diff --git a/Makefile.src.in b/Makefile.src.in
index 78444f0a9c..61276197a1 100644
--- a/Makefile.src.in
+++ b/Makefile.src.in
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ MAKEDEPEND     = !!MAKEDEPEND!!
 CFLAGS_MAKEDEP = !!CFLAGS_MAKEDEP!!
 SORT           = !!SORT!!
 AWK            = !!AWK!!
+CONFIGURE_INVOCATION  = !!CONFIGURE_INVOCATION!!
 CONFIG_CACHE_COMPILER = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_COMPILER!!
 CONFIG_CACHE_LINKER   = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_LINKER!!
 CONFIG_CACHE_ENDIAN   = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_ENDIAN!!
 CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE   = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE!!
 CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION  = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION!!
+CONFIG_CACHE_INVOCATION  = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_INVOCATION!!
 
 OBJS_C   := !!OBJS_C!!
 OBJS_CPP := !!OBJS_CPP!!
@@ -114,6 +116,8 @@ RES := $(shell if [ "`cat $(CONFIG_CACHE_ENDIAN) 2>/dev/null`" != "$(ENDIAN_FORC
 RES := $(shell if [ "`cat $(CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE) 2>/dev/null`" != "$(SRCS)" ]; then echo "$(SRCS)" > $(CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE); fi )
 # If there is a change in the revision, make sure we recompile rev.cpp
 RES := $(shell if [ "`cat $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION) 2>/dev/null`" != "$(REV) $(REV_NR) $(MODIFIED)" ]; then echo "$(REV) $(REV_NR) $(MODIFIED)" > $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION); fi )
+# If there is a change in the configure invocation, make sure we recompile rev.cpp
+RES := $(shell if [ "`cat $(CONFIG_CACHE_INVOCATION) 2>/dev/null`" != "$(CONFIGURE_INVOCATION)" ]; then echo "$(CONFIGURE_INVOCATION)" > $(CONFIG_CACHE_INVOCATION); fi )
 
 ifndef MAKEDEPEND
 # The slow, but always correct, dep-check
@@ -292,8 +296,8 @@ $(ENDIAN_CHECK): $(SRC_DIR)/endian_check.cpp
 
 # Revision files
 
-$(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp: $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION) $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in
-	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in      | sed "s@\!\!REVISION\!\!@$(REV_NR)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(REV)@g;s@!!MODIFIED!!@$(MODIFIED)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g" > $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp
+$(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp: $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION) $(CONFIG_CACHE_INVOCATION) $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in
+	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp.in      | sed "s@\!\!REVISION\!\!@$(REV_NR)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(REV)@g;s@!!MODIFIED!!@$(MODIFIED)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g;s@\!\!CONFIGURE_INVOCATION\!\!@$(CONFIGURE_INVOCATION)@g;" > $(SRC_DIR)/rev.cpp
 
 $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc: $(CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION) $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in
 	$(Q)cat $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc.in | sed "s@\!\!REVISION\!\!@$(REV_NR)@g;s@!!VERSION!!@$(REV)@g;s@!!DATE!!@`date +%d.%m.%y`@g" > $(SRC_DIR)/os/windows/ottdres.rc
diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
index 6e8faf67c4..9548a70938 100644
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ set_default() {
 	with_sse="1"
 	with_libbfd="1"
 	with_bfd_extra_debug="1"
-	with_dbg_gdb="1"
+	with_self_gdb_debug="1"
 
 	save_params_array="
 		build
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ set_default() {
 		with_sse
 		with_libbfd
 		with_bfd_extra_debug
-		with_dbg_gdb
+		with_self_gdb_debug
 	CC CXX CFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS CFLAGS_BUILD CXXFLAGS_BUILD LDFLAGS_BUILD"
 }
 
@@ -479,9 +479,9 @@ detect_params() {
 			--with-bfd-extra-debug)       with_bfd_extra_debug="1";;
 			--with-bfd-extra-debug=*)     with_bfd_extra_debug="$optarg";;
 
