diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 )
 
 find_package(KF5 ${KF5_MIN_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS
+    Crash
     ItemViews
     KCMUtils
     I18n
diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 target_compile_definitions(systemsettings5 PRIVATE -DPROJECT_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
 target_link_libraries( systemsettings5 systemsettingsview
+    KF5::Crash
     KF5::ItemViews
     KF5::KCMUtils
     KF5::I18n
diff --git a/app/main.cpp b/app/main.cpp
--- a/app/main.cpp
+++ b/app/main.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <QCommandLineParser>
 #include <KAboutData>
+#include <KCrash>
 
 #include "SystemSettingsApp.h"
 #include "SettingsBase.h"
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     //which is before KAboutData::setApplicationData
     QCoreApplication::setApplicationName("systemsettings");
     SystemSettingsApp application(argc, argv);
+    KCrash::initialize();
 
     KLocalizedString::setApplicationDomain("systemsettings");