diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df70c7c132..afd01117e5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS
     TextWidgets
     WindowSystem
     Notifications
+    Crash
 )
 find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS
     Activities
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 413260bd5c..48a7c1de6c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
     dolphinprivate PUBLIC
     dolphinvcs
     Qt5::Gui
+    KF5::Crash
     KF5::I18n
     KF5::IconThemes
     KF5::KIOCore
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index bcc9f8a85f..0c5ac87f2f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <KDBusService>
 #include <KAboutData>
+#include <KCrash>
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 #include <QCommandLineOption>
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ extern "C" Q_DECL_EXPORT int kdemain(int argc, char **argv)
     app.setAttribute(Qt::AA_UseHighDpiPixmaps, true);
     app.setWindowIcon(QIcon::fromTheme("system-file-manager"));
 
+    KCrash::initialize();
+
     Kdelibs4ConfigMigrator migrate(QStringLiteral("dolphin"));
     migrate.setConfigFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("dolphinrc"));
     migrate.setUiFiles(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("dolphinpart.rc") << QStringLiteral("dolphinui.rc"));