-			--without-self-gdb-debug)     with_dbg_gdb="0";;
-			--with-self-gdb-debug)        with_dbg_gdb="1";;
-			--with-self-gdb-debug=*)      with_dbg_gdb="$optarg";;
+			--without-self-gdb-debug)     with_self_gdb_debug="0";;
+			--with-self-gdb-debug)        with_self_gdb_debug="1";;
+			--with-self-gdb-debug=*)      with_self_gdb_debug="$optarg";;
 
 			CC=* | --CC=*)                CC="$optarg";;
 			CXX=* | --CXX=*)              CXX="$optarg";;
@@ -513,6 +513,12 @@ detect_params() {
 	# Clean the logfile
 	echo "" > $config_log
 	log 2 "Invocation: $0 $*"
+	if [ "$ignore_extra_parameters" = "0" -o ! -f config.invocation ]; then
+		echo "$0 $*" > config.invocation
+		CONFIGURE_INVOCATION="$0 $*"
+	else
+		CONFIGURE_INVOCATION="`cat config.invocation`"
+	fi
 }
 
 save_params() {
@@ -1660,7 +1666,7 @@ EOL
 		fi
 
 		HAVE_GDB_DBG=
-		if [ "$with_dbg_gdb" = "1" ]; then
+		if [ "$with_self_gdb_debug" = "1" ]; then
 			log 2 "executing $cc_host $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.dbggdb -x c++ -"
 			"$cc_host" $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.dbggdb -x c++ - 2> /dev/null << EOL
 				#include <unistd.h>
@@ -1710,6 +1716,59 @@ EOL
 				CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -g1"
 			fi
 		fi
+
+		log 2 "executing $cc_host $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.sigaction -x c++ - -ldl"
+		"$cc_host" $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.sigaction -x c++ - -ldl 2> /dev/null << EOL
+			#include <signal.h>
+			void *addr;
+			int code;
+			void handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *context) {
+				addr = si->si_addr;
+				code = si->si_code;
+			}
+			int main() {
+				struct sigaction sa;
+				sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+				sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+				sa.sa_sigaction = handler;
+				sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, 0);
+				return 0;
+			}
+EOL
+		ret=$?
+		rm -f tmp.config.sigaction
+		log 2 "  exit code $ret"
+		if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+			log 1 "checking sigaction... no"
+		else
+			log 1 "checking sigaction... found"
+			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DWITH_SIGACTION"
+		fi
+
+		log 2 "executing $cc_host $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.ucontext -x c++ - -ldl"
+		"$cc_host" $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS $STATIC_FLAGS -o tmp.config.ucontext -x c++ - -ldl 2> /dev/null << EOL
+			#include <ucontext.h>
+			int main() {
+				ucontext_t context;
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+				void *ptr = (void *) context.uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RIP];
+#elif defined(__i386)
+				void *ptr = (void *) context.uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EIP];
+#else
+#error Unknown arch
+#endif
+				return 0;
+			}
+EOL
+		ret=$?
+		rm -f tmp.config.ucontext
+		log 2 "  exit code $ret"
+		if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+			log 1 "checking ucontext... no"
+		else
+			log 1 "checking ucontext... found"
+			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DWITH_UCONTEXT"
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	if [ "$os" = "MINGW" ]; then
@@ -3433,6 +3492,7 @@ make_sed() {
 		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_VERSION!!@config.cache.version@g;
 		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE_LIST!!@config.cache.source.list@g;
 		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_PWD!!@config.cache.pwd@g;
+		s@!!CONFIG_CACHE_INVOCATION!!@config.cache.invocation@g;
 		s@!!LANG_SUPPRESS!!@$lang_suppress@g;
 		s@!!OBJS_C!!@$OBJS_C@g;
 		s@!!OBJS_CPP!!@$OBJS_CPP@g;
@@ -3446,6 +3506,7 @@ make_sed() {
 		s@!!DISTCC!!@$distcc@g;
 		s@!!NFORENUM!!@$nforenum@g;
 		s@!!GRFCODEC!!@$grfcodec@g;
+		s@!!CONFIGURE_INVOCATION!!@$CONFIGURE_INVOCATION@g;
 	"
 
 	if [ "$icon_theme_dir" != "" ]; then
diff --git a/projects/determineversion.vbs b/projects/determineversion.vbs
index e738569e3a..82ccde5f2d 100755
--- a/projects/determineversion.vbs
+++ b/projects/determineversion.vbs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Sub UpdateFile(modified, revision, version, cur_date, filename)
 	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!REVISION!!", revision
 	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!VERSION!!", version
 	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!DATE!!", cur_date
+	FindReplaceInFile filename, "!!CONFIGURE_INVOCATION!!", ""
 End Sub
 
