diff --git a/debuggers/gdb/debugsession.h b/debuggers/gdb/debugsession.h
--- a/debuggers/gdb/debugsession.h
+++ b/debuggers/gdb/debugsession.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
     KDevelop::IVariableController* variableController() const override;
     KDevelop::IFrameStackModel* frameStackModel() const override;
 
+    bool isCrashed() const;
+
     using IDebugSession::event;
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void applicationStandardOutputLines(const QStringList& lines);
@@ -296,6 +298,8 @@
 
     ///Exit code of the last inferior(in format: exit normally, with code "number" e.t.c)
     QString m_inferiorExitCode;
+
+    bool m_isCrashed;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/debuggers/gdb/debugsession.cpp b/debuggers/gdb/debugsession.cpp
--- a/debuggers/gdb/debugsession.cpp
+++ b/debuggers/gdb/debugsession.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     , state_(s_dbgNotStarted | s_appNotStarted)
     , state_reload_needed(false)
     , stateReloadInProgress_(false)
+    , m_isCrashed(false)
 {
     configure();
 
@@ -731,6 +732,8 @@
             // Continuing from SIG FPE/SEGV will cause a "Cannot ..." and
             // that'll end the program.
             programFinished(i18n("Program received signal %1 (%2)", name, user_name));
+
+            m_isCrashed = true;
         }
     }
 
@@ -770,6 +773,10 @@
         setStateOff(s_automaticContinue);
 }
 
+bool DebugSession::isCrashed() const
+{
+    return m_isCrashed;
+}
 
 void DebugSession::processNotification(const GDBMI::AsyncRecord & async)
 {
diff --git a/debuggers/gdb/gdbframestackmodel.cpp b/debuggers/gdb/gdbframestackmodel.cpp
--- a/debuggers/gdb/gdbframestackmodel.cpp
+++ b/debuggers/gdb/gdbframestackmodel.cpp
@@ -79,10 +79,16 @@
         threadsList << i;
     }
     setThreads(threadsList);
-    if (r.hasField("current-thread-id"))
-        setCurrentThread(r["current-thread-id"].toInt());
-}
+    if (r.hasField("current-thread-id")) {
+        int currentThreadId = r["current-thread-id"].toInt();
+
+        setCurrentThread(currentThreadId);
 
+        if (session()->isCrashed()) {
+            setCrashedThreadIndex(currentThreadId);
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 struct FrameListHandler : public GDBCommandHandler
 {