diff --git a/passes/cmds/Makefile.inc b/passes/cmds/Makefile.inc
index 9bf615a7e..f7ba7efa2 100644
--- a/passes/cmds/Makefile.inc
+++ b/passes/cmds/Makefile.inc
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ OBJS += passes/cmds/abstract.o
 OBJS += passes/cmds/test_select.o
 OBJS += passes/cmds/timeest.o
 OBJS += passes/cmds/linecoverage.o
+OBJS += passes/cmds/segfault.o
diff --git a/passes/cmds/segfault.cc b/passes/cmds/segfault.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a81ac3a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/passes/cmds/segfault.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include "kernel/yosys.h"
+#include <csignal>
+
+USING_YOSYS_NAMESPACE
+PRIVATE_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
+
+struct SegfaultPass : public Pass {
+	SegfaultPass() : Pass("segfault", "segfault") { }
+	void help() override
+	{
+		//   |---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|
+		log("\n");
+		log("    segfault\n");
+		log("\n");
+		log("Segfault.\n");
+		log("\n");
+	}
+	void execute(std::vector<std::string> args, RTLIL::Design *design) override
+	{
+        raise(SIGSEGV);
+	}
+} SegfaultPass;
+
+PRIVATE_NAMESPACE_END