 Sub UpdateFiles(version)
diff --git a/src/crashlog.cpp b/src/crashlog.cpp
index 75e0f6cf0d..28a99bc77f 100644
--- a/src/crashlog.cpp
+++ b/src/crashlog.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ char *CrashLog::LogCompiler(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 #endif
 }
 
+/* virtual */ char *CrashLog::LogOSVersionDetail(char *buffer, const char *last) const
+{
+	/* Stub implementation; not all OSes support this. */
+	return buffer;
+}
+
 /* virtual */ char *CrashLog::LogRegisters(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 {
 	/* Stub implementation; not all OSes support this. */
@@ -135,7 +141,8 @@ char *CrashLog::LogOpenTTDVersion(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 			" Bits:       %d\n"
 			" Endian:     %s\n"
 			" Dedicated:  %s\n"
-			" Build date: %s\n\n",
+			" Build date: %s\n"
+			" Configure:  %s\n\n",
 			_openttd_revision,
 			_openttd_revision_modified,
 			_openttd_newgrf_version,
@@ -154,7 +161,8 @@ char *CrashLog::LogOpenTTDVersion(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 #else
 			"no",
 #endif
-			_openttd_build_date
+			_openttd_build_date,
+			_openttd_build_configure
 	);
 }
 
@@ -343,10 +351,11 @@ char *CrashLog::FillCrashLog(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 #endif
 
 	buffer = this->LogOpenTTDVersion(buffer, last);
-	buffer = this->LogRegisters(buffer, last);
 	buffer = this->LogStacktrace(buffer, last);
+	buffer = this->LogRegisters(buffer, last);
 	buffer = this->LogOSVersion(buffer, last);
 	buffer = this->LogCompiler(buffer, last);
+	buffer = this->LogOSVersionDetail(buffer, last);
 	buffer = this->LogConfiguration(buffer, last);
 	buffer = this->LogLibraries(buffer, last);
 	buffer = this->LogModules(buffer, last);
diff --git a/src/crashlog.h b/src/crashlog.h
index 7894dea0ad..37ac9ae10e 100644
--- a/src/crashlog.h
+++ b/src/crashlog.h
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@ protected:
 	 */
 	virtual char *LogCompiler(char *buffer, const char *last) const;
 
+	/**
+	 * Writes OS' version detail to the buffer, if available.
+	 * @param buffer The begin where to write at.
+	 * @param last   The last position in the buffer to write to.
+	 * @return the position of the \c '\0' character after the buffer.
+	 */
+	virtual char *LogOSVersionDetail(char *buffer, const char *last) const;
+
 	/**
 	 * Writes actually encountered error to the buffer.
 	 * @param buffer  The begin where to write at.
@@ -127,6 +135,8 @@ public:
 
 	static void SetErrorMessage(const char *message);
 	static void AfterCrashLogCleanup();
+
+	inline const char *GetMessage() const { return this->message; }
 };
 
 #endif /* CRASHLOG_H */
diff --git a/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp b/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
index d8f95908b4..8816b70dd1 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/os/unix/crashlog_unix.cpp
@@ -20,14 +20,13 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>
-
-#if defined(WITH_DBG_GDB)
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+
+#if defined(WITH_DBG_GDB)
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #endif /* WITH_DBG_GDB */
 
 #if defined(WITH_PRCTL_PT)
@@ -55,6 +54,8 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <vector>
+
 #include "../../safeguards.h"
 
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) && defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3))
@@ -72,12 +73,72 @@ static void LogStacktraceSigSegvHandler(int  sig)
 }
 #endif
 
