diff --git a/searchcore/src/apps/proton/CMakeLists.txt b/searchcore/src/apps/proton/CMakeLists.txt
index a26a9e463d6e..40bdcbaf1b1d 100644
--- a/searchcore/src/apps/proton/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/searchcore/src/apps/proton/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ vespa_add_executable(searchcore_proton_app
     searchcore_grouping
     searchcore_proton_metrics
     storageserver_storageapp
+    absl::failure_signal_handler
 )
diff --git a/searchcore/src/apps/proton/proton.cpp b/searchcore/src/apps/proton/proton.cpp
index e967c012bbe8..de256ebf0d9b 100644
--- a/searchcore/src/apps/proton/proton.cpp
+++ b/searchcore/src/apps/proton/proton.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <vespa/config/common/configcontext.h>
 #include <vespa/fnet/transport.h>
 #include <vespa/fastos/file.h>
+#include <absl/debugging/failure_signal_handler.h>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <thread>
@@ -53,6 +54,20 @@ class App
 void
 App::setupSignals()
 {
+    absl::FailureSignalHandlerOptions opts;
+    // Sanitizers set up their own signal handler, so we must ensure that the failure signal
+    // handler calls this when it's done, or we won't get a proper report.
+    opts.call_previous_handler = true;
+    // Ideally we'd use an alternate stack to have well-defined reporting when a
+    // thread runs out of stack space (infinite recursion bug etc.), but for some
+    // reason this seems to negatively affect stack walking and give very incomplete
+    // traces. So until this is resolved, use the thread's own stack.
+    opts.use_alternate_stack = false;
+    absl::InstallFailureSignalHandler(opts);
+
+    // Install our own signal handlers _after_ the failure handler, as the sentinel uses
+    // SIGTERM as a "friendly poke for shutdown" signal and the Abseil failure handler
+    // always dumps stack when intercepting this signal (since it's considered fatal).
     SIG::PIPE.ignore();
     SIG::INT.hook();
     SIG::TERM.hook();
diff --git a/storageserver/src/apps/storaged/CMakeLists.txt b/storageserver/src/apps/storaged/CMakeLists.txt
index 67377c6cba39..25bf1ced552b 100644
--- a/storageserver/src/apps/storaged/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/storageserver/src/apps/storaged/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ vespa_add_executable(storageserver_storaged_app
     DEPENDS
     storageserver_storageapp
     protobuf::libprotobuf
+    absl::failure_signal_handler
 )
 
 vespa_add_target_package_dependency(storageserver_storaged_app Protobuf)
diff --git a/storageserver/src/apps/storaged/storage.cpp b/storageserver/src/apps/storaged/storage.cpp
index fe3bf696e9a1..cffc03a585b3 100644
--- a/storageserver/src/apps/storaged/storage.cpp
+++ b/storageserver/src/apps/storaged/storage.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <vespa/config/helper/configgetter.hpp>
 #include <vespa/vespalib/util/signalhandler.h>
 #include <google/protobuf/message_lite.h>
+#include <absl/debugging/failure_signal_handler.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <csignal>
 #include <cstdlib>
@@ -213,8 +214,15 @@ int StorageApp::main(int argc, char **argv)
 } // storage
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    absl::FailureSignalHandlerOptions opts;
+    // See `searchcore/src/apps/proton/proton.cpp` for parameter and handler ordering rationale.
+    opts.call_previous_handler = true;
+    opts.use_alternate_stack = false;
+    absl::InstallFailureSignalHandler(opts);
+
     vespalib::SignalHandler::PIPE.ignore();
     vespalib::SignalHandler::enable_cross_thread_stack_tracing();
+
     storage::StorageApp app;
     storage::sigtramp = &app;
     int retval = app.main(argc,argv);