diff --git a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
index 8334f14..ecdc65c 100644
--- a/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/osmocore/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 		   tlv.h bitvec.h comp128.h statistics.h gsm_utils.h utils.h \
 		   gsmtap.h write_queue.h rsl.h gsm48.h rxlev_stat.h mncc.h \
 		   gsm48_ie.h logging.h gsm0808.h rate_ctr.h gsmtap_util.h \
-		   plugin.h crc16.h
+		   plugin.h crc16.h panic.h
 
 if ENABLE_TALLOC
 osmocore_HEADERS += talloc.h
diff --git a/include/osmocore/panic.h b/include/osmocore/panic.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cee9535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocore/panic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#ifndef OSMOCORE_PANIC_H
+#define OSMOCORE_PANIC_H
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+
+typedef void (*osmo_panic_handler_t)(const char *fmt, va_list args);
+
+void osmo_panic(const char *fmt, ...);
+void osmo_set_panic_handler(osmo_panic_handler_t *h);
+
+#endif