diff --git a/src/data/debuggers/internal/gdbrc b/src/data/debuggers/internal/gdbrc
--- a/src/data/debuggers/internal/gdbrc
+++ b/src/data/debuggers/internal/gdbrc
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@
 
 [KCrash]
 Exec=gdb -nw -n -batch -x %tempfile -p %pid %execpath
-BatchCommands=set width 200\nthread\nthread apply all bt
+BatchCommands=set width 200\nprint "Content of s_kcrashErrorMessage:"\nprint s_kcrashErrorMessage.constData()\nthread\nthread apply all bt
diff --git a/src/data/debuggers/internal/lldbrc b/src/data/debuggers/internal/lldbrc
--- a/src/data/debuggers/internal/lldbrc
+++ b/src/data/debuggers/internal/lldbrc
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
 [KCrash]
 Exec=lldb -p %pid
 ExecInputFile=%tempfile
-BatchCommands=settings set term-width 200\nthread info\nbt all\ndetach
+BatchCommands=settings set term-width 200\nprint "Content of s_kcrashErrorMessage:"\nprint s_kcrashErrorMessage.constData()\nthread info\nbt all\ndetach
diff --git a/src/tests/crashtest/crashtest.cpp b/src/tests/crashtest/crashtest.cpp
--- a/src/tests/crashtest/crashtest.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/crashtest/crashtest.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <KAboutData>
 
-enum CrashType { Crash, Malloc, Div0, Assert, QAssert, Threads };
+enum CrashType { Crash, Malloc, Div0, Assert, QAssert, Threads, FatalErrorMessage };
 
 struct SomeStruct
 {
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@
     QtConcurrent::blockingMap(foo, map_function);
 }
 
+void do_fatalErrorMessage()
+{
+    KCrash::setErrorMessage(QStringLiteral("So long, my friends..."));
+    qFatal("So long!\n");
+}
+
 void level4(int t)
 {
   if (t == Malloc)
@@ -100,6 +106,8 @@
     do_qassert();
   else if (t == Threads)
     do_threads();
+  else if (t == FatalErrorMessage)
+    do_fatalErrorMessage();
   else
     do_crash();
 }
@@ -131,7 +139,7 @@
   QCommandLineParser parser;
   parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringLiteral("autorestart"), i18n("Automatically restart")));
   parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringLiteral("kdeinit"), i18n("Start DrKonqi using kdeinit")));
-  parser.addPositionalArgument(QStringLiteral("type"), i18n("Type of crash."), QStringLiteral("crash|malloc|div0|assert|threads"));
+  parser.addPositionalArgument(QStringLiteral("type"), i18n("Type of crash."), QStringLiteral("crash|malloc|div0|assert|threads|fatal"));
   aboutData.setupCommandLine(&parser);
   parser.process(app);
   aboutData.processCommandLine(&parser);
@@ -157,6 +165,8 @@
     crashtype = QAssert;
   else if (type == "threads")
     crashtype = Threads;
+  else if (type == "fatal")
+    crashtype = FatalErrorMessage;
   level1(crashtype);
   return app.exec();
 }