diff --git a/client/src/main.c b/client/src/main.c
index 19c3b7c6..8c86f188 100644
--- a/client/src/main.c
+++ b/client/src/main.c
@@ -2064,7 +2064,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
   DEBUG_INFO("Locking Method: " LG_LOCK_MODE);
   cpuInfo_log();
 
-  if (!installCrashHandler("/proc/self/exe"))
+  if (!installCrashHandler("/proc/self/exe", argv[0]))
     DEBUG_WARN("Failed to install the crash handler");
 
   lgPathsInit("looking-glass");
diff --git a/common/include/common/crash.h b/common/include/common/crash.h
index 57b187c3..4913c9f4 100644
--- a/common/include/common/crash.h
+++ b/common/include/common/crash.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe);
+bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe, char * argv0);
 void cleanupCrashHandler(void);
 void printAllThreadBacktraces(void);
 
diff --git a/common/src/platform/linux/crash.c b/common/src/platform/linux/crash.c
index 6a0d47b3..6b91af33 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/linux/crash.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/linux/crash.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #define CRASH_MAX_FRAMES 64
+#define CRASH_REPORTER_NAME "lg_crash_handler"
 
 enum CrashRequestType
 {
@@ -305,8 +306,26 @@ raw:
     DEBUG_ERROR("[trace]: (%u) 0x%" PRIxPTR, i, request->frames[i]);
 }
 
-static void reporterLoop(pid_t parent, int requestFd, int responseFd)
+static void reporterLoop(
+  pid_t parent, int requestFd, int responseFd, char * argv0)
 {
+  if (prctl(PR_SET_NAME, CRASH_REPORTER_NAME) != 0)
+    DEBUG_WARN("Unable to set the crash reporter process name");
+
+  if (argv0)
+  {
+    const size_t capacity = strlen(argv0);
+    const size_t nameLength = strlen(CRASH_REPORTER_NAME);
+    const size_t copyLength =
+      capacity < nameLength ? capacity : nameLength;
+
+    memset(argv0, 0, capacity);
+    memcpy(argv0, CRASH_REPORTER_NAME, copyLength);
+
+    if (capacity < nameLength)
+      DEBUG_WARN("Unable to set the full crash reporter command line name");
+  }
+
   // Do not leave an orphaned reporter if the client exits unexpectedly before
   // it closes the request pipe.
   prctl(PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, SIGKILL);
@@ -328,7 +347,7 @@ static void reporterLoop(pid_t parent, int requestFd, int responseFd)
   }
 }
 
-static bool startReporter(void)
+static bool startReporter(char * argv0)
 {
   int requestPipe[2];
   int responsePipe[2];
@@ -368,7 +387,7 @@ static bool startReporter(void)
   {
     close(requestPipe [1]);
     close(responsePipe[0]);
-    reporterLoop(parent, requestPipe[0], responsePipe[1]);
+    reporterLoop(parent, requestPipe[0], responsePipe[1], argv0);
     close(requestPipe [0]);
     close(responsePipe[1]);
     _exit(0);
@@ -511,11 +530,11 @@ static void crit_err_hdlr(int sig_num, siginfo_t * info, void * ucontext)
   _exit(128 + sig_num);
 }
 
-bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe)
+bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe, char * argv0)
 {
   (void)exe;
 
-  if (!startReporter())
+  if (!startReporter(argv0))
     return false;
 
   struct sigaction sigact = { 0 };
@@ -536,8 +555,10 @@ bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe)
 
 #else //ENABLE_BACKTRACE
 
-bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe)
+bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe, char * argv0)
 {
+  (void)exe;
+  (void)argv0;
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/common/src/platform/windows/crash.c b/common/src/platform/windows/crash.c
index ec1b8345..c769be58 100644
--- a/common/src/platform/windows/crash.c
+++ b/common/src/platform/windows/crash.c
@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ fail:
   return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH;
 }
 
-bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe)
+bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe, char * argv0)
 {
+  (void)exe;
+  (void)argv0;
   SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(exception_filter);
   return true;
 }
@@ -159,8 +161,10 @@ void printAllThreadBacktraces(void)
 }
 
 #else
-bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe)
+bool installCrashHandler(const char * exe, char * argv0)
 {
+  (void)exe;
+  (void)argv0;
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/host/src/app.c b/host/src/app.c
index 2810b577..8f70094d 100644
--- a/host/src/app.c
+++ b/host/src/app.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ fail_init:
 // this is called from the platform specific startup routine
 int app_main(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
-  if (!installCrashHandler(os_getExecutable()))
+  if (!installCrashHandler(os_getExecutable(), argv[0]))
     DEBUG_WARN("Failed to install the crash handler");
 
   // make sure rng is actually seeded for LGMP
diff --git a/profile/client/src/main.c b/profile/client/src/main.c
index 0457a530..3ced64db 100644
--- a/profile/client/src/main.c
+++ b/profile/client/src/main.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
   DEBUG_INFO("Looking Glass (" BUILD_VERSION ") - Client Profiler");
 
-  if (!installCrashHandler("/proc/self/exe"))
+  if (!installCrashHandler("/proc/self/exe", argv[0]))
     DEBUG_WARN("Failed to install the crash handler");
 
   option_register(options);