diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index caed4dda44..c087e91808 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,6 +143,16 @@ if (STATIC)
 	endif (WIN32)
 endif ()
 
+option(WITH_BREAKPAD "Enable breakpad")
+if (WITH_BREAKPAD)
+	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -DUSE_BREAKPAD")
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DUSE_BREAKPAD")
+	set(BREAKPAD_DIR "/home/janisozaur/workspace/breakpad/src")
+	set(BREAKPAD_INCLUDE_DIR "${BREAKPAD_DIR}/src")
+	set(BREAKPAD_LIBRARY_DIR "${BREAKPAD_DIR}/src/client/linux")
+	set(BREAKPAD_LIBS breakpad_client pthread)
+endif (WITH_BREAKPAD)
+
 # find and include SDL2
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SDL2 REQUIRED sdl2 SDL2_ttf)
 if (STATIC)
@@ -180,9 +190,9 @@ if (UNIX)
 	set(DLLIB dl)
 endif (UNIX)
 
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${LIBCURL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${JANSSON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${SPEEX_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PNG_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${LIBCURL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${JANSSON_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${SPEEX_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PNG_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${BREAKPAD_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-LINK_DIRECTORIES(${SDL2_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${JANSSON_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${LIBCURL_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${PNG_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+LINK_DIRECTORIES(${SDL2_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${JANSSON_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${LIBCURL_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${PNG_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${BREAKPAD_LIBRARY_DIR})
 
 if (WIN32)
 	# build as library for now, replace with add_executable
@@ -215,7 +225,7 @@ endif (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 # libopenrct2.dll -> openrct2.dll
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT} PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PROJECT} ${SDL2LIBS} ${HTTPLIBS} ${NETWORKLIBS} ${SPEEX_LIBRARIES} ${DLLIB} ${REQUIREDLIBS})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PROJECT} ${SDL2LIBS} ${HTTPLIBS} ${NETWORKLIBS} ${SPEEX_LIBRARIES} ${DLLIB} ${REQUIREDLIBS} ${BREAKPAD_LIBS})
 
 if (APPLE OR STATIC)
 	FIND_LIBRARY(ICONV_LIBRARIES NAMES iconv libiconv libiconv-2 c)
diff --git a/src/openrct2.c b/src/openrct2.c
index 87ee82cc9b..b5c6648374 100644
--- a/src/openrct2.c
+++ b/src/openrct2.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "util/sawyercoding.h"
 #include "util/util.h"
 #include "world/mapgen.h"
+#include "platform/breakpad.h"
 
 #if defined(__unix__)
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -263,6 +264,12 @@ bool openrct2_initialise()
  */
 void openrct2_launch()
 {
+#ifdef USE_BREAKPAD
+	CExceptionHandler eh;
+	// never free
+	eh = newCExceptionHandlerSimple();
+#endif // USE_BREAKPAD
+
 	if (openrct2_initialise()) {
 		RCT2_GLOBAL(RCT2_ADDRESS_RUN_INTRO_TICK_PART, uint8) = 0;
 		if((gOpenRCT2StartupAction == STARTUP_ACTION_TITLE) && gConfigGeneral.play_intro)
diff --git a/src/platform/breakpad.cpp b/src/platform/breakpad.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4241019cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/breakpad.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "breakpad.h"
+
+#ifdef USE_BREAKPAD
+#include "client/linux/handler/exception_handler.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+static bool dumpCallback(const google_breakpad::MinidumpDescriptor& descriptor, void* context, bool succeeded) {
+	  printf("Dump path: %s\n", descriptor.path());
+	  return succeeded;
+}
+
+extern "C" CExceptionHandler newCExceptionHandlerSimple(void)
+{
+	printf("init Simple breakpad\n");
+	google_breakpad::MinidumpDescriptor descriptor("/tmp");
+	//google_breakpad::ExceptionHandler eh(descriptor, NULL, dumpCallback, NULL, true, -1);
+	return reinterpret_cast<void*>(new google_breakpad::ExceptionHandler(descriptor, NULL, dumpCallback, NULL, true, -1));
+}
+#endif // USE_BREAKPAD
diff --git a/src/platform/breakpad.h b/src/platform/breakpad.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..31e358a4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/breakpad.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef _OPENRCT2_BREAKPAD_
+#define _OPENRCT2_BREAKPAD_
+
+#ifdef USE_BREAKPAD
+typedef void* CExceptionHandler;
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+CExceptionHandler newCExceptionHandlerSimple(void);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif // USE_BREAKPAD
+
+#endif  /* _OPENRCT2_BREAKPAD_ */