diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index 51c7789044..37fc41e8d6 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -161,3 +161,13 @@ func WithoutJobControl() ProgramOption {
 		p.disableSuspendOnCtrlZ = true
 	}
 }
+
+// WithoutGoStandardAbort disables support for sending SIGQUIT
+// to the process (and generating a goroutine dump) when
+// Ctrl+\ is pressed. By default, Ctrl+\ causes SIGQUIT to be
+// emitted, this is a standard Go feature.
+func WithoutGoStandardAbort() ProgramOption {
+	return func(p *Program) {
+		p.disableGoStandardAbort = true
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tea.go b/tea.go
index 70cdac1a6c..e46bb337c1 100644
--- a/tea.go
+++ b/tea.go
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ type Program struct {
 	// (suspend process).
 	disableSuspendOnCtrlZ bool
 
+	// disableGoStandardAbort removes direct bubbletea support for Ctrl+\
+	// (SIGQUIT / goroutine dump).
+	disableGoStandardAbort bool
+
 	// Stores the original reference to stdin for cases where input is not a
 	// TTY on windows and we've automatically opened CONIN$ to receive input.
 	// When the program exits this will be restored.
@@ -319,10 +323,21 @@ func (p *Program) eventLoop(model Model, cmds chan Cmd) (Model, error) {
 				}()
 
 			case KeyMsg:
-				if !p.disableSuspendOnCtrlZ && msg.Type == KeyCtrlZ && !msg.Alt {
+				if !p.disableSuspendOnCtrlZ && !msg.Alt && msg.Type == KeyCtrlZ {
 					cmds <- Suspend()
 					continue
 				}
+				if !p.disableGoStandardAbort && !msg.Alt && msg.Type == KeyCtrlBackslash {
+					cmds <- Exec(fnAsCommand(func() {
+						pr, err := os.FindProcess(os.Getpid())
+						if err != nil {
+							// No-op.
+							return
+						}
+						_ = pr.Signal(syscall.SIGQUIT)
+					}), nil)
+					continue
+				}
 
 			case suspendMsg:
 				if canSuspendProcess {