diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/fix.rs b/src/cargo/ops/fix.rs
index ddce0acca47..f76802de204 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/fix.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/fix.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ use std::process::{self, Command, ExitStatus};
 use std::str;
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Context, Error};
-use cargo_util::{paths, ProcessBuilder};
+use cargo_util::{exit_status_to_string, is_simple_exit_code, paths, ProcessBuilder};
 use log::{debug, trace, warn};
 use rustfix::diagnostics::Diagnostic;
 use rustfix::{self, CodeFix};
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ pub fn fix_maybe_exec_rustc(config: &Config) -> CargoResult<bool> {
                     paths::write(path, &file.original_code)?;
                 }
             }
-            log_failed_fix(&output.stderr)?;
+            log_failed_fix(&output.stderr, output.status)?;
         }
     }
 
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ fn exit_with(status: ExitStatus) -> ! {
     process::exit(status.code().unwrap_or(3));
 }
 
-fn log_failed_fix(stderr: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+fn log_failed_fix(stderr: &[u8], status: ExitStatus) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let stderr = str::from_utf8(stderr).context("failed to parse rustc stderr as utf-8")?;
 
     let diagnostics = stderr
@@ -677,6 +677,13 @@ fn log_failed_fix(stderr: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
             files.insert(span.file_name);
         }
     }
+    // Include any abnormal messages (like an ICE or whatever).
+    errors.extend(
+        stderr
+            .lines()
+            .filter(|x| !x.starts_with('{'))
+            .map(|x| x.to_string()),
+    );
     let mut krate = None;
     let mut prev_dash_dash_krate_name = false;
     for arg in env::args() {
@@ -692,10 +699,16 @@ fn log_failed_fix(stderr: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
     }
 
     let files = files.into_iter().collect();
+    let abnormal_exit = if status.code().map_or(false, is_simple_exit_code) {
+        None
+    } else {
+        Some(exit_status_to_string(status))
+    };
     Message::FixFailed {
         files,
         krate,
         errors,
+        abnormal_exit,
     }
     .post()?;
 
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/diagnostic_server.rs b/src/cargo/util/diagnostic_server.rs
index e2e8dad46cc..69fcf7e0115 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/diagnostic_server.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/diagnostic_server.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub enum Message {
         files: Vec<String>,
         krate: Option<String>,
         errors: Vec<String>,
+        abnormal_exit: Option<String>,
     },
     ReplaceFailed {
         file: String,
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ impl<'a> DiagnosticPrinter<'a> {
                 files,
                 krate,
                 errors,
+                abnormal_exit,
             } => {
                 if let Some(ref krate) = *krate {
                     self.config.shell().warn(&format!(
@@ -171,6 +173,13 @@ impl<'a> DiagnosticPrinter<'a> {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                if let Some(exit) = abnormal_exit {
+                    writeln!(
+                        self.config.shell().err(),
+                        "rustc exited abnormally: {}",
+                        exit
+                    )?;
+                }
                 writeln!(
                     self.config.shell().err(),
                     "Original diagnostics will follow.\n"
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/fix.rs b/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
index c797766af31..6b5002e797c 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/fix.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use cargo::core::Edition;
 use cargo_test_support::compare::assert_match_exact;
 use cargo_test_support::git;
-use cargo_test_support::paths::CargoPathExt;
+use cargo_test_support::paths::{self, CargoPathExt};
 use cargo_test_support::registry::{Dependency, Package};
 use cargo_test_support::tools;
 use cargo_test_support::{basic_manifest, is_nightly, project};
@@ -1597,3 +1597,82 @@ fn fix_shared_cross_workspace() {
         &p.read_file("foo/src/shared.rs"),
     );
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn abnormal_exit() {
+    // rustc fails unexpectedly after applying fixes, should show some error information.
+    //
+    // This works with a proc-macro that runs three times:
+    // - First run (collect diagnostics pass): writes a file, exits normally.
+    // - Second run (verify diagnostics work): it detects the presence of the
+    //   file, removes the file, and aborts the process.
+    // - Third run (collecting messages to display): file not found, exits normally.
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [package]
+                name = "foo"
+                version = "0.1.0"
+
+                [dependencies]
+                pm = {path="pm"}
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file(
+            "src/lib.rs",
+            r#"
+                pub fn f() {
+                    let mut x = 1;
+                    pm::crashme!();
+                }
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file(
+            "pm/Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+                [package]
+                name = "pm"
+                version = "0.1.0"
+                edition = "2018"
+
+                [lib]
+                proc-macro = true
+            "#,
+        )
+        .file(
+            "pm/src/lib.rs",
+            r#"
+                use proc_macro::TokenStream;
+                #[proc_macro]
+                pub fn crashme(_input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
+                    // Use a file to succeed on the first pass, and fail on the second.
+                    let p = std::env::var_os("ONCE_PATH").unwrap();
+                    let check_path = std::path::Path::new(&p);
+                    if check_path.exists() {
+                        eprintln!("I'm not a diagnostic.");
+                        std::fs::remove_file(check_path).unwrap();
+                        std::process::abort();
+                    } else {
+                        std::fs::write(check_path, "").unwrap();
+                        "".parse().unwrap()
+                    }
+                }
+            "#,
+        )
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("fix --lib --allow-no-vcs")
+        .env(
+            "ONCE_PATH",
+            paths::root().join("proc-macro-run-once").to_str().unwrap(),
+        )
+        .with_stderr_contains(
+            "[WARNING] failed to automatically apply fixes suggested by rustc to crate `foo`",
+        )
+        .with_stderr_contains("I'm not a diagnostic.")
+        // "signal: 6, SIGABRT: process abort signal" on some platforms
+        .with_stderr_contains("rustc exited abnormally: [..]")
+        .with_stderr_contains("Original diagnostics will follow.")
+        .run();
+}