diff --git a/src/main/iptux.cpp b/src/main/iptux.cpp
index 9d6648c8..e7e8deed 100644
--- a/src/main/iptux.cpp
+++ b/src/main/iptux.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <glog/logging.h>
+#include <execinfo.h>
 
 #include "iptux/Application.h"
 
@@ -137,8 +138,27 @@ static void dealLog(const IptuxConfig& config) {
   }
 }
 
+static void segvHandler(int sig) {
+  void *array[99];
+  size_t size;
+
+  // get void*'s for all entries on the stack
+  size = backtrace(array, 99);
+
+  // print out all the frames to stderr
+  fprintf(stderr, "Error: signal %d:\n", sig);
+  backtrace_symbols_fd(array, size, STDERR_FILENO);
+  exit(1);
+}
+
+static void installCrashHandler() {
+  signal(SIGSEGV, segvHandler);
+  signal(SIGABRT, segvHandler);
+  signal(SIGTRAP, segvHandler);
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-  google::InstallFailureSignalHandler();
+  installCrashHandler();
   setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
   bindtextdomain(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, __LOCALE_PATH);
   bind_textdomain_codeset(GETTEXT_PACKAGE, "UTF-8");