diff --git a/src/host/layer23/src/mobile/main.c b/src/host/layer23/src/mobile/main.c
index 3002a9489..b1e0940b5 100644
--- a/src/host/layer23/src/mobile/main.c
+++ b/src/host/layer23/src/mobile/main.c
@@ -188,9 +188,16 @@ void sighandler(int sigset)
 		osmo_signal_dispatch(SS_GLOBAL, S_GLOBAL_SHUTDOWN, &_quit);
 		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(l23_ctx, stderr);
+		signal(SIGABRT, SIG_DFL);
+		raise(SIGABRT);
+		break;
 	case SIGUSR1:
 	case SIGUSR2:
 		talloc_report_full(l23_ctx, stderr);