diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7a24028370..cb1c0c84ca 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+2.6-39 | 2019-01-02 11:26:27 -0600
+
+  * Add BIF: Reporter::fatal_error_with_core (Stephen Hosom)
+
 2.6-27 | 2018-12-10 11:53:41 -0600
 
   * GH-216: Add FTS dependency when building on Alpine (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f6cdb0d036..5477c31699 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.6-27
+2.6-39
diff --git a/aux/broker b/aux/broker
index 9cc78f08d4..4830395cf1 160000
--- a/aux/broker
+++ b/aux/broker
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9cc78f08d442feee766cd656b73e618fd3505f7e
+Subproject commit 4830395cf119a2c8e629f93e07878344757bda62
diff --git a/src/reporter.bif b/src/reporter.bif
index 92088e5fc9..d5f8e5e023 100644
--- a/src/reporter.bif
+++ b/src/reporter.bif
@@ -72,6 +72,20 @@ function Reporter::fatal%(msg: string%): bool
 	return new Val(1, TYPE_BOOL);
 	%}
 
+## Generates a fatal error on stderr and terminates program execution
+## after dumping a core file
+##
+## msg: The error message to report.
+##
+## Returns: Always true.
+function Reporter::fatal_error_with_core%(msg: string%): bool
+	%{
+	reporter->PushLocation(frame->GetCall()->GetLocationInfo());
+	reporter->FatalErrorWithCore("%s", msg->CheckString());
+	reporter->PopLocation();
+	return new Val(1, TYPE_BOOL);
+	%}
+
 ## Generates a "net" weird.
 ##
 ## name: the name of the weird.