diff --git a/libc/malloc_debug/Config.cpp b/libc/malloc_debug/Config.cpp
index 926b265..dd20b5c 100644
--- a/libc/malloc_debug/Config.cpp
+++ b/libc/malloc_debug/Config.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
     {
         "verify_pointers", {TRACK_ALLOCS, &Config::VerifyValueEmpty},
     },
+    {
+        "abort_on_error", {ABORT_ON_ERROR, &Config::VerifyValueEmpty},
+    },
 };
 
 bool Config::ParseValue(const std::string& option, const std::string& value, size_t min_value,
diff --git a/libc/malloc_debug/Config.h b/libc/malloc_debug/Config.h
index 86d1ee4..011dc77 100644
--- a/libc/malloc_debug/Config.h
+++ b/libc/malloc_debug/Config.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 constexpr uint64_t LEAK_TRACK = 0x100;
 constexpr uint64_t RECORD_ALLOCS = 0x200;
 constexpr uint64_t BACKTRACE_FULL = 0x400;
+constexpr uint64_t ABORT_ON_ERROR = 0x800;
 
 // In order to guarantee posix compliance, set the minimum alignment
 // to 8 bytes for 32 bit systems and 16 bytes for 64 bit systems.
diff --git a/libc/malloc_debug/GuardData.cpp b/libc/malloc_debug/GuardData.cpp
index debc14e..c307dc9 100644
--- a/libc/malloc_debug/GuardData.cpp
+++ b/libc/malloc_debug/GuardData.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
   error_log("Backtrace at time of failure:");
   BacktraceAndLog();
   error_log(LOG_DIVIDER);
+  if (g_debug->config().options() & ABORT_ON_ERROR) {
+    abort();
+  }
 }
 
 FrontGuardData::FrontGuardData(DebugData* debug_data, const Config& config, size_t* offset)
diff --git a/libc/malloc_debug/PointerData.cpp b/libc/malloc_debug/PointerData.cpp
index b0e2fc8..638061b 100644
--- a/libc/malloc_debug/PointerData.cpp
+++ b/libc/malloc_debug/PointerData.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
     std::lock_guard<std::mutex> pointer_guard(pointer_mutex_);
     auto entry = pointers_.find(pointer);
     if (entry == pointers_.end()) {
-      // Error.
+      // Attempt to remove unknown pointer.
       error_log("No tracked pointer found for 0x%" PRIxPTR, pointer);
       return;
     }
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@
   }
 
   error_log(LOG_DIVIDER);
+  if (g_debug->config().options() & ABORT_ON_ERROR) {
+    abort();
+  }
 }
 
 void PointerData::VerifyFreedPointer(const FreePointerInfoType& info) {
@@ -295,6 +298,9 @@
       error_log("+++ ALLOCATION 0x%" PRIxPTR " HAS CORRUPTED HEADER TAG 0x%x AFTER FREE",
                 info.pointer, header->tag);
       error_log(LOG_DIVIDER);
+      if (g_debug->config().options() & ABORT_ON_ERROR) {
+        abort();
+      }
 
       // Stop processing here, it is impossible to tell how the header
       // may have been damaged.
diff --git a/libc/malloc_debug/README.md b/libc/malloc_debug/README.md
index a8289b3..93b9b1e 100644
--- a/libc/malloc_debug/README.md
+++ b/libc/malloc_debug/README.md
@@ -394,6 +394,13 @@
 
 **NOTE**: This option is not available until the P release of Android.
 
+### abort\_on\_error
+When malloc debug detects an error, abort after sending the error
+log message.
+
+**NOTE**: If leak\_track is enabled, no abort occurs if leaks have been
+detected when the process is exiting.
+
 Additional Errors
 -----------------
 There are a few other error messages that might appear in the log.
diff --git a/libc/malloc_debug/malloc_debug.cpp b/libc/malloc_debug/malloc_debug.cpp
index 9075a9c..2e6afff 100644
--- a/libc/malloc_debug/malloc_debug.cpp
+++ b/libc/malloc_debug/malloc_debug.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@
   error_log("Backtrace at time of failure:");
   BacktraceAndLog();
   error_log(LOG_DIVIDER);
+  if (g_debug->config().options() & ABORT_ON_ERROR) {
+    abort();
+  }
 }
 
