diff --git a/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp b/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp
index a401ad2ea..1bd425cac 100644
--- a/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp
+++ b/lib/ProxySQL_GloVars.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ static void term_handler(int sig) {
   __sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&glovars.shutdown,0,1);
 }
 
+void crash_handler(int sig) {
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	malloc_stats_print(NULL, NULL, "");
+#endif
+	void *arr[20];
+	size_t s;
+
+	s = backtrace(arr, 20);
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "Error: signal %d:\n", sig);
+	backtrace_symbols_fd(arr, s, STDERR_FILENO);
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
 
 ProxySQL_GlobalVariables::~ProxySQL_GlobalVariables() {
 	opt->reset();
@@ -62,7 +75,9 @@ ProxySQL_GlobalVariables::ProxySQL_GlobalVariables() {
 
 	confFile=new ProxySQL_ConfigFile();
 	signal(SIGTERM, term_handler);
-
+	signal(SIGSEGV, crash_handler);
+	signal(SIGABRT, crash_handler);
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/lib/debug.cpp b/lib/debug.cpp
index d88c0204e..2d2e04224 100644
--- a/lib/debug.cpp
+++ b/lib/debug.cpp
@@ -18,20 +18,6 @@ static inline unsigned long long debug_monotonic_time() {
 	return (((unsigned long long) ts.tv_sec) * 1000000) + (ts.tv_nsec / 1000);
 }
 
-void crash_handler(int sig) {
-#ifdef DEBUG
-	malloc_stats_print(NULL, NULL, "");
-#endif
-	void *arr[20];
-	size_t s;
-
-	s = backtrace(arr, 20);
-
-	fprintf(stderr, "Error: signal %d:\n", sig);
-	backtrace_symbols_fd(arr, s, STDERR_FILENO);
-	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-}
-
 
 #define DEBUG_MSG_MAXSIZE	1024