diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8a4fce002a..16dcf102fd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern crate vm_control;
 
 pub mod argument;
 pub mod linux;
+pub mod panic_hook;
 #[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
 pub mod plugin;
 
@@ -925,6 +926,8 @@ fn crosvm_main() -> std::result::Result<(), ()> {
         return Err(());
     }
 
+    panic_hook::set_panic_hook();
+
     let mut args = std::env::args();
     if args.next().is_none() {
         error!("expected executable name");
diff --git a/src/panic_hook.rs b/src/panic_hook.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d61b7d538e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/panic_hook.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Chromium OS Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+use std::env;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{stderr, Read};
+use std::os::unix::io::{FromRawFd, IntoRawFd};
+use std::panic::{self, PanicInfo};
+use std::process::abort;
+use std::string::String;
+
+use libc::{close, dup, dup2, pipe2, O_NONBLOCK, STDERR_FILENO};
+
+// Opens a pipe and puts the write end into the stderr FD slot. On success, returns the read end of
+// the pipe and the old stderr as a pair of files.
+fn redirect_stderr() -> Option<(File, File)> {
+    let mut fds = [-1, -1];
+    unsafe {
+        // Trivially safe because the return value is checked.
+        let old_stderr = dup(STDERR_FILENO);
+        if old_stderr == -1 {
+            return None;
+        }
+        // Safe because pipe2 will only ever write two integers to our array and we check output.
+        let mut ret = pipe2(fds.as_mut_ptr(), O_NONBLOCK);
+        if ret != 0 {
+            // Leaks FDs, but not important right before abort.
+            return None;
+        }
+        // Safe because the FD we are duplicating is owned by us.
+        ret = dup2(fds[1], STDERR_FILENO);
+        if ret == -1 {
+            // Leaks FDs, but not important right before abort.
+            return None;
+        }
+        // The write end is no longer needed.
+        close(fds[1]);
+        // Safe because each of the fds was the result of a successful FD creation syscall.
+        Some((File::from_raw_fd(fds[0]), File::from_raw_fd(old_stderr)))
+    }
+}
+
+// Sets stderr to the given file. Returns true on success.
+fn restore_stderr(stderr: File) -> bool {
+    let fd = stderr.into_raw_fd();
+
+    // Safe because fd is guaranteed to be valid and replacing stderr should be an atomic operation.
+    unsafe { dup2(fd, STDERR_FILENO) != -1 }
+}
+
+// Sends as much information about the panic as possible to syslog.
+fn log_panic_info(
+    default_panic: &Box<dyn Fn(&PanicInfo) + Sync + Send + 'static>,
+    info: &PanicInfo,
+) {
+    // Grab a lock of stderr to prevent concurrent threads from trampling on our stderr capturing
+    // procedure. The default_panic procedure likely uses stderr.lock as well, but the mutex inside
+    // stderr is reentrant, so it will not dead-lock on this thread.
+    let stderr = stderr();
+    let _stderr_lock = stderr.lock();
+
+    // Redirect stderr to a pipe we can read from later.
+    let (mut read_file, old_stderr) = match redirect_stderr() {
+        Some(f) => f,
+        None => {
+            error!("failed to capture stderr during panic");
+            return;
+        }
+    };
+    // Only through the default panic handler can we get a stacktrace. It only ever prints to
+    // stderr, hence all the previous code to redirect it to a pipe we can read.
+    env::set_var("RUST_BACKTRACE", "1");
+    default_panic(info);
+
+    // Closes the write end of the pipe so that we can reach EOF in read_to_string. Also allows
+    // others to write to stderr without failure.
+    if !restore_stderr(old_stderr) {
+        error!("failed to restore stderr during panic");
+        return;
+    }
+    drop(_stderr_lock);
+
+    let mut panic_output = String::new();
+    // Ignore errors and print what we got.
+    let _ = read_file.read_to_string(&mut panic_output);
+    // Split by line because the logging facilities do not handle embedded new lines well.
+    for line in panic_output.lines() {
+        error!("{}", line);
+    }
+}
+
+/// The intent of our panic hook is to get panic info and a stacktrace into the syslog, even for
+/// jailed subprocesses. It will always abort on panic to ensure a minidump is generated.
+///
+/// Note that jailed processes will usually have a stacktrace of <unknown> because the backtrace
+/// routines attempt to open this binary and are unable to do so in a jail.
+pub fn set_panic_hook() {
+    let default_panic = panic::take_hook();
+    panic::set_hook(Box::new(move |info| {
+        log_panic_info(&default_panic, info);
+        // Abort to trigger the crash reporter so that a minidump is generated.
+        abort();
+    }));
+}