diff --git a/src/utilities.cc b/src/utilities.cc
index a28e104..bbf47da 100644
--- a/src/utilities.cc
+++ b/src/utilities.cc
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void DumpStackTrace(int skip_count, DebugWriter *writerfn, void *arg) {
 
 static void DumpStackTraceAndExit() {
   DumpStackTrace(1, DebugWriteToStderr, NULL);
-  exit(1);
+  abort();
 }
 #endif