+static bool ExecReadStdout(const char *file, char *const *args, char *&buffer, const char *last)
+{
+	int pipefd[2];
+	if (pipe(pipefd) == -1) return false;
+
+	int pid = fork();
+	if (pid < 0) return false;
+
+	if (pid == 0) {
+		/* child */
+
+		close(pipefd[0]); /* Close unused read end */
+		dup2(pipefd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
+		close(pipefd[1]);
+		int null_fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+		if (null_fd != -1) {
+			dup2(null_fd, STDERR_FILENO);
+			dup2(null_fd, STDIN_FILENO);
+		}
+
+		execvp(file, args);
+		exit(42);
+	}
+
+	/* parent */
+
+	close(pipefd[1]); /* Close unused write end */
+
+	while (buffer < last) {
+		ssize_t res = read(pipefd[0], buffer, last - buffer);
+		if (res < 0) {
+			if (errno == EINTR) continue;
+			break;
+		} else if (res == 0) {
+			break;
+		} else {
+			buffer += res;
+		}
+	}
+	buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "\n");
+
+	close(pipefd[0]); /* close read end */
+
+	int status;
+	int wait_ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+	if (wait_ret == -1 || !WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
+		/* command did not appear to run successfully */
+		return false;
+	} else {
+		/* command executed successfully */
+		return true;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Unix implementation for the crash logger.
  */
 class CrashLogUnix : public CrashLog {
 	/** Signal that has been thrown. */
 	int signum;
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+	siginfo_t *si;
+	void *context;
+	bool signal_instruction_ptr_valid;
+	void *signal_instruction_ptr;
+#endif
 
 	/* virtual */ char *LogOSVersion(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 	{
@@ -99,16 +160,53 @@ class CrashLogUnix : public CrashLog {
 		);
 	}
 
+	/* virtual */ char *LogOSVersionDetail(char *buffer, const char *last) const
+	{
+		struct utsname name;
+		if (uname(&name) < 0) return buffer;
+
+		if (strcmp(name.sysname, "Linux") == 0) {
+			char *buffer_orig = buffer;
+			buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "Distro version:\n");
+
+			const char *args[] = { "/bin/sh", "-c", "lsb_release -a || find /etc -maxdepth 1 -type f -a \\( -name '*release' -o -name '*version' \\) -exec head -v {} \\+", NULL };
+			if (!ExecReadStdout("/bin/sh", const_cast<char* const*>(args), buffer, last)) {
+				buffer = buffer_orig;
+			}
+		}
+		return buffer;
+	}
+
 	/* virtual */ char *LogError(char *buffer, const char *last, const char *message) const
 	{
-		return buffer + seprintf(buffer, last,
+		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last,
 				"Crash reason:\n"
-				" Signal:  %s (%d)\n"
-				" Message: %s\n\n",
+				" Signal:  %s (%d)\n",
 				strsignal(this->signum),
-				this->signum,
+				this->signum);
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+		if (this->si) {
+			buffer += seprintf(buffer, last,
+					"          si_code: %d\n",
+					this->si->si_code);
+			if (this->signum != SIGABRT) {
+				buffer += seprintf(buffer, last,
+						"          Fault address: %p\n",
+						this->si->si_addr);
+				if (this->signal_instruction_ptr_valid) {
+					buffer += seprintf(buffer, last,
+							"          Instruction address: %p\n",
+							this->signal_instruction_ptr);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+#endif
+		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last,
+				" Message: %s\n\n",
 				message == NULL ? "<none>" : message
 		);
+
+		return buffer;
 	}
 
 #if defined(SUNOS)
@@ -145,7 +243,69 @@ class CrashLogUnix : public CrashLog {
 #endif
 
