diff --git a/memory/mozalloc/mozalloc_abort.cpp b/memory/mozalloc/mozalloc_abort.cpp
index 3eab8c5c208..d4c30bf05b3 100644
--- a/memory/mozalloc/mozalloc_abort.cpp
+++ b/memory/mozalloc/mozalloc_abort.cpp
@@ -5,76 +5,27 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
+#include "mozilla/Assertions.h"
+
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>             // for abort()
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)           // MSVC
-#  include <intrin.h>           // for __debugbreak()
-#elif defined(XP_WIN)           // mingw
-#  include <windows.h>          // for DebugBreak
-#elif defined(XP_UNIX)
-#  include <unistd.h>           // for _exit
-#  include <signal.h>
-#endif
-
-#if defined(XP_WIN) || defined(XP_OS2)
-#  define MOZALLOC_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
-#endif
 
 #include "mozilla/mozalloc_abort.h"
 
-static int gDummyCounter;
-
-// Not inlining this function avoids the compiler making optimizations
-// that end up corrupting stack traces.
-MOZ_NEVER_INLINE static void
-TouchBadMemory()
-{
-    // XXX this should use the frame poisoning code
-    volatile int *p = 0;
-    gDummyCounter += *p;   // TODO annotation saying we know 
-                           // this is crazy
-}
-
 void
 mozalloc_abort(const char* const msg)
 {
     fputs(msg, stderr);
     fputs("\n", stderr);
-
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-    __debugbreak();
-#elif defined(XP_WIN)
-    DebugBreak();
-#endif
-
-    // On *NIX platforms the prefered way to abort is by touching bad memory,
-    // since this generates a stack trace inside our own code (avoiding
-    // problems with starting the trace inside libc, where we might not have
-    // symbols and can get lost).
-
-    TouchBadMemory();
-
-    // If we haven't aborted yet, we can try to raise SIGABRT which might work
-    // on some *NIXs, but not OS X (it doesn't trigger breakpad there).
-    // Note that we don't call abort(), since raise is likelier to give us
-    // useful stack data, and also since abort() is redirected to call this
-    // function (see below).
-#if defined(XP_UNIX) && !defined(XP_MACOSX)
-    raise(SIGABRT);
-#endif
-
-    // Still haven't aborted?  Try _exit().
-    _exit(127);
+    MOZ_CRASH();
 }
 
 #if defined(XP_UNIX)
 // Define abort() here, so that it is used instead of the system abort(). This
 // lets us control the behavior when aborting, in order to get better results
-// on *NIX platfrorms. See mozalloc_abort for details.
+// on *NIX platforms. See mozalloc_abort for details.
 void abort(void)
 {
-  mozalloc_abort("Redirecting call to abort() to mozalloc_abort\n");
+    mozalloc_abort("Redirecting call to abort() to mozalloc_abort\n");
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/toolkit/crashreporter/test/CrashTestUtils.jsm b/toolkit/crashreporter/test/CrashTestUtils.jsm
index 8de5e5262fa..2c984906758 100644
--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/test/CrashTestUtils.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/test/CrashTestUtils.jsm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ let CrashTestUtils = {
   CRASH_PURE_VIRTUAL_CALL:     1,
   CRASH_RUNTIMEABORT:          2,
   CRASH_OOM:                   3,
+  CRASH_MOZ_CRASH:             4,
 
   // Constants for dumpHasStream()
   // From google_breakpad/common/minidump_format.h
diff --git a/toolkit/crashreporter/test/nsTestCrasher.cpp b/toolkit/crashreporter/test/nsTestCrasher.cpp
index 9e1699e7e81..8ff97397f8f 100644
--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/test/nsTestCrasher.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/test/nsTestCrasher.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include "mozilla/Assertions.h"
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include "nscore.h"
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ const PRInt16 CRASH_INVALID_POINTER_DEREF = 0;
 const PRInt16 CRASH_PURE_VIRTUAL_CALL     = 1;
 const PRInt16 CRASH_RUNTIMEABORT          = 2;
 const PRInt16 CRASH_OOM                   = 3;
+const PRInt16 CRASH_MOZ_CRASH             = 4;
 
 extern "C" NS_EXPORT
 void Crash(PRInt16 how)
@@ -68,6 +71,10 @@ void Crash(PRInt16 how)
     (void) moz_xmalloc((size_t) -1);
     break;
   }
+  case CRASH_MOZ_CRASH: {
+    MOZ_CRASH();
+    break;
+  }
   default:
     break;
   }
diff --git a/toolkit/crashreporter/test/unit/test_crash_moz_crash.js b/toolkit/crashreporter/test/unit/test_crash_moz_crash.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..067e68b7d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/test/unit/test_crash_moz_crash.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+function run_test()
+{
+  // Try crashing with a runtime abort
+  do_crash(function() {
+             crashType = CrashTestUtils.CRASH_MOZ_CRASH;
+             crashReporter.annotateCrashReport("TestKey", "TestValue");
+           },
+           function(mdump, extra) {
+             do_check_eq(extra.TestKey, "TestValue");
+             do_check_false("OOMAllocationSize" in extra);
+           },
+          // process will exit with a zero exit status
+          true);
+}
diff --git a/toolkit/crashreporter/test/unit/xpcshell.ini b/toolkit/crashreporter/test/unit/xpcshell.ini
index 46583dd180c..54515a5efd2 100644
--- a/toolkit/crashreporter/test/unit/xpcshell.ini
+++ b/toolkit/crashreporter/test/unit/xpcshell.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 head = head_crashreporter.js
 tail = 
 
+[test_crash_moz_crash.js]
 [test_crash_purevirtual.js]
 [test_crash_runtimeabort.js]
 [test_crash_oom.js]