diff --git a/Framework/AnalysisSupport/src/DataInputDirector.cxx b/Framework/AnalysisSupport/src/DataInputDirector.cxx
index 981ca5254980d..2c51360cd9923 100644
--- a/Framework/AnalysisSupport/src/DataInputDirector.cxx
+++ b/Framework/AnalysisSupport/src/DataInputDirector.cxx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "Framework/RootArrowFilesystem.h"
 #include "Framework/AnalysisDataModelHelpers.h"
 #include "Framework/Output.h"
+#include "Framework/Signpost.h"
 #include "Headers/DataHeader.h"
 #include "Framework/TableTreeHelpers.h"
 #include "Monitoring/Tags.h"
@@ -41,6 +42,9 @@
 #include <utility>
 #endif
 
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+O2_DECLARE_DYNAMIC_LOG(reader_memory_dump);
+
 namespace o2::framework
 {
 using namespace rapidjson;
@@ -458,6 +462,17 @@ bool DataInputDescriptor::readTree(DataAllocator& outputs, header::DataHeader dh
 
   mIOTime += (uv_hrtime() - ioStart);
 
+  O2_SIGNPOST_ACTION(reader_memory_dump, [](void*) {
+    void (*dump_)(const char*);
+    if (void* sym = dlsym(nullptr, "igprof_dump_now")) {
+      dump_ = __extension__(void (*)(const char*)) sym;
+      if (dump_) {
+        std::string filename = fmt::format("reader-memory-dump-{}.gz", uv_hrtime());
+        dump_(filename.c_str());
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/Framework/Foundation/include/Framework/Signpost.h b/Framework/Foundation/include/Framework/Signpost.h
index 7010301d80b44..53cc4d914a73b 100644
--- a/Framework/Foundation/include/Framework/Signpost.h
+++ b/Framework/Foundation/include/Framework/Signpost.h
@@ -202,10 +202,20 @@ bool _o2_lock_free_stack_push(_o2_lock_free_stack& stack, const int& value, bool
 bool _o2_lock_free_stack_pop(_o2_lock_free_stack& stack, int& value, bool spin = false);
 void* _o2_log_create(char const* name, int stacktrace);
 void _o2_signpost_event_emit(_o2_log_t* log, _o2_signpost_id_t id, char const* name, char const* const format, ...);
+void _o2_singpost_action(_o2_log_t* log, void (*callback)(void*));
 void _o2_signpost_interval_begin(_o2_log_t* log, _o2_signpost_id_t id, char const* name, char const* const format, ...);
 void _o2_signpost_interval_end(_o2_log_t* log, _o2_signpost_id_t id, char const* name, char const* const format, ...);
 void _o2_log_set_stacktrace(_o2_log_t* log, int stacktrace);
 
+// Helper to invoke a callback when the signpost is enabled. The callback
+// gets passed some previously stored context (nullptr for now).
+// TODO: I use a separate function because in the future this might change and I might
+// allow to store some context as part of the activity.
+inline void _o2_signpost_action(_o2_log_t* log, void (*callback)(void*))
+{
+  callback(nullptr);
+}
+
 // This generates a unique id for a signpost. Do not use this directly, use O2_SIGNPOST_ID_GENERATE instead.
 // Notice that this is only valid on a given computer.
 // This is guaranteed to be unique at 5 GHz for at least 63 years, if my math is correct.
@@ -488,6 +498,17 @@ void o2_debug_log_set_stacktrace(_o2_log_t* log, int stacktrace)
 })
 #define O2_SIGNPOST_ID_FROM_POINTER(name, log, pointer) _o2_signpost_id_t name = _o2_signpost_id_make_with_pointer(private_o2_log_##log, pointer)
 #define O2_SIGNPOST_ID_GENERATE(name, log) _o2_signpost_id_t name = _o2_signpost_id_generate_local(private_o2_log_##log)
+
+// Execute the provided callback if the log is enabled. Useful e.g. to dump IgProf profiles
+// only if the signpost is enabled or to add remote telemetry for certain events.
+#define O2_SIGNPOST_ACTION(log, callback) __extension__({             \
+  if (O2_BUILTIN_UNLIKELY(O2_SIGNPOST_ENABLED_MAC(log))) {            \
+    _o2_signpost_action(private_o2_log_##log, callback);              \
+  } else if (O2_BUILTIN_UNLIKELY(private_o2_log_##log->stacktrace)) { \
+    _o2_signpost_action(private_o2_log_##log, callback);              \
+  }                                                                   \
+})
+
 // In case Instruments is attached, we switch to the Apple signpost API otherwise, both one
 // mac and on linux we use our own implementation, using the logger. We can use the same ids because
 // they are compatible between the two implementations, we also use remove_engineering_type to remove
diff --git a/Framework/Foundation/test/test_SignpostLogger.cxx b/Framework/Foundation/test/test_SignpostLogger.cxx
index e5e401dd8f854..fd62a78e051a3 100644
--- a/Framework/Foundation/test/test_SignpostLogger.cxx
+++ b/Framework/Foundation/test/test_SignpostLogger.cxx
@@ -63,4 +63,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   O2_SIGNPOST_ID_GENERATE(idStacktrace, SignpostStacktrace);
   O2_LOG_ENABLE(SignpostStacktrace);
   O2_SIGNPOST_EVENT_EMIT_ERROR(SignpostStacktrace, idStacktrace, "Test category", "An error with stacktrace %d \n", 1);
+  // Test actions associtated to a given debug stream.
+  static bool testMustCall = false;
+  static bool testMustNotCall = false;
+  O2_SIGNPOST_ACTION(SignpostStacktrace, [](void*) { testMustCall = true; });
+  O2_LOG_DISABLE(SignpostStacktrace);
+  O2_SIGNPOST_ACTION(SignpostStacktrace, [](void*) { testMustNotCall = true; });
+  return testMustCall && (!testMustNotCall) ? 0 : 1;
 }