 	/**
-	 * Get a stack backtrace of the current thread's stack using the gdb debugger, if available.
+	 * Show registers if possible
+	 *
+	 * Also log GDB information if available
+	 */
+	/* virtual */ char *LogRegisters(char *buffer, const char *last) const
+	{
+		buffer = LogGdbInfo(buffer, last);
+
+#ifdef WITH_UCONTEXT
+		ucontext_t *ucontext = static_cast<ucontext_t *>(context);
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+		const gregset_t &gregs = ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs;
+		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last,
+			"Registers:\n"
+			" rax: %#16llx rbx: %#16llx rcx: %#16llx rdx: %#16llx\n"
+			" rsi: %#16llx rdi: %#16llx rbp: %#16llx rsp: %#16llx\n"
+			" r8:  %#16llx r9:  %#16llx r10: %#16llx r11: %#16llx\n"
+			" r12: %#16llx r13: %#16llx r14: %#16llx r15: %#16llx\n"
+			" rip: %#16llx eflags: %#8llx\n\n",
+			gregs[REG_RAX],
+			gregs[REG_RBX],
+			gregs[REG_RCX],
+			gregs[REG_RDX],
+			gregs[REG_RSI],
+			gregs[REG_RDI],
+			gregs[REG_RBP],
+			gregs[REG_RSP],
+			gregs[REG_R8],
+			gregs[REG_R9],
+			gregs[REG_R10],
+			gregs[REG_R11],
+			gregs[REG_R12],
+			gregs[REG_R13],
+			gregs[REG_R14],
+			gregs[REG_R15],
+			gregs[REG_RIP],
+			gregs[REG_EFL]
+		);
+#elif defined(__i386)
+		const gregset_t &gregs = ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs;
+		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last,
+			"Registers:\n"
+			" eax: %#8x ebx: %#8x ecx: %#8x edx: %#8x\n"
+			" esi: %#8x edi: %#8x ebp: %#8x esp: %#8x\n"
+			" eip: %#8x eflags: %#8x\n\n",
+			gregs[REG_EAX],
+			gregs[REG_EBX],
+			gregs[REG_ECX],
+			gregs[REG_EDX],
+			gregs[REG_ESI],
+			gregs[REG_EDI],
+			gregs[REG_EBP],
+			gregs[REG_ESP],
+			gregs[REG_EIP],
+			gregs[REG_EFL]
+		);
+#endif
+#endif
+		return buffer;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a stack backtrace of the current thread's stack and other info using the gdb debugger, if available.
 	 *
 	 * Using GDB is useful as it knows about inlined functions and locals, and generally can
 	 * do a more thorough job than in LogStacktrace.
@@ -153,7 +313,7 @@ class CrashLogUnix : public CrashLog {
 	 * and there is some potentially useful information in the output from LogStacktrace
 	 * which is not in gdb's output.
 	 */
-	char *LogStacktraceGdb(char *buffer, const char *last) const
+	char *LogGdbInfo(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 	{
 #if defined(WITH_DBG_GDB)
 
@@ -163,55 +323,40 @@ class CrashLogUnix : public CrashLog {
 
 		pid_t tid = syscall(SYS_gettid);
 
-		int pipefd[2];
-		if (pipe(pipefd) == -1) return buffer;
-
-		int pid = fork();
-		if (pid < 0) return buffer;
-
-		if (pid == 0) {
-			/* child */
-
-			close(pipefd[0]); /* Close unused read end */
-			dup2(pipefd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
-			close(pipefd[1]);
-			int null_fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
-			if (null_fd != -1) {
-				dup2(null_fd, STDERR_FILENO);
-				dup2(null_fd, STDIN_FILENO);
-			}
-			char buffer[16];
-			seprintf(buffer, lastof(buffer), "%d", tid);
-			execlp("gdb", "gdb", "-n", "-p", buffer, "-batch", "-ex", "bt full", NULL);
-			exit(42);
-		}
-
-		/* parent */
-
-		close(pipefd[1]); /* Close unused write end */
-
 		char *buffer_orig = buffer;
-
-		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "Stacktrace (GDB):\n");
-		while (buffer < last) {
-			ssize_t res = read(pipefd[0], buffer, last - buffer);
-			if (res < 0) {
-				if (errno == EINTR) continue;
-				break;
-			} else if (res == 0) {
-				break;
-			} else {
-				buffer += res;
-			}
+		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "GDB info:\n");
+
+		char tid_buffer[16];
+		char disasm_buffer[32];
+
+		seprintf(tid_buffer, lastof(tid_buffer), "%d", tid);
+
+		std::vector<const char *> args;
+		args.push_back("gdb");
+		args.push_back("-n");
+		args.push_back("-p");
+		args.push_back(tid_buffer);
+		args.push_back("-batch");
+
+		args.push_back("-ex");
+		args.push_back("echo \\nBacktrace:\\n");
+		args.push_back("-ex");
+		args.push_back("bt full");
+
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+		if (this->GetMessage() == NULL && this->signal_instruction_ptr_valid) {
+			seprintf(disasm_buffer, lastof(disasm_buffer), "x/1i %p", this->signal_instruction_ptr);
+			args.push_back("-ex");
+			args.push_back("set disassembly-flavor intel");
+			args.push_back("-ex");
+			args.push_back("echo \\nFault instruction:\\n");
+			args.push_back("-ex");
+			args.push_back(disasm_buffer);
 		}
-		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "\n");
-
-		close(pipefd[0]); /* close read end */
+#endif
 