 static bool VerifyPointer(const void* pointer, const char* function_name) {
diff --git a/libc/malloc_debug/tests/malloc_debug_config_tests.cpp b/libc/malloc_debug/tests/malloc_debug_config_tests.cpp
index a083b4f..fb54ee5 100644
--- a/libc/malloc_debug/tests/malloc_debug_config_tests.cpp
+++ b/libc/malloc_debug/tests/malloc_debug_config_tests.cpp
@@ -725,3 +725,21 @@
       "value must be <= 50000000: 100000000\n");
   ASSERT_STREQ((log_msg + usage_string).c_str(), getFakeLogPrint().c_str());
 }
+
+TEST_F(MallocDebugConfigTest, abort_on_error) {
+  ASSERT_TRUE(InitConfig("abort_on_error")) << getFakeLogPrint();
+  ASSERT_EQ(ABORT_ON_ERROR, config->options());
+
+  ASSERT_STREQ("", getFakeLogBuf().c_str());
+  ASSERT_STREQ("", getFakeLogPrint().c_str());
+}
+
+TEST_F(MallocDebugConfigTest, trigger_abort_fail) {
+  ASSERT_FALSE(InitConfig("abort_on_error=200")) << getFakeLogPrint();
+
+  ASSERT_STREQ("", getFakeLogBuf().c_str());
+  std::string log_msg(
+      "6 malloc_debug malloc_testing: value set for option 'abort_on_error' "
+      "which does not take a value\n");
+  ASSERT_STREQ((log_msg + usage_string).c_str(), getFakeLogPrint().c_str());
+}
diff --git a/libc/malloc_debug/tests/malloc_debug_unit_tests.cpp b/libc/malloc_debug/tests/malloc_debug_unit_tests.cpp
index 2d6346f..44f9795 100644
--- a/libc/malloc_debug/tests/malloc_debug_unit_tests.cpp
+++ b/libc/malloc_debug/tests/malloc_debug_unit_tests.cpp
@@ -2380,3 +2380,59 @@
   expected_log += DIVIDER;
   ASSERT_STREQ(expected_log.c_str(), getFakeLogPrint().c_str());
 }
+
+TEST_F(MallocDebugTest, abort_on_error_log_error) {
+  Init("abort_on_error verify_pointers");
+
+  void* pointer = debug_malloc(10);
+  memset(pointer, 0, 10);
+  debug_free(pointer);
+
+  ASSERT_STREQ("", getFakeLogBuf().c_str());
+  ASSERT_STREQ("", getFakeLogPrint().c_str());
+
+  EXPECT_DEATH(debug_free(pointer), "");
+}
+
+TEST_F(MallocDebugTest, abort_on_error_guard_corrupted) {
+  Init("abort_on_error front_guard=32");
+
+  uint8_t* pointer = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(debug_malloc(100));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(pointer != nullptr);
+  pointer[-16] = 0x00;
+  EXPECT_DEATH(debug_free(pointer), "");
+  pointer[-16] = 0xaa;
+  debug_free(pointer);
+}
+
+TEST_F(MallocDebugTest, abort_on_error_use_after_free) {
+  Init("abort_on_error free_track=100 free_track_backtrace_num_frames=0");
+
+  uint8_t* pointer = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(debug_malloc(100));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(pointer != nullptr);
+  memset(pointer, 0, 100);
+  debug_free(pointer);
+
+  pointer[56] = 0x91;
+
+  EXPECT_DEATH(debug_finalize(), "");
+
+  pointer[56] = 0xef;
+}
+
+TEST_F(MallocDebugTest, abort_on_error_header_tag_corrupted) {
+  Init("abort_on_error free_track=100 free_track_backtrace_num_frames=0 rear_guard");
+
+  uint8_t* pointer = reinterpret_cast<uint8_t*>(debug_malloc(100));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(pointer != nullptr);
+  memset(pointer, 0, 100);
+  debug_free(pointer);
+
+  uint8_t tag_value = pointer[-get_tag_offset()];
+  pointer[-get_tag_offset()] = 0x00;
+
+  EXPECT_DEATH(debug_finalize(), "");
+
+  pointer[-get_tag_offset()] = tag_value;
+}
+