diff --git a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c517c2f7..0e893a86 100644
--- a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ add_library(ggml-base
             ../include/ggml-opt.h
             ../include/gguf.h
             ggml.c
+            ggml.cpp
             ggml-alloc.c
             ggml-backend.cpp
             ggml-opt.cpp
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-impl.h b/ggml/src/ggml-impl.h
index 89b59d9a..6dc5ce0d 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-impl.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-impl.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+void ggml_print_backtrace(void);
+
 #ifndef MIN
 #    define MIN(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
 #endif
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index 57d3e39a..7a1d0a8c 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void ggml_print_backtrace_symbols(void) {
 }
 #endif
 
-static void ggml_print_backtrace(void) {
+void ggml_print_backtrace(void) {
     const char * GGML_NO_BACKTRACE = getenv("GGML_NO_BACKTRACE");
     if (GGML_NO_BACKTRACE) {
         return;
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ static void ggml_print_backtrace(void) {
     const int parent_pid = getpid();
     const int child_pid = fork();
     if (child_pid < 0) { // error
+#if defined(__linux__)
+        close(lock[1]);
+        close(lock[0]);
+#endif
         return;
     } else if (child_pid == 0) { // child
         char attach[32];
@@ -167,6 +171,7 @@ static void ggml_print_backtrace(void) {
 #if defined(__linux__)
         close(lock[1]);
         (void) !read(lock[0], lock, 1);
+        close(lock[0]);
 #endif
         // try gdb
         execlp("gdb", "gdb", "--batch",
@@ -216,6 +221,8 @@ void ggml_abort(const char * file, int line, const char * fmt, ...) {
     abort();
 }
 
+// ggml_print_backtrace is registered with std::set_terminate by ggml.cpp
+
 //
 // logging
 //
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d388d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "ggml-impl.h"
+
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <exception>
+
+static std::terminate_handler previous_terminate_handler;
+
+GGML_NORETURN static void ggml_uncaught_exception() {
+    ggml_print_backtrace();
+    if (previous_terminate_handler) {
+        previous_terminate_handler();
+    }
+    abort(); // unreachable unless previous_terminate_handler was nullptr
+}
+
+static bool ggml_uncaught_exception_init = []{
+    const char * GGML_NO_BACKTRACE = getenv("GGML_NO_BACKTRACE");
+    if (GGML_NO_BACKTRACE) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const auto prev{std::get_terminate()};
+    GGML_ASSERT(prev != ggml_uncaught_exception);
+    previous_terminate_handler = prev;
+    std::set_terminate(ggml_uncaught_exception);
+    return true;
+}();