diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 742ae0ae..a4d3f8c4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ build.log.*
 realm-object-server/
 tests/react-test-app/ios/out.txt
 *.iml
+crash.log
diff --git a/tests/js/index.js b/tests/js/index.js
index 130dd7a9..0e059c2a 100644
--- a/tests/js/index.js
+++ b/tests/js/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 const Realm = require('realm');
 
-
 if( typeof Realm.Sync !== 'undefined' && Realm.Sync !== null ) {
     global.WARNING = "global is not available in React Native. Use it only in tests";
     global.enableSyncTests = true;
@@ -34,6 +33,12 @@ if (isNodeProcess && process.platform === 'win32') {
     global.enableSyncTests = false;
 }
 
+// catching segfaults during testing can help debugging
+if (isNodeProcess) {
+    const SegfaultHandler = node_require('segfault-handler');
+    SegfaultHandler.registerHandler("crash.log");
+}
+
 var TESTS = {
     ListTests: require('./list-tests'),
     LinkingObjectsTests: require('./linkingobjects-tests'),
diff --git a/tests/package.json b/tests/package.json
index 22550b1c..b29e47b1 100644
--- a/tests/package.json
+++ b/tests/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "jasmine-console-reporter": "^1.2.7",
     "jasmine-reporters": "^2.2.0",
     "needle": "^1.3.0",
+    "segfault-handler": "^1.0.1",
     "terminate": "^1.0.8",
     "tmp": "^0.0.30",
     "url-parse": "^1.1.7",