diff --git a/src/pcu_main.cpp b/src/pcu_main.cpp
index 8ec90483..2138fd99 100644
--- a/src/pcu_main.cpp
+++ b/src/pcu_main.cpp
@@ -203,9 +203,16 @@ void sighandler(int sigset)
 		quit = 1;
 		break;
 	case SIGABRT:
-		/* in case of abort, we want to obtain a talloc report
-		 * and then return to the caller, who will abort the process
+		/* in case of abort, we want to obtain a talloc report and
+		 * then run default SIGABRT handler, who will generate coredump
+		 * and abort the process. abort() should do this for us after we
+		 * return, but program wouldn't exit if an external SIGABRT is
+		 * received.
 		 */
+		talloc_report_full(tall_pcu_ctx, stderr);
+		signal(SIGABRT, SIG_DFL);
+		raise(SIGABRT);
+		break;
 	case SIGUSR1:
 	case SIGUSR2:
 		talloc_report_full(tall_pcu_ctx, stderr);