diff --git a/library/platform/native/errors.factor b/library/platform/native/errors.factor
index 7c75435c2c..e47bcdd1c4 100644
--- a/library/platform/native/errors.factor
+++ b/library/platform/native/errors.factor
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ USE: vectors
         "Overflow"
         "Incomparable types: "
         "Float format: "
+        "Signal "
     ] ?nth ;
 
 : ?kernel-error ( cons -- error# param )
diff --git a/native/error.h b/native/error.h
index a86ad3dab4..900e4e938c 100644
--- a/native/error.h
+++ b/native/error.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define ERROR_OVERFLOW (6<<3)
 #define ERROR_INCOMPARABLE (7<<3)
 #define ERROR_FLOAT_FORMAT (8<<3)
+#define ERROR_SIGNAL (9<<3)
 
 void fatal_error(char* msg, CELL tagged);
 void critical_error(char* msg, CELL tagged);
diff --git a/native/factor.c b/native/factor.c
index a7944e418e..f6efd025f4 100644
--- a/native/factor.c
+++ b/native/factor.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	init_stacks();
 	init_iomux();
 	init_io();
+	init_signals();
 
 	run();
 
diff --git a/native/factor.h b/native/factor.h
index 9b186f89aa..59b2314faa 100644
--- a/native/factor.h
+++ b/native/factor.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/native/run.c b/native/run.c
index 9401e3e08f..4aa28c83c7 100644
--- a/native/run.c
+++ b/native/run.c
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 #include "factor.h"
 
+void signal_handler(int signal, siginfo_t* siginfo, void* uap)
+{
+	general_error(ERROR_SIGNAL,tag_fixnum(signal));
+}
+
+void init_signals(void)
+{
+	struct sigaction custom_sigaction;
+	custom_sigaction.sa_sigaction = signal_handler;
+	custom_sigaction.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+	sigaction(SIGABRT,&custom_sigaction,NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGFPE,&custom_sigaction,NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGBUS,&custom_sigaction,NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGSEGV,&custom_sigaction,NULL);
+}
+
 void clear_environment(void)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/native/run.h b/native/run.h
index 82bd4b50ac..844d1567d4 100644
--- a/native/run.h
+++ b/native/run.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ typedef struct {
 
 ENV env;
 
+void init_signals(void);
+
 void clear_environment(void);
 
 INLINE CELL dpop(void)