diff --git a/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee b/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee
index fea4407298..ae97461058 100644
--- a/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee
+++ b/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{spawn} = require 'child_process'
 binding = process.atomBinding 'crash_reporter'
 
 class CrashReporter
@@ -11,6 +12,14 @@ class CrashReporter
     ignoreSystemCrashHandler ?= false
     extra ?= {}
 
+    if process.platform isnt 'darwin'
+      args = [
+        "--reporter-url=#{submitUrl}",
+        "--application-name=#{productName}"
+      ]
+      env = ATOM_SHELL_INTERNAL_CRASH_SERVICE: 1
+      spawn process.execPath, args, {env}
+
     binding.start productName, companyName, submitUrl, autoSubmit, ignoreSystemCrashHandler, extra
 
 module.exports = new CrashReporter