diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa0d9016b..e5e5e837c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,12 +113,24 @@ set( QT_VERSION 5.6.0 )
 find_package( Qt5 ${QT_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED Core Gui Widgets LinguistTools Svg Quick QuickWidgets )
 find_package( YAMLCPP 0.5.1 REQUIRED )
 find_package( PolkitQt5-1 REQUIRED )
+find_package(ECM 5.18 NO_MODULE)
+if( ECM_FOUND )
+    set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+endif()
 
 option( INSTALL_CONFIG "Install configuration files" ON )
 option( WITH_PYTHON "Enable Python modules API (requires Boost.Python)." ON )
 option( WITH_PYTHONQT "Enable next generation Python modules API (experimental, requires PythonQt)." OFF )
+option( WITH_KF5Crash "Enable crash reporting with KCrash." ON )
 option( BUILD_TESTING "Build the testing tree." ON )
 
+find_package( KF5 5.18 COMPONENTS CoreAddons Crash OPTIONAL )
+if( KF5Crash_DIR )  # Why not a _FOUND mechanism?
+    find_package( KF5 5.18 COMPONENTS CoreAddons REQUIRED )
+else()
+    set( WITH_KF5Crash OFF )
+endif()
+
 if( BUILD_TESTING )
     enable_testing()
 endif ()
@@ -277,6 +289,7 @@ add_subdirectory( src )
 add_feature_info(Python ${WITH_PYTHON} "Python job modules")
 add_feature_info(PythonQt ${WITH_PYTHONQT} "Python view modules")
 add_feature_info(Config ${INSTALL_CONFIG} "Install Calamares configuration")
+add_feature_info(KCrash ${WITH_KF5Crash} "Crash dumps via KCrash")
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL)
 
diff --git a/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt b/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
index 6129aa553..f47a0a9f5 100644
--- a/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/calamares/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(calamares_bin
         RUNTIME_OUTPUT_NAME calamares
 )
 
+if( WITH_KF5Crash )
+    set( LINK_LIBRARIES
+        KF5::CoreAddons
+        KF5::Crash
+    )
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries( calamares_bin
     PRIVATE
         ${CALAMARES_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/src/calamares/main.cpp b/src/calamares/main.cpp
index a265d1e31..534474337 100644
--- a/src/calamares/main.cpp
+++ b/src/calamares/main.cpp
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@
 
 #include "CalamaresApplication.h"
 
+#include "CalamaresConfig.h"
 #include "kdsingleapplicationguard/kdsingleapplicationguard.h"
 #include "utils/CalamaresUtils.h"
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 #include "CalamaresConfig.h"
 
+#ifdef WITH_KCRASH
+#include <KF5/KCrash/KCrash>
+#include <KF5/KCoreAddons/KAboutData>
+#endif
+
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -33,6 +39,22 @@ main( int argc, char* argv[] )
 {
     CalamaresApplication a( argc, argv );
 
+#ifdef WITH_KCRASH
+    KAboutData aboutData( "calamares",
+                          "Calamares",
+                          a.applicationVersion(),
+                          "The universal system installer",
+                          KAboutLicense::GPL_V3,
+                          QString(),
+                          QString(),
+                          "https://calamares.io",
+                          "https://calamares.io/bugs" );
+    KAboutData::setApplicationData( aboutData );
+    KCrash::initialize();
+    KCrash::setCrashHandler();
+    // TODO: umount anything in /tmp/calamares-... as an emergency save function
+#endif
+
     QCommandLineParser parser;
     parser.setApplicationDescription( "Distribution-independent installer framework" );
     parser.addHelpOption();
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/CalamaresConfig.h.in b/src/libcalamares/CalamaresConfig.h.in
index 6fbab422c..cafbe9276 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/CalamaresConfig.h.in
+++ b/src/libcalamares/CalamaresConfig.h.in
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 
 //cmakedefines for CMake variables (e.g. for optdepends) go here
 #cmakedefine WITH_PYTHON
+
+#cmakedefine WITH_KF5Crash
+#ifdef WITH_KF5Crash
+#define WITH_KCRASH
+#endif
+
 #cmakedefine WITH_PYTHONQT
 
 #endif // CALAMARESCONFIG_H
diff --git a/src/libcalamaresui/utils/DebugWindow.ui b/src/libcalamaresui/utils/DebugWindow.ui
index eb6d5c3e7..c5096b70d 100644
--- a/src/libcalamaresui/utils/DebugWindow.ui
+++ b/src/libcalamaresui/utils/DebugWindow.ui
@@ -115,6 +115,33 @@
        </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="toolsTab">
+      <attribute name="title">
+       <string>Tools</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_4">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QPushButton" name="crashButton">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string notr="true">Crash now</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
+         <property name="orientation">
+          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+          <size>
+           <width>20</width>
+           <height>40</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+        </spacer>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>