diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 912f9eff0..6c39c9830 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ CPPFLAGS+= -I$(ZSTDDIR) -I$(ZSTDDIR)/common -I$(ZSTDDIR)/compress \
            -DXXH_NAMESPACE=ZSTD_
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)   # MinGW assumed
 CPPFLAGS   += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO   # compatibility with %zu formatting
+else
+DEBUGFLAGS_LD+= -rdynamic  # Enable backtrace symbol names for Linux/Darwin
 endif
 CFLAGS  ?= -O3
 DEBUGFLAGS+=-Wall -Wextra -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wshadow \
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ allVariants: zstd zstd-compress zstd-decompress zstd-small zstd-nolegacy
 $(ZSTDDECOMP_O): CFLAGS += $(ALIGN_LOOP)
 
 zstd : CPPFLAGS += $(THREAD_CPP) $(ZLIBCPP) $(LZMACPP) $(LZ4CPP)
-zstd : LDFLAGS += $(THREAD_LD) $(ZLIBLD) $(LZMALD) $(LZ4LD)
+zstd : LDFLAGS += $(THREAD_LD) $(ZLIBLD) $(LZMALD) $(LZ4LD) $(DEBUGFLAGS_LD)
 zstd : CPPFLAGS += -DZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=$(ZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT)
 zstd : $(ZSTDLIB_FILES) zstdcli.o fileio.o bench.o datagen.o dibio.o
 	@echo "$(THREAD_MSG)"
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ endif
 
 .PHONY: zstd-release
 zstd-release: DEBUGFLAGS :=
+zstd-release: DEBUGFLAGS_LD :=
 zstd-release: zstd
 
 zstd32 : CPPFLAGS += $(THREAD_CPP)
diff --git a/programs/fileio.c b/programs/fileio.c
index 5f10958d7..5f6b12e51 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.c
+++ b/programs/fileio.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>     /* malloc, free */
 #include <string.h>     /* strcmp, strlen */
 #include <errno.h>      /* errno */
+#include <signal.h>
+#ifndef _WIN32
+#include <execinfo.h>   /* backtrace, backtrace_symbols */
+#endif
 
 #if defined (_MSC_VER)
 #  include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -124,8 +128,6 @@ static UTIL_time_t g_displayClock = UTIL_TIME_INITIALIZER;
 /*-************************************
 *  Signal (Ctrl-C trapping)
 **************************************/
-#include  <signal.h>
-
 static const char* g_artefact = NULL;
 static void INThandler(int sig)
 {
@@ -157,7 +159,60 @@ static void clearHandler(void)
 }
 
 
-/* ************************************************************
+/*-*********************************************************
+*  Termination signal trapping (Print debug stack trace)
+***********************************************************/
+#define MAX_STACK_FRAMES    50
+
+#ifndef _WIN32
+static void ABRThandler(int sig) {
+    const char* name;
+    void* addrlist[MAX_STACK_FRAMES];
+    char** symbollist;
+    U32 addrlen, i;
+
+    switch (sig) {
+        case SIGABRT: name = "SIGABRT"; break;
+        case SIGFPE: name = "SIGFPE"; break;
+        case SIGILL: name = "SIGILL"; break;
+        case SIGINT: name = "SIGINT"; break;
+        case SIGSEGV: name = "SIGSEGV"; break;
+        default: name = "UNKNOWN";
+    }
+
+    DISPLAY("Caught %s signal, printing stack:\n", name);
+    /* Retrieve current stack addresses. */
+    addrlen = backtrace(addrlist, MAX_STACK_FRAMES);
+    if (addrlen == 0) {
+        DISPLAY("\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    /* Create readable strings to each frame. */
+    symbollist = backtrace_symbols(addrlist, addrlen);
+    /* Print the stack trace, excluding calls handling the signal. */
+    for (i = ZSTD_START_SYMBOLLIST_FRAME; i < addrlen; i++) {
+        DISPLAY("%s\n", symbollist[i]);
+    }
+    free(symbollist);
+    /* Reset and raise the signal so default handler runs. */
+    signal(sig, SIG_DFL);
+    raise(sig);
+}
+#endif
+
+void FIO_addAbortHandler()
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    signal(SIGABRT, ABRThandler);
+    signal(SIGFPE, ABRThandler);
+    signal(SIGILL, ABRThandler);
+    signal(SIGSEGV, ABRThandler);
+    signal(SIGBUS, ABRThandler);
+#endif
+}
+
+
+/*-************************************************************
 * Avoid fseek()'s 2GiB barrier with MSVC, macOS, *BSD, MinGW
 ***************************************************************/
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
diff --git a/programs/fileio.h b/programs/fileio.h
index 69c83f71d..d25aee8dd 100644
--- a/programs/fileio.h
+++ b/programs/fileio.h
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ int FIO_decompressMultipleFilenames(const char** srcNamesTable, unsigned nbFiles
                                     const char* dictFileName);
 
 
+/* custom crash signal handler */
+void FIO_addAbortHandler(void);
+
 #if defined (__cplusplus)
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/programs/platform.h b/programs/platform.h
index a550eb1a3..89eba37ec 100644
--- a/programs/platform.h
+++ b/programs/platform.h
@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ static __inline int IS_CONSOLE(FILE* stdStream) {
 #endif
 
 
+#ifndef ZSTD_START_SYMBOLLIST_FRAME
+#  ifdef __linux__
+#    define ZSTD_START_SYMBOLLIST_FRAME 2
+#  elif defined __APPLE__
+#    define ZSTD_START_SYMBOLLIST_FRAME 4
+#  else
+#    define ZSTD_START_SYMBOLLIST_FRAME 0
+#  endif
+#endif
+
+
 #if defined (__cplusplus)
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/programs/zstdcli.c b/programs/zstdcli.c
index 0fccd34f9..3d4548a4b 100644
--- a/programs/zstdcli.c
+++ b/programs/zstdcli.c
@@ -511,6 +511,9 @@ int main(int argCount, const char* argv[])
     if (exeNameMatch(programName, ZSTD_UNLZ4)) { operation=zom_decompress; FIO_setCompressionType(FIO_lz4Compression); }                                   /* behave like unlz4, also supports multiple formats */
     memset(&compressionParams, 0, sizeof(compressionParams));
 
+    /* init crash handler */
+    FIO_addAbortHandler();
+
     /* command switches */
     for (argNb=1; argNb<argCount; argNb++) {
         const char* argument = argv[argNb];