diff --git a/debugger/framestack/framestackmodel.h b/debugger/framestack/framestackmodel.h
--- a/debugger/framestack/framestackmodel.h
+++ b/debugger/framestack/framestackmodel.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@
     
     void fetchMoreFrames() override;
 
+    void setCrashedThreadIndex(int index);
+
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void stateChanged(KDevelop::IDebugSession::DebuggerState state);
 
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@
     void update();
     QModelIndex indexForThreadNumber(int threadNumber);
 
+    int m_crashedThreadIndex;
+
     int m_currentThread;
     int m_currentFrame;
     // used to count how often a user has scrolled down and more frames needed to be fetched;
diff --git a/debugger/framestack/framestackmodel.cpp b/debugger/framestack/framestackmodel.cpp
--- a/debugger/framestack/framestackmodel.cpp
+++ b/debugger/framestack/framestackmodel.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     , m_currentFrame(-1)
     , m_subsequentFrameFetchOperations(0)
     , m_updateCurrentFrameOnNextFetch(false)
+    , m_crashedThreadIndex(-1)
 {
     connect(session, &IDebugSession::stateChanged, this, &FrameStackModel::stateChanged);
 }
@@ -142,10 +143,15 @@
         //thread
         if (m_threads.count() <= index.row()) return QVariant();
         const ThreadItem &thread = m_threads.at(index.row());
+
         if (index.column() == 0) {
             if (role == Qt::DisplayRole) {
                 return i18nc("#thread-id at function-name or address", "#%1 at %2", thread.nr, thread.name);
             }
+            else if (role == Qt::TextColorRole) {
+                if ( thread.nr == m_crashedThreadIndex)
+                    return QColor(Qt::red);
+            }
         }
     } else {
         //frame
@@ -263,6 +269,10 @@
     setCurrentThread(m_threads[index.row()].nr);
 }
 
+void FrameStackModel::setCrashedThreadIndex(int index)
+{
+    m_crashedThreadIndex = index;
+}
 
 int FrameStackModel::currentThread() const
 {
diff --git a/debugger/framestack/framestackwidget.cpp b/debugger/framestack/framestackwidget.cpp
--- a/debugger/framestack/framestackwidget.cpp
+++ b/debugger/framestack/framestackwidget.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@
         m_threadsWidget->setVisible(model->rowCount() > 1);
         m_frames->setRootIndex(idx);
         m_frames->header()->setSectionResizeMode(0, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
+
+        idx.data(Qt::TextColorRole);
     } else {
         m_threadsWidget->hide();
         m_threads->selectionModel()->clear();