diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackend.pro b/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackend.pro
index 9d7aef915f1..f75775c8e78 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackend.pro
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackend.pro
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ INCLUDEPATH += $$LLVM_INCLUDEPATH
 
 SOURCES += clangbackendmain.cpp
 
+HEADERS += ../qtcreatorcrashhandler/crashhandlersetup.h
+SOURCES += ../qtcreatorcrashhandler/crashhandlersetup.cpp
+
 unix {
     !osx: QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-z,origin
     !contains(QMAKE_DEFAULT_LIBDIRS, $${LLVM_LIBDIR}):!disable_external_rpath: QMAKE_LFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath,$$shell_quote($${LLVM_LIBDIR})
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackend.qbs b/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackend.qbs
index 7f154f963d0..54c54550917 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackend.qbs
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackend.qbs
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ QtcTool {
         ]
     }
 
+    Group {
+        prefix: "../qtcreatorcrashhandler/"
+        files: [
+            "crashhandlersetup.h",
+            "crashhandlersetup.cpp",
+        ]
+    }
+
     files: [ "clangbackendmain.cpp" ]
 
     condition: libclang.present
diff --git a/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackendmain.cpp b/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackendmain.cpp
index 02014a3cf6e..33a824c3d2f 100644
--- a/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackendmain.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/clangbackend/clangbackendmain.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "../qtcreatorcrashhandler/crashhandlersetup.h"
+
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QLoggingCategory>
@@ -61,8 +63,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     QCoreApplication::setApplicationVersion(QStringLiteral("1.0.0"));
 
     QCoreApplication application(argc, argv);
+    CrashHandlerSetup setupCrashHandler(QCoreApplication::applicationName(),
+                                        CrashHandlerSetup::DisableRestart);
 
-    const QString connection =  processArguments(application);
+    const QString connection = processArguments(application);
 
     clang_toggleCrashRecovery(true);
     clang_enableStackTraces();