-		int status;
-		int wait_ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
-		if (wait_ret == -1 || !WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
-			/* gdb did not appear to run successfully */
+		args.push_back(NULL);
+		if (!ExecReadStdout("gdb", const_cast<char* const*>(&(args[0])), buffer, last)) {
 			buffer = buffer_orig;
 		}
 #endif /* WITH_DBG_GDB */
@@ -244,8 +389,6 @@ class CrashLogUnix : public CrashLog {
 	 */
 	/* virtual */ char *LogStacktrace(char *buffer, const char *last) const
 	{
-		buffer = LogStacktraceGdb(buffer, last);
-
 		buffer += seprintf(buffer, last, "Stacktrace:\n");
 
 #if defined(__GLIBC__)
@@ -378,10 +521,29 @@ public:
 	 * A crash log is always generated by signal.
 	 * @param signum the signal that was caused by the crash.
 	 */
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+	CrashLogUnix(int signum, siginfo_t *si, void *context) :
+		signum(signum), si(si), context(context)
+	{
+		this->signal_instruction_ptr_valid = false;
+
+#ifdef WITH_UCONTEXT
+		ucontext_t *ucontext = static_cast<ucontext_t *>(context);
+#if defined(__x86_64__)
+		this->signal_instruction_ptr = (void *) ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_RIP];
+		this->signal_instruction_ptr_valid = true;
+#elif defined(__i386)
+		this->signal_instruction_ptr = (void *) ucontext->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EIP];
+		this->signal_instruction_ptr_valid = true;
+#endif
+#endif /* WITH_UCONTEXT */
+	}
+#else
 	CrashLogUnix(int signum) :
 		signum(signum)
 	{
 	}
+#endif /* WITH_SIGACTION */
 };
 
 /** The signals we want our crash handler to handle. */
@@ -392,7 +554,11 @@ static const int _signals_to_handle[] = { SIGSEGV, SIGABRT, SIGFPE, SIGBUS, SIGI
  * @note Not static so it shows up in the backtrace.
  * @param signum the signal that caused us to crash.
  */
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+static void CDECL HandleCrash(int signum, siginfo_t *si, void *context)
+#else
 static void CDECL HandleCrash(int signum)
+#endif
 {
 	/* Disable all handling of signals by us, so we don't go into infinite loops. */
 	for (const int *i = _signals_to_handle; i != endof(_signals_to_handle); i++) {
@@ -412,7 +578,11 @@ static void CDECL HandleCrash(int signum)
 		abort();
 	}
 
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+	CrashLogUnix log(signum, si, context);
+#else
 	CrashLogUnix log(signum);
+#endif
 	log.MakeCrashLog();
 
 	CrashLog::AfterCrashLogCleanup();
@@ -422,6 +592,15 @@ static void CDECL HandleCrash(int signum)
 /* static */ void CrashLog::InitialiseCrashLog()
 {
 	for (const int *i = _signals_to_handle; i != endof(_signals_to_handle); i++) {
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+		struct sigaction sa;
+		memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+		sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO | SA_RESTART;
+		sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+		sa.sa_sigaction = HandleCrash;
+		sigaction(*i, &sa, NULL);
+#else
 		signal(*i, HandleCrash);
+#endif
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/rev.cpp.in b/src/rev.cpp.in
index 899a565bbe..1811a6392e 100644
--- a/src/rev.cpp.in
+++ b/src/rev.cpp.in
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ const char _openttd_revision[] = "!!VERSION!!";
  */
 const char _openttd_build_date[] = __DATE__ " " __TIME__;
 
