollector/GateCollector.php
+++ b/src/DataCollector/GateCollector.php
@@ -8,20 +8,31 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Access\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Authenticatable;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Illuminate\Routing\Router;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Cloner\VarCloner;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 /**
- * Collector for Laravel's Auth provider
+ * Collector for Laravel's gate checks
  */
 class GateCollector extends MessagesCollector
 {
+    /** @var int */
+    protected $backtraceLimit = 15;
+
+    /** @var array */
+    protected $reflection = [];
+
+    /** @var \Illuminate\Routing\Router */
+    protected $router;
+
     /**
      * @param Gate $gate
      */
-    public function __construct(Gate $gate)
+    public function __construct(Gate $gate, Router $router)
     {
         parent::__construct('gate');
+        $this->router = $router;
         $this->setDataFormatter(new SimpleFormatter());
         $gate->after(function ($user, $ability, $result, $arguments = []) {
             $this->addCheck($user, $ability, $result, $arguments);
@@ -82,4 +93,90 @@ public function addCheck($user, $ability, $result, $arguments = [])
             'arguments' => $this->getDataFormatter()->formatVar($arguments),
         ], $label, false);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $stacktrace
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function getStackTraceItem($stacktrace)
+    {
+        foreach ($stacktrace as $i => $trace) {
+            if (!isset($trace['file'])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (str_ends_with($trace['file'], 'Illuminate/Routing/ControllerDispatcher.php')) {
+                $trace = $this->findControllerFromDispatcher($trace);
+            } elseif (str_starts_with($trace['file'], storage_path())) {
+                $hash = pathinfo($trace['file'], PATHINFO_FILENAME);
+
+                if ($file = $this->findViewFromHash($hash)) {
+                    $trace['file'] = $file;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if ($this->fileIsInExcludedPath($trace['file'])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            return $trace;
+        }
+
+        return $stacktrace[0];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the route action file
+     *
+     * @param  array $trace
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function findControllerFromDispatcher($trace)
+    {
+        /** @var \Closure|string|array $action */
+        $action = $this->router->current()->getAction('uses');
+
+        if (is_string($action)) {
+            [$controller, $method] = explode('@', $action);
+
+            $reflection = new \ReflectionMethod($controller, $method);
+            $trace['file'] = $reflection->getFileName();
+            $trace['line'] = $reflection->getStartLine();
+        } elseif ($action instanceof \Closure) {
+            $reflection = new \ReflectionFunction($action);
+            $trace['file'] = $reflection->getFileName();
+            $trace['line'] = $reflection->getStartLine();
+        }
+
+        return $trace;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the template name from the hash.
+     *
+     * @param  string $hash
+     * @return null|array
+     */
+    protected function findViewFromHash($hash)
+    {
+        $finder = app('view')->getFinder();
+
+        if (isset($this->reflection['viewfinderViews'])) {
+            $property = $this->reflection['viewfinderViews'];
+        } else {
+            $reflection = new \ReflectionClass($finder);
+            $property = $reflection->getProperty('views');
+            $property->setAccessible(true);
+            $this->reflection['viewfinderViews'] = $property;
+        }
+
+        $xxh128Exists = in_array('xxh128', hash_algos());
+
+        foreach ($property->getValue($finder) as $name => $path) {
+            if (($xxh128Exists && hash('xxh128', 'v2' . $path) == $hash) || sha1('v2' . $path) == $hash) {
+                return $path;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/LaravelDebugbar.php b/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
index 5ca7e317..72a443e8 100644
--- a/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
+++ b/src/LaravelDebugbar.php
@@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ public function __toString(): string
         if ($this->shouldCollect('gate', false)) {
             try {
                 $this->addCollector($app->make(GateCollector::class));
+
+                if ($config->get('debugbar.options.gate.trace', false)) {
+                    $this['gate']->collectFileTrace(true);
+                    $this['gate']->addBacktraceExcludePaths($config->get('debugbar.options.gate.exclude_paths',[]));
+                }
             } catch (Exception $e) {
                 $this->addCollectorException('Cannot add GateCollector', $e);
             }