diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index e3370b4ad1..1d5fe9060d 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation Deps.mozilla_support_extensions
     implementation Deps.mozilla_support_base
+    implementation Deps.mozilla_support_rusterrors
     implementation Deps.mozilla_support_images
     implementation Deps.mozilla_support_ktx
     implementation Deps.mozilla_support_rustlog
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/FenixApplication.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/FenixApplication.kt
index ee54213beb..396eb082ce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/FenixApplication.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mozilla/fenix/FenixApplication.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import mozilla.components.service.fxa.manager.SyncEnginesStorage
 import mozilla.components.service.glean.Glean
 import mozilla.components.service.glean.config.Configuration
 import mozilla.components.service.glean.net.ConceptFetchHttpUploader
+import mozilla.components.support.rusterrors.initializeRustErrors
 import mozilla.components.support.base.facts.register
 import mozilla.components.support.base.log.Log
 import mozilla.components.support.base.log.logger.Logger
@@ -398,8 +399,13 @@ open class FenixApplication : LocaleAwareApplication(), Provider {
         // Give the generated FxNimbus a closure to lazily get the Nimbus object
         FxNimbus.initialize { components.analytics.experiments }
         return GlobalScope.async(Dispatchers.IO) {
+            initializeRustErrors(components.analytics.crashReporter)
             // ... but RustHttpConfig.setClient() and RustLog.enable() can be called later.
             RustHttpConfig.setClient(lazy { components.core.client })
+            // Once application-services has switched to using the new
+            // error reporting system, RustLog shouldn't input a CrashReporter
+            // anymore.
+            // (https://github.com/mozilla/application-services/issues/4981).
             RustLog.enable(components.analytics.crashReporter)
             // We want to ensure Nimbus is initialized as early as possible so we can
             // experiment on features close to startup.
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Dependencies.kt
index 4a7de8c960..61a458a54c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Dependencies.kt
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ object Deps {
     const val mozilla_lib_publicsuffixlist = "org.mozilla.components:lib-publicsuffixlist:${Versions.mozilla_android_components}"
 
     const val mozilla_support_base = "org.mozilla.components:support-base:${Versions.mozilla_android_components}"
+    const val mozilla_support_rusterrors = "org.mozilla.components:support-rusterrors:${Versions.mozilla_android_components}"
     const val mozilla_support_images = "org.mozilla.components:support-images:${Versions.mozilla_android_components}"
     const val mozilla_support_ktx = "org.mozilla.components:support-ktx:${Versions.mozilla_android_components}"
     const val mozilla_support_rusthttp = "org.mozilla.components:support-rusthttp:${Versions.mozilla_android_components}"