+
+/**
+ * The configure invocation used to build OpenTTD
+ */
+const char _openttd_build_configure[] = "!!CONFIGURE_INVOCATION!!";
+
 /**
  * Let us know if current build was modified. This detection
  * works even in the case when revision string is overridden by
diff --git a/src/rev.h b/src/rev.h
index d31dbb51cc..68e19a3632 100644
--- a/src/rev.h
+++ b/src/rev.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 extern const char _openttd_revision[];
 extern const char _openttd_build_date[];
+extern const char _openttd_build_configure[];
 extern const byte _openttd_revision_modified;
 extern const uint32 _openttd_newgrf_version;
 
diff --git a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
index 5a6454f099..0183cd493e 100644
--- a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
@@ -304,12 +304,20 @@ static void InitializeWindowsAndCaches()
 	BuildOwnerLegend();
 }
 
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+static struct sigaction _prev_segfault;
+static struct sigaction _prev_abort;
+static struct sigaction _prev_fpe;
+
+static void CDECL HandleSavegameLoadCrash(int signum, siginfo_t *si, void *context);
+#else
 typedef void (CDECL *SignalHandlerPointer)(int);
 static SignalHandlerPointer _prev_segfault = NULL;
 static SignalHandlerPointer _prev_abort    = NULL;
 static SignalHandlerPointer _prev_fpe      = NULL;
 
 static void CDECL HandleSavegameLoadCrash(int signum);
+#endif
 
 /**
  * Replaces signal handlers of SIGSEGV and SIGABRT
@@ -317,9 +325,20 @@ static void CDECL HandleSavegameLoadCrash(int signum);
  */
 static void SetSignalHandlers()
 {
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+	struct sigaction sa;
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO | SA_RESTART;
+	sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
+	sa.sa_sigaction = HandleSavegameLoadCrash;
+	sigaction(SIGSEGV, &sa, &_prev_segfault);
+	sigaction(SIGABRT, &sa, &_prev_abort);
+	sigaction(SIGFPE,  &sa, &_prev_fpe);
+#else
 	_prev_segfault = signal(SIGSEGV, HandleSavegameLoadCrash);
 	_prev_abort    = signal(SIGABRT, HandleSavegameLoadCrash);
 	_prev_fpe      = signal(SIGFPE,  HandleSavegameLoadCrash);
+#endif
 }
 
 /**
@@ -327,9 +346,15 @@ static void SetSignalHandlers()
  */
 static void ResetSignalHandlers()
 {
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+	sigaction(SIGSEGV, &_prev_segfault, NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGABRT, &_prev_abort, NULL);
+	sigaction(SIGFPE,  &_prev_fpe, NULL);
+#else
 	signal(SIGSEGV, _prev_segfault);
 	signal(SIGABRT, _prev_abort);
 	signal(SIGFPE,  _prev_fpe);
+#endif
 }
 
 /**
@@ -369,7 +394,11 @@ bool SaveloadCrashWithMissingNewGRFs()
  * NewGRFs that are required by the savegame.
  * @param signum received signal
  */
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+static void CDECL HandleSavegameLoadCrash(int signum, siginfo_t *si, void *context)
+#else
 static void CDECL HandleSavegameLoadCrash(int signum)
+#endif
 {
 	ResetSignalHandlers();
 
@@ -416,14 +445,27 @@ static void CDECL HandleSavegameLoadCrash(int signum)
 
 	ShowInfo(buffer);
 
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+	struct sigaction call;
+#else
 	SignalHandlerPointer call = NULL;
+#endif
 	switch (signum) {
 		case SIGSEGV: call = _prev_segfault; break;
 		case SIGABRT: call = _prev_abort; break;
 		case SIGFPE:  call = _prev_fpe; break;
 		default: NOT_REACHED();
 	}
+#ifdef WITH_SIGACTION
+	if (call.sa_flags & SA_SIGINFO) {
+		if (call.sa_sigaction != NULL) call.sa_sigaction(signum, si, context);
+	} else {
+		if (call.sa_handler != NULL) call.sa_handler(signum);
+	}
+#else
 	if (call != NULL) call(signum);
+#endif
+
 }
 
 /**