diff --git a/kdevplatform/documentation/standarddocumentationview.cpp b/kdevplatform/documentation/standarddocumentationview.cpp
--- a/kdevplatform/documentation/standarddocumentationview.cpp
+++ b/kdevplatform/documentation/standarddocumentationview.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
 
     void init(StandardDocumentationView* parent)
     {
+        // prevent QWebEngine (Chromium) from overriding the signal handlers of KCrash
+        const auto chromiumFlags = qgetenv("QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS");
+        if (!chromiumFlags.contains("disable-in-process-stack-traces")) {
+            qputenv("QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS", chromiumFlags + " --disable-in-process-stack-traces");
+        }
         // not using the shared default profile here:
         // prevents conflicts with qthelp scheme handler being registered onto that single default profile
         // due to async deletion of old pages and their CustomSchemeHandler instance