diff --git a/src/openttd.cpp b/src/openttd.cpp
index 0c8a6049a2..b69874d752 100644
--- a/src/openttd.cpp
+++ b/src/openttd.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ extern Company *DoStartupNewCompany(bool is_ai, CompanyID company = INVALID_COMP
 extern void OSOpenBrowser(const char *url);
 extern void RebuildTownCaches(bool cargo_update_required, bool old_map_position);
 extern void ShowOSErrorBox(const char *buf, bool system);
+extern void NORETURN DoOSAbort();
 extern std::string _config_file;
 
 bool _save_config = false;
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ void CDECL error(const char *s, ...)
 
 	/* Set the error message for the crash log and then invoke it. */
 	CrashLog::SetErrorMessage(buf);
-	abort();
+	DoOSAbort();
 }
 
 void CDECL assert_msg_error(int line, const char *file, const char *expr, const char *extra, const char *str, ...)
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ void CDECL assert_msg_error(int line, const char *file, const char *expr, const
 
 	/* Set the error message for the crash log and then invoke it. */
 	CrashLog::SetErrorMessage(buf);
-	abort();
+	DoOSAbort();
 }
 
 const char *assert_tile_info(uint32 tile) {
diff --git a/src/os/macosx/macos.mm b/src/os/macosx/macos.mm
index 90bcd6dc40..ac9fdb93a4 100644
--- a/src/os/macosx/macos.mm
+++ b/src/os/macosx/macos.mm
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ void ShowOSErrorBox(const char *buf, bool system)
 	}
 }
 
+void DoOSAbort()
+{
+	abort();
+}
+
 void OSOpenBrowser(const char *url)
 {
 	[ [ NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace ] openURL:[ NSURL URLWithString:[ NSString stringWithUTF8String:url ] ] ];
diff --git a/src/os/os2/os2.cpp b/src/os/os2/os2.cpp
index 505b0ffb16..2558bd4dc0 100644
--- a/src/os/os2/os2.cpp
+++ b/src/os/os2/os2.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ void ShowOSErrorBox(const char *buf, bool system)
 	WinTerminate(hab);
 }
 
+void DoOSAbort()
+{
+	abort();
+}
+
 int CDECL main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	SetRandomSeed(time(nullptr));
diff --git a/src/os/unix/unix.cpp b/src/os/unix/unix.cpp
index 3c486da878..a960726f60 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/unix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/unix/unix.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,11 @@ void ShowOSErrorBox(const char *buf, bool system)
 		fprintf(stderr, "Error: %s\n", buf);
 	}
 }
+
+void NORETURN DoOSAbort()
+{
+	abort();
+}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef WITH_COCOA
diff --git a/src/os/windows/win32.cpp b/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
index a7f8810d8b..00acc6ca55 100644
--- a/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
+++ b/src/os/windows/win32.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ void ShowOSErrorBox(const char *buf, bool system)
 	MessageBox(GetActiveWindow(), OTTD2FS(buf).c_str(), L"Error!", MB_ICONSTOP | MB_TASKMODAL);
 }
 
+void NORETURN DoOSAbort()
+{
+	RaiseException(0xE1212012, 0, 0, nullptr);
+}
+
 void OSOpenBrowser(const char *url)
 {
 	ShellExecute(GetActiveWindow(), L"open", OTTD2FS(url).c_str(), nullptr, nullptr, SW_SHOWNORMAL);