diff --git a/src/core/crash-handler.c b/src/core/crash-handler.c
index 561b7fc19c..fced3ccf5a 100644
--- a/src/core/crash-handler.c
+++ b/src/core/crash-handler.c
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ _noreturn_ static void crash(int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *context) {
          * memory allocation is not async-signal-safe anyway — see signal-safety(7) for details —, and thus
          * is not permissible in signal handlers.) */
 
-        if (getpid_cached() != 1)
+        if (getpid_cached() != 1) {
                 /* Pass this on immediately, if this is not PID 1 */
-                (void) raise(sig);
-        else if (!arg_dump_core)
+                if (rt_tgsigqueueinfo(getpid_cached(), gettid(), sig, siginfo) < 0)
+                        (void) raise(sig);
+        } else if (!arg_dump_core)
                 log_emergency("Caught <%s>, not dumping core.", signal_to_string(sig));
         else {
                 sa = (struct sigaction) {
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ _noreturn_ static void crash(int sig, siginfo_t *siginfo, void *context) {
 
                         /* Raise the signal again */
                         pid = raw_getpid();
-                        (void) kill(pid, sig); /* raise() would kill the parent */
+                        if (rt_tgsigqueueinfo(pid, gettid(), sig, siginfo) < 0)
+                                (void) kill(pid, sig); /* raise() would kill the parent */
 
                         assert_not_reached();
                         _exit(EXIT_EXCEPTION);